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GTA VI announces a 34-track album
Rockstar and Atlantic set a GTA VI album for 19 November; six songs, including PinkPantheress and Yung Lean, are already out.
Why it matters: The year's biggest game doubles as a music launchpad.
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Music
Charts, releases and how music moves through platforms.
7 stories since 7 Sep 2026 · 1 in the Top 5 · Last filed 18 Sep
Mon 21 Sep 2026 · No. 03
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Spotify pays podcasters in 35+ new markets
Spotify's Partner Program expanded across Latin America, southern Europe and the Caribbean; MENA is not included.
Why it matters: Video-podcast income, not yet for MENA.
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Sienna Spiro holds UK No. 1
Great Expectation stayed top of the singles chart; Ezra Collective scored their first No. 1 album.
Why it matters: Last week's breakout is no one-off.
Mon 14 Sep 2026 · No. 02
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Sienna Spiro, 20, tops the UK chart
Great Expectation reached number one, making Spiro the youngest British female chart-topper since 2014.
Why it matters: A Gen Z breakout at the top of the chart.
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EA's FC 27 soundtrack lands on Spotify
Spotify published the 120-track FC 27 soundtrack before the game's 25 September launch.
Why it matters: Games are now a music discovery channel.
Mon 07 Sep 2026 · No. 01
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Nostalgia wins TikTok's summer
Katy Perry's 2011 The One That Got Away is TikTok's global Song of the Summer, in 42M+ videos.
Why it matters: Old songs can still win the feed.
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Spotify's summer, and a surge
Ariana Grande had Spotify's top summer song; Yung Miami's Spend Dat took her monthly listeners from 1.6M to 6.3M.
Why it matters: Short-form moments still convert.