August 28, 2026 — "The Top 20 Countdown"

August 28, 2026 — "The Top 20 Countdown"The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 608Weekend Countdown — Airs Friday August 28 through Sunday August 30ON TODAY'S SHOWIt's the weekend on The Bridge — the Top 20 Countdown, Friday through Sunday, and Farak's Taare makes it three weeks on the throne. Behind it, the board turns over: Rawme Hooda and MC Square's Treat Me Special rockets in at No2, Cheema Y and Gur Sidhu's Rebel holds No3, Simar's Billo climbs to No4 the week of her interview, and Anirudh Ravichander's Hangova sits at No5. Yung Sammy and Fijiana's Like That debuts at No6. Amrinder Gill and Jasmeen Akhtar's Coffee slides to No7. Subhi's Bata Zara jumps to No9 and Zafar's Mela to No8. Rashmeet Kaur remains the board's only double — Ve Sajjna at No10, Parinda at No19. Chandra Brar's Mehndi debuts at No11, Outstation's Kho Sa Gaya Hoon at No17. Shalmali Kholgade's Giraft closes out a seventh chart week at No20. Sammy counts them down from No20 to No1 — the songs the diaspora moved the most this week.FEATURED MUSIC — THE COUNTDOWN#20 Giraft — Shalmali Kholgade#19 Parinda — Rashmeet Kaur#18 Shehzaadi — Kaka#17 Kho Sa Gaya Hoon — Outstation#16 Barsaat Lagdi Ae — Darshan Raval, Simran Chaudhary#15 Jattan Deya Mundeya — Hustinder#14 Khoonkhar — Sahil Cheema, Raf Saperra#13 Lottery — Armaan Gill, Arnaaz Gill#12 Mehka — Anchit Magee#11 Mehndi — Chandra Brar#10 Ve Sajjna — Rashmeet Kaur#9 Bata Zara — Subhi#8 Mela — Zafar#7 Coffee — Amrinder Gill, Jasmeen Akhtar#6 Like That — Yung Sammy, Fijiana#5 Hangova — Anirudh Ravichander#4 Billo — Simar#3 Rebel — Cheema Y, Gur Sidhu#2 Treat Me Special — Rawme Hooda, MC Square#1 Taare — FarakFEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORSNone — Weekend Top 20 Countdown format.No contributor segments. No closing remarks.RUNDOWN0:00 Sammy Opening2:30 #20 Giraft — Shalmali Kholgade4:22 Sammy4:52 #19 Parinda — Rashmeet Kaur8:06 Sammy8:36 #18 Shehzaadi — Kaka10:10 Sammy10:28 #17 Kho Sa Gaya Hoon — Outstation12:10 Sammy12:46 #16 Barsaat Lagdi Ae — Darshan Raval, Simran Chaudhary15:16 Sammy15:50 #15 Jattan Deya Mundeya — Hustinder17:48 Sammy18:16 #14 Khoonkhar — Sahil Cheema, Raf Saperra21:18 Sammy21:48 #13 Lottery — Armaan Gill, Arnaaz Gill23:58 Sammy24:18 #12 Mehka — Anchit Magee26:40 Sammy27:14 #11 Mehndi — Chandra Brar28:56 Sammy29:24 #10 Ve Sajjna — Rashmeet Kaur32:35 Sammy33:24 #9 Bata Zara — Subhi36:34 Sammy36:56 #8 Mela — Zafar39:42 #7 Coffee — Amrinder Gill, Jasmeen Akhtar42:03 Sammy42:29 #6 Like That — Yung Sammy, Fijiana44:38 Sammy45:31 #5 Hangova — Anirudh Ravichander48:42 Sammy49:08 #4 Billo — Simar51:01 Sammy51:41 #3 Rebel — Cheema Y, Gur Sidhu53:12 Sammy53:41 #2 Treat Me Special — Rawme Hooda, MC Square56:48 Sammy57:41 #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".