August 21, 2026 — "The Top 20 Countdown"

August 21, 2026 — "The Top 20 Countdown"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 603Weekend Countdown — Airs Friday August 21 through Sunday August 23ON TODAY'S SHOWIt's the weekend on The Bridge — the Top 20 Countdown, Friday through Sunday, and Farak's Taare holds the throne for a second straight week, with Cheema Y and Gur Sidhu's Rebel locked at No2 right behind it. The story of the week is the top five: Rashmeet Kaur's Ve Sajjna climbs to No3 — and she doubles with Parinda debuting at No17 — while two debuts crash straight into the top five: Anirudh Ravichander's Hangova at No4, the South's arrival on the count, and Simar's Billo at No5, the title track of her debut album. Amrinder Gill and Jasmeen Akhtar's Coffee slides from No3 to No7, and Lottery jumps to No6. The debuts run deep: Sahib Cheema and Raf Saperra's Khoonkar at No20, Zafar's Mela at No19, AR Rahman, Sarthak Kalyan, and Heer's Chal Anjaane at No18, and Subhi's Bata Zara at No14. Shalmali Kholgade's Giraft holds a sixth chart week at No11. Sammy counts them down from No20 to No1 — the songs the diaspora moved the most this week.FEATURED MUSIC — THE COUNTDOWN#20 Khoonkar — Sahib Cheema, Raf Saperra#19 Mela — Zafar#18 Chal Anjaane — AR Rahman, Sarthak Kalyan, Heer#17 Parinda — Rashmeet Kaur#16 Tujhko — Arijit Singh, Pritam#15 Mehka — Anchit Magee#14 Bata Zara — Subhi#13 Tere Saaye Me Chalota Hu Saath Tere — Arijit Singh, Pritam#12 Barsaat Lagdi Ae — Darshan Raval, Simran Chaudhary#11 Giraft — Shalmali Kholgade#10 Gaya Kaam Se — Armaan Malik#9 Jattan Deya Mundeya — Hustinder#8 Shehzaadi — Kaka#7 Coffee — Amrinder Gill, Jasmeen Akhtar#6 Lottery — Arnaaz Gill, Armaan Gill#5 Billo — Simar#4 Hangova — Anirudh Ravichander#3 Ve Sajjna — Rashmeet Kaur#2 Rebel — Cheema Y, Gur Sidhu#1 Taare — FarakFEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORSNone — Weekend Top 20 Countdown format.No contributor segments. No closing remarks.RUNDOWN0:00 Sammy Opening1:46 #20 Khoonkar — Sahib Cheema, Raf Saperra4:32 Sammy4:58 #19 Mela — Zafar7:08 Sammy7:54 #18 Chal Anjaane — AR Rahman, Sarthak Kalyan, Heer10:40 Sammy11:10 #17 Parinda — Rashmeet Kaur13:52 Sammy14:22 #16 Tujhko — Arijit Singh, Pritam17:32 Sammy17:58 #15 Mehka — Anchit Magee20:02 Sammy20:40 #14 Bata Zara — Subhi23:38 Sammy23:54 #13 Tere Saaye Me Chalota Hu Saath Tere — Arijit Singh, Pritam28:10 Sammy28:40 #12 Barsaat Lagdi Ae — Darshan Raval, Simran Chaudhary31:06 Sammy31:32 #11 Giraft — Shalmali Kholgade33:54 Sammy34:10 #10 Gaya Kaam Se — Armaan Malik36:16 Sammy36:52 #9 Jattan Deya Mundeya — Hustinder38:48 Sammy39:20 #8 Shehzaadi — Kaka40:58 Sammy41:20 #7 Coffee — Amrinder Gill, Jasmeen Akhtar43:40 Sammy44:02 #6 Lottery — Arnaaz Gill, Armaan Gill46:08 Sammy46:18 #5 Billo — Simar48:18 Sammy49:20 #4 Hangova — Anirudh Ravichander51:54 Sammy52:22 #3 Ve Sajjna — Rashmeet Kaur55:08 Sammy56:36 #2 Rebel — Cheema Y, Gur Sidhu57:08 Sammy57:42 #1 Taare — FarakBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support.Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide."South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".