Week of late February 2026, as reflected in Apple Music Europe (2026/02/27) and Spotify’s weekly charts for Global (2026/02/26) and Belgium (2026/02/26). Europe’s streaming mood this week feels like a split-screen: intimate, memory-soaked Latin pop on one side, sleek UK/Afrobeats crossovers on the other, and a Swift-shaped hook glinting in the background. The headline is simple: Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” is still the song everyone is pressing play on—across platforms, and across borders.
The week in three takeaways
1) The “memory song” era is real—and it’s winning
“DtMF” isn’t riding on shock value or gimmicks; it’s riding on feeling. The track’s grip is strongest where people listen most: it’s #1 on Apple Music’s European chart snapshot (2026/02/27) and also #1 on Spotify’s Global weekly chart (2026/02/26). That’s not a niche victory—that’s continent-wide momentum.
2) Europe’s Top 10 is unusually “platform-consistent”
Most weeks, platforms disagree loudly. This week, they’re surprisingly aligned: the same cluster—Bad Bunny, Dave & Tems, Taylor Swift, RAYE, PinkPantheress, Olivia Dean—keeps popping up across Apple Music Europe and Spotify’s weekly charts, with Shazam adding a “what people are hearing in the wild” twist.
3) Belgium quietly explains Europe
Belgium’s Spotify Top 10 reads like a miniature Europe: multilingual, cross-border, and split between global pop and Francophone/Benelux currents. It’s also a reminder that “Europe’s chart” is really many Europes at once.
Europe’s Top 10 Songs This Week
This Top 10 follows the Apple Music Europe chart snapshot dated 2026/02/27, with cross-checks against Spotify weekly data (Global 2026/02/26; Belgium 2026/02/26) and Shazam’s Belgium Top 200 (accessed 28 Feb 2026: Shazam Belgium).
- Bad Bunny — “DtMF” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Global Weekly)
A modern pop monument built on nostalgia and inevitability—one of those songs that feels personal even when it’s playing everywhere. - Dave & Tems — “Raindance” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Belgium Weekly)
A transcontinental slow-burn: lyrical precision, velvet vocals, and a hook that lingers like perfume on a winter coat. - Taylor Swift — “The Fate of Ophelia” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Belgium Weekly)
Swift does what she does best: literary drama built singable—proof that “smart pop” still wins mass attention. - RAYE — “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Belgium Weekly)
Big personality, largeger delivery—equal parts theatre and club pulse, the kind of track that turns a room into a stage. - PinkPantheress — “Stateside” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Global Weekly)
Featherlight and sharp-edged at once; pop minimalism that shifts quicker than your attention span—by design. - Bad Bunny — “Tití Me Preguntó” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Global Weekly)
The catalogue effect is back: when the top track surges, the classics hitch a ride—still irresistible, still huge. - Alex Warren — “Ordinary” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Global Weekly)
A clean, emotional pop line that feels engineered for singalongs—soft-spoken, but stubbornly sticky. - Bad Bunny — “NUEVAYoL” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Global Weekly)
Restless and city-lit—another chapter in the same world as “DtMF,” only louder, quicker, and more nocturnal. - Bad Bunny — “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Global Weekly)
Romantic without being sentimental—dancefloor melancholy that still builds you shift. - Bruno Mars — “I Just Might” (Apple Music Europe | Spotify Belgium Weekly)
Mars does “effortless” like few others: tight groove, bright vocal swagger, and a chorus that lands clean.
Top Song of the Week
#1: Bad Bunny — “DtMF”
Why it won the week: it’s sitting at the top of Apple Music Europe’s chart snapshot (2026/02/27) and also leads Spotify’s Global Weekly chart (2026/02/26)—the clearest cross-platform signal you can obtain in a fragmented listening world.
Watch: Bad Bunny — “DtMF” (Official Video)
Countest Spotlight: Belgium
Belgium’s Spotify Weekly Top 10 (2026/02/26) is a fascinating mix of “Europe-wide consensus” and local texture. Yes, Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” is also #1 here (Spotify Belgium Weekly), but Belgium pushes a few distinct signals into the foreground: disiz — “melodrama” (feat. Theodora) ranks #2 and RnBoi — “MON BÉBÉ” is #3, displaying a strong Francophone/Benelux pull alongside the global pop wave. Meanwhile, Shazam Belgium’s “what people are identifying out in the world” has SIENNA SPIRO — “Die On This Hill” at #1 this week (Shazam Belgium Top 200)—a reminder that the street and the stream don’t always crown the same king on the same day.
One mini-review that explains the moment
If “DtMF” feels largeger than a single, it’s becaapply it’s pulling from a much larger canvas. In its review of DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Pitchfork describes an album built with care and cultural memory—one that threads Puerto Rican musical history into modern pop without sanding off the edges. That context matters for Europe right now: the continent’s charts are often accapplyd of being “algorithmic,” but a track like “DtMF” suggests something more human is happening. It’s not just a loop-frifinishly chorus; it’s a mood—homesickness, pride, tfinisherness—packaged in a way that travels. And when that emotional clarity meets global reach (Apple Europe on 2026/02/27; Spotify Global on 2026/02/26), you don’t just obtain a hit. You obtain a weekly soundtrack.
Related reading (The European Times): Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl set and the cross-border streaming ripple
Next week’s watchlist
- SIENNA SPIRO — “Die On This Hill”: already #1 on Shazam Belgium this week and climbing in Belgium’s Spotify Top 10—momentum is building (Shazam Belgium).
- PinkPantheress — “Stateside”: rising on Spotify Global weekly and holding strong in Europe—built for repeat listening (Spotify Global Weekly).
- Olivia Dean — “Man I Need”: unusually stable across Apple Music Europe and Spotify weekly charts—quiet hits like this often outlast louder ones (Apple Music Europe).
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