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Spotify (US)

Spotify Top 50 — USA. Today's most-heard songs, individually charged.

Reading for 2026-11-10.

Wanting someone carries the day, from a fixation on a partner who stopped calling to a single holiday wish for the beloved's company alone, with seasonal parties warming the room around it. Underneath, a few voices speak to the women around them, telling a bride the door is still open and a small town's girls that they are worth staying for.

  1. 1 Choosin' Texas Ella Langley Decent -15
  2. 2 Housewife Tate McRae Degraded -38
  3. 3 Nicole Kidman ADÉLA Degraded -37
  4. 4 Last Christmas Wham! Decent -5
  5. 5 Stop The Wedding! Ashe Elevated +43
  6. 6 BbY WOW KAROL G, Judeline, rusowsky Decent -14
  7. 7 Mr. Brightside The Killers Decent -24
  8. 8 All I Want for Christmas Is You Mariah Carey Decent +5
  9. 9 stupid song Olivia Rodrigo Decent +8
  10. 10 the cure Olivia Rodrigo Decent +12
  11. 11 Earrings Malcolm Todd Degraded -26
  12. 12 nothing Steve Lacy Decent -14
  13. 13 Broken Window Serenade Whiskey Myers Elevated +30
  14. 14 Man I Need Olivia Dean Degraded -35
  15. 15 Ain't In LA ADÉLA Elevated +28
  16. 16 Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms Decent +6
  17. 17 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee Decent +7
  18. 18 Sweater Weather The Neighbourhood Decent +6
  19. 19 the feeling Steve Lacy Decent -9
  20. 20 Orbiter Noah Kahan Decent +18

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