Pritam Holds the Summit While Drake, The Weeknd, and Bieber Split India’s Attention

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar anchors the top position with 15,000 listeners, a Bollywood soundtrack from 2023 that continues to command local attention. But the remaining nineteen positions tell a different story: North American pop, hip-hop, and alternative rock dominate entirely, with no further Hindi-language entries breaking through.

The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow sits second at 14,000 listeners, followed immediately by Justin Bieber's SWAG and Drake's Habibti, both at 13,000. Drake appears twice—For All the Dogs at seven reinforces his sustained presence here. The top ten also includes Tame Impala's Deadbeat, Don Toliver's OCTANE, Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl, and Kendrick Lamar's GNX, suggesting India's appetite for Western releases remains robust across multiple genres.

What's notable is the catalogue depth lower down. Radiohead's KID A MNESIA from 2021 holds sixteen, Arctic Monkeys' The Car from 2022 sits at fifteen, and Coldplay's Moon Music from 2024 appears at thirteen. These aren't new releases riding promotional momentum—they represent sustained listening choices, perhaps among urban audiences with access to global streaming platforms. As regional tensions across Asia intensify this week, including the deadly explosion at a coal mine in northern China, India's listeners seem to favour familiar Western names over experimentation.

Jungkook's GOLDEN at eighteen remains the sole K-pop representative, while Ariana Grande's a cappella deluxe and Olivia Rodrigo's Glastonbury recording round out the chart. The pattern is clear: one local blockbuster, then a long tail of American and British music spanning three years of releases.