The numbers from YouTube's weekly music charts covering March 6 to 12, 2026 tell a story that a few years ago would have seemed implausible: a Brazilian phonk track produced by two relatively unknown artists has spent 19 weeks as the most-used song on Shorts globally, and that Shorts dominance directly corresponds to the track holding the number one position on the global songs chart. The relationship is no longer incidental. According to the data published by YouTube, "NO BATIDÃO" by ZXKAI and slxughter accumulated 38,375,438 views during the tracking period, retaining the global songs number one for a second consecutive week after temporarily surrendering it to BLACKPINK's "GO" the week prior.

The chart data also completes a striking one-week arc for BLACKPINK. "GO" debuted at global number one the previous week with 43,074,419 views — the group's first chart entry in over three years — before falling 19 positions to number 20 with 13,787,968 views. The drop is steep but not unusual for debut-week spikes when a track relies on concentrated release momentum rather than the kind of slow-build Shorts adoption that has kept "NO BATIDÃO" at or near the top of the global chart since October 2025.

That contrast — release-week surge versus Shorts-sustained longevity — is the defining structural tension in YouTube's current chart ecosystem.

Shorts as the primary distribution engine

The Global Weekly Top Shorts Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026 is the essential context for reading everything else published this week. The chart lists the most-used tracks in creator-made Shorts during the seven-day period, measuring adoption across vertical video rather than raw views on an artist's own page.

According to the Shorts data:

  • 1. NO BATIDÃO — ZXKAI & slxughter — week 19 (held)
  • 2. Bairi — Virat, Pradeep Solanki & Heena — week 2 (▲9)
  • 3. PASSO BEM SOLTO (Slowed) — ATLXS — week 51 (▲1)
  • 4. Dil Lagana Mana Tha — Krish Mondal & Kishore Mondal — week 7 (▼1)
  • 5. 弥渡山歌 (Midu Echoing) — Yang Music — week 13 (held)
  • 6. Bigha Ke Bigha — Aditya Samrat & Khushi Kakar — week 1 (NEW)
  • 7. Cry For Me (WA WA WA) (feat. Bubi) — Ironmouse, shirobeats & HalaCG — week 9 (▼1)
  • 8. Friendships (feat. Leony) — Pascal Letoublon — week 68 (▲1)
  • 9. VOCE NA MIRA (Slowed) — Hwungii & DJ VGK1 — week 11 (▲1)
  • 10. Papaoutai (Afro Soul) — mikeeysmind, Chill77 & Unjaps — week 8 (▲19)

Several things stand out immediately. "PASSO BEM SOLTO (Slowed)" by ATLXS is in its 51st week on the Shorts chart — nearly a full year of continuous creator usage — while it holds no comparable position on the main global songs chart. "Friendships (feat. Leony)" by Pascal Letoublon is in its 68th week on the Shorts chart. These longevity figures have almost no parallel in traditional music tracking systems, where a song's commercial relevance is typically measured in weeks, not quarters. The Shorts chart rewards audio that fits looping vertical video, and creators keep using the same tracks because they work.

Slowed versions are disproportionately represented. "PASSO BEM SOLTO (Slowed)" and "VOCE NA MIRA (Slowed)" both appear in the Shorts top 10 as remixed variants of their original recordings. According to earlier coverage on PPC Land, modified versions have consistently outperformed original recordings in the Shorts format. The platform's algorithm surfaces audio that has already accumulated creator adoption, which compounds existing usage patterns. A slowed version that gains traction early tends to accumulate further weeks purely because it is already in use.

"Papaoutai (Afro Soul)" by mikeeysmind, Chill77 & Unjaps climbed 19 positions on the Shorts chart to reach number 10 in its eighth week — and appeared simultaneously at position 35 on the global songs chart. That cross-chart correlation is the mechanism: Shorts adoption converts to songs chart views because creators applying a track to their content drive passive listening from their audiences.

Global Weekly Top Songs: the full top 10

According to the Global Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. NO BATIDÃO — ZXKAI & slxughter — 38,375,438 views — week 20 (▲1 from last week)
  • 2. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 31,879,118 views — week 38 (▲1)
  • 3. Shararat — Shashwat Sachdev, Madhubanti Bagchi & Jasmine Sandlas — 30,408,333 views — week 13 (▲1)
  • 4. Cuando No Era Cantante — El Bogueto & Yung Beef — 22,249,680 views — week 18 (▲3)
  • 5. Nach Nagin Jaisan — Raushan Rohi & Khushi Kakkar — 21,541,650 views — week 4 (▲3)
  • 6. Risk It All — Bruno Mars — 19,656,877 views — week 2 (held)
  • 7. Pal Pal — Afusic & AliSoomroMusic — 18,421,456 views — week 49 (▲7)
  • 8. Gehra Hua — Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan — 18,333,697 views — week 15 (▲1)
  • 9. Ya Borracho — Herencia De Grandes — 18,251,307 views — week 15 (▲9)
  • 10. The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift — 17,478,675 views — week 23 (▲6)

"NO BATIDÃO" has now spent 20 weeks on the global songs chart, including 19 consecutive weeks at or near the top. Its position this week — at 38.3 million views — is a meaningful volume figure, especially compared to BLACKPINK's "GO" at 13.8 million in its second week. The Brazilian phonk track first displaced "Golden" from the global number one in the week of February 13–19, 2026, ending a dominant run for the Netflix KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack that had stretched across most of the preceding six months. "Golden" remains second globally with 31.9 million views, still charting in its 38th week.

Pal Pal by Afusic & AliSoomroMusic is in week 49 of its chart run. "Pal Pal" has been on the global songs chart for nearly a full year without ever breaking into most territory top 10s — another illustration of India's scale compressing into the global aggregate.

Global Top Artists: Bollywood's numerical dominance

Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik

The Global Weekly Top Artists chart for March 6–12, 2026 remained structurally similar to every previous week this year. According to the data:

  • 1. Alka Yagnik — 404,585,102 views — week 495 (held)
  • 2. Udit Narayan — 297,669,513 views — week 516 (held)
  • 3. Arijit Singh — 277,031,192 views — week 525 (held)
  • 4. Bad Bunny — 248,913,736 views — week 490 (held)
  • 5. Kumar Sanu — 223,162,542 views — week 491 (▲1)
  • 6. Shreya Ghoshal — 200,615,955 views — week 497 (▲1)
  • 7. Shilpi Raj — 168,484,157 views — week 271 (▼2)
  • 8. Sonu Nigam — 137,820,453 views — week 481 (▲4)
  • 9. Pawan Singh — 136,314,218 views — week 428 (▼1)
  • 10. Peso Pluma — 133,974,281 views — week 172 (▲1)

Alka Yagnik's 404.6 million views in a single week are driven primarily by catalog consumption of Bollywood film songs from her decades-long career rather than new releases. This is a structural feature of YouTube's counting methodology, which aggregates all views of all content associated with an artist across the platform. India's 1.4 billion population accessing an enormous archive of Hindi-language film music generates weekly view totals that dwarf equivalent figures for Western artists. BLACKPINK, for context, fell 27 positions to number 43 this week with 69,570,856 views — a steep drop from whatever position it occupied the previous week during debut momentum.

Territory-by-territory charts

United States

Alex Warren
Alex Warren

According to the US Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Ordinary — Alex Warren — 4,122,644 views — week 52 (▲2)
  • 2. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 4,117,031 views — week 38 (held)
  • 3. Choosin' Texas — ella langley — 3,710,903 views — week 19 (▲2)
  • 4. LET 'EM KNOW — T.I. — 3,396,020 views — week 7 (held)
  • 5. Big Guy — Ice Spice — 3,290,600 views — week 14 (▲1)
  • 6. Marlboro Rojo — Fuerza Regida — 3,167,659 views — week 44 (▲2)
  • 7. Risk It All — Bruno Mars — 3,022,288 views — week 2 (▼6)
  • 8. Stateside (feat. Zara Larsson) — PinkPantheress — 2,856,614 views — week 6 (▲1)
  • 9. DtMF — Bad Bunny — 2,852,499 views — week 29 (▼2)
  • 10. Ya Borracho — Herencia De Grandes — 2,739,029 views — week 16 (▲3)

"Ordinary" by Alex Warren is now in its 52nd week on the US chart, holding the number one position. The gap between it and "Golden" in second was just 5,613 views. Bruno Mars' "Risk It All" dropped six positions to seventh in its second week, suggesting its debut-week peak was front-loaded. Harry Styles' "American Girls" debuted as a new entry, appearing at position 44 with 1,391,361 views — its first week. "GO" by BLACKPINK does not appear in the US top 10, charting further down the list.

United Kingdom

According to the UK Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Lush Life — Zara Larsson — 1,031,498 views — week 37 (held)
  • 2. Ordinary — Alex Warren — 1,001,933 views — week 57 (held)
  • 3. Raindance — Dave & Tems — 960,557 views — week 20 (▲2)
  • 4. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 940,091 views — week 38 (▼1)
  • 5. Man I Need — Olivia Dean — 734,513 views — week 29 (▼1)
  • 6. Stateside (feat. Zara Larsson) — PinkPantheress — 595,888 views — week 7 (▲1)
  • 7. iloveitiloveitiloveit — Bella Kay — 593,909 views — week 3 (▲8)
  • 8. The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift — 541,700 views — week 23 (▲1)
  • 9. NO BATIDÃO — ZXKAI & slxughter — 485,363 views — week 18 (▲1)
  • 10. Rein Me In — Sam Fender & Olivia Dean — 483,090 views — week 26 (▲6)

Zara Larsson has now led the UK chart with "Lush Life" for 37 consecutive weeks. "Ordinary" by Alex Warren trails in second at 57 weeks of continuous UK presence — the longest current chart run by weeks across all territories. "Raindance" by Dave & Tems climbed two positions to third in its 20th week, representing a rare domestic UK track sustaining top-five presence alongside international competition. Harry Styles' "American Girls" debuted new at position 14 with 416,341 views. BLACKPINK's "GO" appears at position 71 with 140,385 views — well outside the top 10 in its second week.

Brazil

Dj Oreia
Dj Oreia

According to the Brazil Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Diário de um Cafajeste — Dj Oreia, MC Lele JP, MC Meno K, MC Ryan SP, MC Tuto & Mc Negão Original — 10,887,442 views — week 18 (▲1)
  • 2. JETSKI — PEDRO SAMPAIO, MC MENO K & Melody — 10,854,996 views — week 12 (▼1)
  • 3. Carnívoro — MC Jacaré, MC Lele JP, Mc Negão Original & DJ Japa NK — 8,261,157 views — week 7 (held)
  • 4. Posso Até Não Te Dar Flores (feat. DJ DAVI DOGDOG) — DJ Japa NK, MC MENO K, MC Ryan SP & MC Jacaré — 6,501,987 views — week 23 (held)
  • 5. Reliquia do 2T — MC Vine7, MC Tuto, MC Joãozinho VT & DJ Gu — 5,961,937 views — week 5 (held)
  • 6. Gangstar — Oruam, Salvador Da Rima & Real Fuba — 5,668,833 views — week 6 (▲2)
  • 7. P do Pecado (Ao Vivo) — Grupo Menos É Mais & Simone Mendes — 5,277,416 views — week 45 (held)
  • 8. SEQUÊNCIA FEITICEIRA (feat. MC Nito) — PEDRO SAMPAIO, MC GW, Mc Jhey & MC Rodrigo do CN — 5,246,853 views — week 28 (▼2)
  • 9. Vai Tomando Pock Pock — MC Lele JP, MC GH Original, MC Menor ZL & DJ GORDINHO DA VF — 4,770,250 views — week 23 (held)
  • 10. Eu Me Apaixonei — Vitinho Imperador — 4,282,593 views — week 31 (held)

Brazil's top 10 is entirely Brazilian content — funk carioca, baile funk, and sertanejo dominating with no international tracks in sight. The top two positions, though separated by fewer than 33,000 views this week, reflect a tight competition between two of the platform's most consistent Brazilian performers. "NO BATIDÃO" by ZXKAI and slxughter appears at position 23 with 2,657,478 views — substantial, but well outside Brazil's domestic top tier despite the track's global first-place position.

India

Shashwat Sachdev
Shashwat Sachdev

According to the India Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Shararat — Shashwat Sachdev, Madhubanti Bagchi & Jasmine Sandlas — 26,380,875 views — week 14 (held)
  • 2. Nach Nagin Jaisan — Raushan Rohi & Khushi Kakkar — 21,177,271 views — week 5 (▲1)
  • 3. Fortuner (feat. Gulshan Music & Jaat Nia) — Raj Mawar & Ruchika Jangid — 16,400,910 views — week 23 (▲1)
  • 4. Gehra Hua — Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan — 15,594,772 views — week 15 (▲2)
  • 5. Bairi — Virat, Pradeep Solanki & Heena — 15,167,574 views — week 3 (▲8)
  • 6. Teri Yaadon Ki Chadar Odhe — Janak Kumar — 14,264,066 views — week 5 (▲5)
  • 7. Pal Pal — Afusic & AliSoomroMusic — 13,839,499 views — week 48 (▲3)
  • 8. Aaya Sher — Anirudh Ravichander, Jangi Reddy, Arjun Chandy & Kasarla Shyam — 12,059,817 views — week 3 (▼1)
  • 9. Bairan — Banjaare — 11,950,231 views — week 1 (NEW)
  • 10. चोली केसमान — Ashish Yadav & Khushi Kakkar — 10,871,541 views — week 2 (▲7)

India's chart operates on a different numerical register than almost any other territory. Shararat at 26.4 million views for a single week would place it in the global top three. The track is in its 14th consecutive week at Indian number one — one of the most sustained single-track runs in India this cycle. "Bairi," which entered the Shorts global top 10 at position 2 this week (up 9 positions), debuted new at position 9 on India's chart. The Shorts surge and the debut chart entry appear to be causally connected.

Japan

According to the Japan Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Five — ARASHI — 8,688,174 views — week 2 (▲5)
  • 2. タッチ — Koshi Inaba — 5,534,428 views — week 1 (NEW)
  • 3. IRIS OUT — Kenshi Yonezu — 4,894,771 views — week 26 (▼1)
  • 4. 好きすぎて滅！ — M!LK — 4,848,543 views — week 20 (▼3)
  • 5. 爆裂愛してる — M!LK — 4,797,584 views — week 5 (▼2)
  • 6. 3月9日 — Remioromen — 4,027,804 views — week 54 (▲29)
  • 7. オドロウゼ！ — Snow Man — 3,313,554 views — week 3 (held)
  • 8. lulu. — Mrs. GREEN APPLE — 2,696,372 views — week 9 (▲1)
  • 9. カリスマックス — Snow Man — 2,657,803 views — week 29 (▼1)
  • 10. ROSE — HANA — 2,603,662 views — week 50 (held)

ARASHI's "Five" jumped five positions to reach Japan's number one in just its second week with 8.7 million views. Koshi Inaba's "タッチ" debuted new at second with 5.5 million views. The track simultaneously debuted at position 43 on the Global Weekly Top Music Videos chart with 5,129,477 views. Japan's market remains largely self-contained. "Golden" by the KPop Demon Hunters Cast sits at position 37 with 971,432 views — present, but far from the domestic top. BLACKPINK's "GO" appears at position 84 with 509,074 views — its lowest chart position of any territory where it registers.

"3月9日" by Remioromen climbed 29 positions to sixth in its 54th week — a track from the early 2000s finding fresh consumption momentum, likely through Shorts discovery. That kind of catalog resurgence is a feature YouTube's architecture enables, distinct from streaming services that emphasize new release queues.

Germany

According to the Germany Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. NO BATIDÃO — ZXKAI & slxughter — 998,554 views — week 20 (held)
  • 2. CDY — LACAZETTE & Jazeek — 752,873 views — week 1 (NEW)
  • 3. Lush Life — Zara Larsson — 747,514 views — week 16 (▼1)
  • 4. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 695,934 views — week 38 (▼1)
  • 5. Papaoutai (Afro Soul) — mikeeysmind, Chill77 & Unjaps — 457,201 views — week 10 (▲9)
  • 6. The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift — 444,609 views — week 23 (held)
  • 7. Renn! — AYLIVA — 444,340 views — week 6 (▼2)
  • 8. Wackelkontakt — Oimara — 419,851 views — week 59 (▼1)
  • 9. HEAVENLY JUMPSTYLE (Slowed) — TWXNY, Sxilwix & INNXCENCE — 383,567 views — week 9 (▲8)
  • 10. Ordinary — Alex Warren — 375,406 views — week 52 (held)

"NO BATIDÃO" has held Germany's number one position for 20 consecutive weeks. A new entry at position 2 — "CDY" by LACAZETTE & Jazeek — is the only chart newcomer in the top 10. The German chart shows another pattern: "HEAVENLY JUMPSTYLE (Slowed)" climbing 8 positions to ninth is a slowed remix gaining ground through Shorts adoption, mirroring the same mechanism visible globally. BLACKPINK's "GO" sits at position 48 with 191,353 views — a significant drop from its prior-week German position.

France

According to the France Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. PARISIENNE — GIMS & La Mano 1.9 — 1,698,853 views — week 32 (held)
  • 2. melodrama — disiz & Theodora — 1,381,142 views — week 23 (held)
  • 3. SPA — GIMS & Theodora — 1,321,830 views — week 8 (held)
  • 4. MON BÉBÉ — RnBoi — 1,099,952 views — week 20 (held)
  • 5. NO BATIDÃO — ZXKAI & slxughter — 1,085,208 views — week 20 (held)
  • 6. Soleil Bleu — Bleu Soleil & LUIZA — 919,242 views — week 39 (▲1)
  • 7. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 908,747 views — week 38 (▼1)
  • 8. B.M.S (by my side) — Rambo Goyard — 863,207 views — week 9 (held)
  • 9. Melrose Place (feat. Guy2Bezbar) — KeBlack — 818,032 views — week 49 (held)
  • 10. Argent Sale - A COLORS SHOW — La Rvœuze — 772,308 views — week 4 (held)

France's chart is among the most linguistically closed on the platform. GIMS occupies three of the top five positions simultaneously. All four of the top-four tracks are French-language. The first non-French or non-global entry — "NO BATIDÃO" at fifth — is a Brazilian instrumental phonk track that works precisely because it carries no language barrier. BLACKPINK's "GO" appears at position 67 with 288,342 views. Harry Styles' "American Girls" debuted at position 89 with 230,020 views.

Spain

According to the Spain Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Dardos — Romeo Santos & Prince Royce — 1,005,307 views — week 15 (▲1)
  • 2. LA VILLA — Ryan Castro, Kapo & Gangsta — 886,271 views — week 12 (▲3)
  • 3. La Plena (W Sound 05) — W Sound, Beéle & Ovy On The Drums — 883,204 views — week 55 (held)
  • 4. La Perla — ROSALÍA & Yahritza Y Su Esencia — 853,584 views — week 18 (held)
  • 5. La Morocha — Luck Ra & BM — 844,010 views — week 70 (▲1)
  • 6. SUPERESTRELLA — Aitana — 842,727 views — week 35 (▲1)
  • 7. NI BORRACHO — Quevedo — 704,559 views — week 4 (▲2)
  • 8. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 665,541 views — week 37 (held)
  • 9. Berghain — ROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor — 643,788 views — week 14 (▼8)
  • 10. Dichavate — Ya Ice Dilan, Rey Tony, Helabusad, JipMusic Global & Dj Honda — 618,215 views — week 6 (▲8)

"La Morocha" by Luck Ra & BM is in its 70th week on the Spanish chart — a duration that far exceeds conventional industry expectations for a track's commercial lifespan. The track's persistence illustrates that YouTube's archive-accessible structure sustains consumption long past radio cycles. Shakira and Beéle's new track "ALGO TÚ" debuted at position 27 with 305,578 views. BLACKPINK's "GO" does not appear in Spain's top 10.

Portugal

According to the Portugal Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. JETSKI — PEDRO SAMPAIO, MC MENO K & Melody — 485,638 views — week 12 (held)
  • 2. Posso Até Não Te Dar Flores (feat. DJ DAVI DOGDOG) — DJ Japa NK, MC MENO K, MC Ryan SP & MC Jacaré — 279,119 views — week 21 (held)
  • 3. SEQUÊNCIA FEITICEIRA (feat. MC Nito) — PEDRO SAMPAIO, MC GW, Mc Jhey & MC Rodrigo do CN — 231,877 views — week 28 (held)
  • 4. Pôr do Sol — Vizinhos — 204,089 views — week 49 (▲2)
  • 5. Respirar — Calema & Sara Correia — 194,526 views — week 54 (▲4)
  • 6. Leva Tudo — Calema & Dilsinho — 192,993 views — week 44 (▼1)
  • 7. NO BATIDÃO — ZXKAI & slxughter — 189,792 views — week 20 (▲1)
  • 8. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 184,774 views — week 38 (▼4)
  • 9. Amar Pela Metade — Calema — 184,082 views — week 68 (▼2)
  • 10. Raindance — Dave & Tems — 161,007 views — week 13 (held)

Portugal's chart reflects its linguistic bridge position. Brazilian funk dominates the top three, while Portuguese artists Calema and Vizinhos hold mid-chart positions. "Respirar" by Calema & Sara Correia is in its 54th week; "Amar Pela Metade" by Calema in its 68th — the latter approaching a year and a half of continuous charting, sustained by repeat catalog consumption.

Netherlands

According to the Netherlands Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Lush Life — Zara Larsson — 198,112 views — week 19 (held)
  • 2. NO BATIDÃO — ZXKAI & slxughter — 195,030 views — week 21 (held)
  • 3. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 176,127 views — week 38 (▲1)
  • 4. Uitslover — Samuel Welten & Bankzitters — 129,987 views — week 2 (▲21)
  • 5. Raindance — Dave & Tems — 127,791 views — week 11 (▲3)
  • 6. Ordinary — Alex Warren — 119,027 views — week 55 (held)
  • 7. The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift — 113,196 views — week 23 (▲2)
  • 8. Lekker voor je — Lil Kleine — 99,289 views — week 3 (▼3)
  • 9. Stateside (feat. Zara Larsson) — PinkPantheress — 99,154 views — week 6 (▲3)
  • 10. I Just Might — Bruno Mars — 92,830 views — week 9 (▲1)

"Uitslover" by Samuel Welten & Bankzitters jumped 21 positions to reach fourth in its second week — the sharpest climb in the Dutch top 10. Dutch-language content competing with international tracks in the top five is itself notable; the market typically leans toward international material. BLACKPINK's "GO" fell to 29th with 58,837 views, down from its third-place debut the prior week.

Australia

According to the Australia Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Ordinary — Alex Warren — 386,238 views — week 55 (held)
  • 2. Golden — KPop Demon Hunters Cast — 348,032 views — week 38 (▲1)
  • 3. Lush Life — Zara Larsson — 346,121 views — week 22 (▼1)
  • 4. Man I Need — Olivia Dean — 302,638 views — week 28 (held)
  • 5. The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift — 297,753 views — week 23 (▲2)
  • 6. Stateside (feat. Zara Larsson) — 280,267 views — week 7 (▲2)
  • 7. Risk It All — Bruno Mars — 259,961 views — week 2 (▼1)
  • 8. Lose Control (Live) — Teddy Swims — 255,131 views — week 123 (▲1)
  • 9. Raindance — Dave & Tems — 224,812 views — week 11 (▲2)
  • 10. NO BATIDÃO — ZXKAI & slxughter — 211,885 views — week 18 (▲2)

Teddy Swims' "Lose Control (Live)" is in its 123rd week on the Australian chart — approximately two and a half years of continuous charting. Harry Styles' "American Girls" debuted new at position 15 with 153,424 views. BLACKPINK's "GO" is at position 26 with 118,443 views, down from fifth the prior week.

Indonesia

According to the Indonesia Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Bahagia Lagi — Piche Kota — 7,645,783 views — week 12 (held)
  • 2. kota ini tak sama tanpamu — Nadhif Basalamah — 6,602,924 views — week 16 (held)
  • 3. Jangan Paksa Rindu (Beda) — Ifan Seventeen — 5,984,964 views — week 9 (▲1)
  • 4. TABOLA BALE — SILET OPEN UP, Jacson Seran, Juan Reza & Diva Aurel — 5,870,589 views — week 43 (▼1)
  • 5. Ada titik-titik di ujung doa — Sal Priadi — 4,696,204 views — week 8 (held)
  • 6. Orang Baru Lebe Gacor — Ecko Show, Juan Reza & Chesylino — 4,611,732 views — week 24 (held)
  • 7. Sedia Aku Sebelum Hujan — Idgitaf — 4,521,650 views — week 22 (held)
  • 8. Risk It All — Bruno Mars — 3,955,290 views — week 2 (▲16)
  • 9. everything u are — Hindia — 3,104,950 views — week 42 (held)
  • 10. RUDE! — Hearts2Hearts — 2,924,066 views — week 3 (▲3)

Indonesia is one of the few territories where Bruno Mars' "Risk It All" climbed significantly this week — jumping 16 positions to eighth with 3.9 million views. The country's domestic content dominates completely at the top. "TABOLA BALE" by SILET OPEN UP and collaborators has been at or near the top four for 43 weeks, showing Indonesia's strong preference for sustained local content. BLACKPINK's "GO" appears at position 72 with 740,305 views in its second week — comparable to Japan's position, and similarly well outside the domestic top tier.

Kenya

According to the Kenya Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Rapudo — Prince Indah — 538,425 views — week 18 (▲3)
  • 2. Pawa — Mbosso — 529,835 views — week 39 (▼1)
  • 3. Inama (feat. Diamond Platnumz) — Zuchu — 491,916 views — week 26 (held)
  • 4. Taya — Okello Max — 412,651 views — week 34 (▲1)
  • 5. Up Burukanga — Collo Blue & ADDEH PRINCE — 399,626 views — week 9 (▼3)
  • 6. Yebo (Nitawale) — Vestine and Dorcas — 397,201 views — week 46 (▲2)
  • 7. Digi Digi — Abongo Jakabwana — 365,682 views — week 22 (▲2)
  • 8. GACUMBIRI / PALE KILELE (Live) — Dr Sarah K — 353,622 views — week 26 (▼2)
  • 9. Leo (feat. Mbosso) — Harmonize — 351,145 views — week 11 (▲42)
  • 10. TETE — Marioo — 319,933 views — week 48 (▲1)

"Leo (feat. Mbosso)" by Harmonize climbed 42 positions to ninth — the single largest positional jump in any top 10 across all 15 territories this week. "Pawa" by Mbosso is in its 39th week on the Kenyan chart. Prince Indah occupies three separate positions simultaneously — Rapudo (1st), Berna (19th), and Mirima (23rd) — demonstrating catalog saturation in a market where a small number of artists generate disproportionate consumption. "Papaoutai (Afro Soul)" by mikeeysmind, Chill77 & Unjaps climbed to position 21 with 241,158 views, connecting the Shorts chart breakout to East African territory consumption.

South Africa

According to the South Africa Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026:

  • 1. Umaqondana — Feza — 1,483,232 views — week 16 (held)
  • 2. UKHETHE MINA — Ntencane — 1,416,024 views — week 4 (held)
  • 3. Botshelo Ke Eng — Trechyson Molly vx, DJ Promatic SA & Dendofela — 1,376,102 views — week 4 (▲4)
  • 4. Shela (feat. Mano) — Sam Deep, Nia Pearl & Boohle — 1,337,325 views — week 29 (▼1)
  • 5. ZEP (feat. Uncool MC) — DJ Smallz 732, Zinedine x Sguch & 031CHOPPA — 1,161,746 views — week 14 (▼1)
  • 6. Raindance — Dave & Tems — 973,751 views — week 11 (▲2)
  • 7. Thandaza — Sam Deep & Thatohatsi — 891,361 views — week 13 (▼1)
  • 8. Mark Zuckerberg (feat. Slyzza Rsa) — Mulest Vankay, Pcee & Scotts Maphuma — 885,398 views — week 5 (▼3)
  • 9. SNOKONOKO — Al Xapo, Benzoo & EeQue — 857,748 views — week 15 (held)
  • 10. Mopepe — Bukzin Keyz, Benzoo & Tango Supreme — 838,307 views — week 3 (▲4)

South Africa's chart is entirely domestic. "Raindance" by Dave & Tems — a UK track — is the sole internationally produced entry in the top 10, at sixth with 973,751 views in its 11th week, building on traction that has made it one of the most broadly charting non-US tracks across multiple territories this cycle. BLACKPINK's "GO" does not appear in South Africa's top 10.

The Shorts-to-songs pipeline: what the data shows

The week's charts provide a clean case study in how Shorts adoption translates to songs chart performance. "Bairi" by Virat, Pradeep Solanki & Heena jumped 9 positions on the Global Shorts chart to reach second in its second week. Simultaneously, the track climbed 8 positions on the India songs chart to fifth, and appeared at position 15 on the Global Weekly Top Songs chart. The Shorts adoption and the songs chart gain are not coincidental — they share the same causal chain. Creators using a track in their vertical videos expose audiences who then seek out the full song, driving views on the artist's own page.

The reverse is equally evident. BLACKPINK's "GO" has no meaningful Shorts presence in its second week. It does not appear in the Global Shorts top 50. Its songs chart performance — globally, regionally, in almost every territory — declined steeply from debut week to week two. The track generated front-loaded release momentum but has not yet built the creator-usage base that would sustain its position beyond that initial spike.

PPC Land has tracked this Shorts-to-songs dynamic since at least February 2026, noting that "Dil Lagana Mana Tha" surging 47 positions to second globally in its second week corresponded directly to its position atop the Shorts chart. The pattern has now repeated in multiple tracking periods and across multiple tracks.

This is structurally significant for the marketing community. YouTube withdrew its streaming data from Billboard chart calculations on January 16, 2026, following a dispute over how the industry weights ad-supported versus subscription-based consumption. YouTube's own independent charts are now the primary measurement system for the platform across more than 60 global markets. Those charts place Shorts as a separate but clearly connected measurement. A track's performance on the Shorts chart increasingly predicts its trajectory on the songs chart — not in every case, but with enough regularity that the relationship appears structural rather than coincidental.

The implications for campaign strategy are measurable. A track that achieves Shorts adoption — particularly in slowed or remixed versions that creators prefer — accumulates chart weeks without requiring sustained promotional spend. "PASSO BEM SOLTO (Slowed)" by ATLXS is in its 51st week on the Shorts chart. "Friendships (feat. Leony)" by Pascal Letoublon is in its 68th. These tracks are generating continued platform measurement entirely through creator behavior, not artist-side promotion. Labels and campaign managers who understand the Shorts mechanism can engineer sustainable chart presence rather than front-loaded spikes. Those who do not will continue seeing debut-week peaks followed by steep second-week drops — the pattern visible in this week's data for several new entries.

YouTube's home feed changes throughout 2025 reduced long-form video recommendations while prioritizing Shorts placements, meaning audio that circulates in the Shorts ecosystem reaches audiences who may never see a traditional music video. The distinction matters for understanding why the Shorts chart is no longer a secondary metric.

Timeline

Summary

Who: YouTube today published weekly music chart data covering 15 territories for the tracking period March 6–12, 2026. Key chart positions involve ZXKAI & slxughter ("NO BATIDÃO"), BLACKPINK ("GO"), the KPop Demon Hunters Cast ("Golden"), Shashwat Sachdev and collaborators ("Shararat"), ARASHI ("Five"), Zara Larsson ("Lush Life"), Alex Warren ("Ordinary"), and the artists dominating domestic markets in India, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia, Kenya, and South Africa.

What: YouTube's Global Weekly Top Songs chart for March 6–12, 2026 shows "NO BATIDÃO" by ZXKAI & slxughter reclaiming the global number one with 38,375,438 views after BLACKPINK's "GO" held it for one week. The Global Weekly Top Shorts Songs chart shows "NO BATIDÃO" in its 19th week at number one, with "PASSO BEM SOLTO (Slowed)" in its 51st week and "Friendships (feat. Leony)" in its 68th week on the format-specific ranking. The data, published by YouTube for the March 6–12 period, covers songs, music videos, top artists, and Shorts songs across global and territory-specific charts.

When: The tracking period covers March 6 to 12, 2026. YouTube published the chart data covering this seven-day window as part of its ongoing weekly chart publication cycle.

Where: The charts span 15 territories: Global, United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, India, Japan, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Australia, Indonesia, Kenya, and South Africa. Across these markets, consumption is measured on YouTube's main platform, YouTube Music, and YouTube Shorts.

Why: The data matters for the marketing community because it demonstrates that Shorts adoption is now the primary mechanism for sustained chart presence on YouTube's platform — the same platform that has operated its own independent chart infrastructure since withdrawing from Billboard on January 16, 2026. A track's position on the Shorts chart in any given week predicts its songs chart trajectory more reliably than its debut performance. Campaign strategies that achieve Shorts creator adoption generate weeks of chart measurement without ongoing promotional spend, while release-only spikes — visible in BLACKPINK's one-week number one followed by a 19-position drop — do not sustain chart presence in the current environment.

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