Skip to content
The Global Countdown cover art

All episodes

The Global Countdown, 100 episodes.

#
Title
1

Uptempo pop from Kazakhstan

2

The fun world of Finnish pop

3

Brazil: The land of ‘sertanejo’ music

4

The songs that have defined Brazilian politics

5

The top songs in Sri Lanka

6

Slovakia’s new global pop star

7

The wonders of Egyptian pop

8

An end-of-summer playlist celebrating Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference Lisbon

9

Monocle Radio’s September playlist preview

10

Switzerland’s 2026 summer hits

11

Italy’s summer hits of 2026

12

Five songs to enjoy this summer

13

The summer is magic: A collection of sunny songs

14

The summery Spanish charts

15

The Global Countdown’s World Cup final: Which country’s music will come out on top?

16

World Cup special: Groups K and L

17

World Cup special: Groups I and J

18

World Cup special: Groups G and H

19

World Cup special: Groups E and F

20

World Cup special: Groups C and D

21

World Cup special: Groups A and B

22

What's on Namibia’s music charts?

23

A celebration of Bulgarian pop

24

The Eurovision songs that you need to know

25

Eurovision 2026 favourites

26

The sounds of the Dutch Caribbean

27

When the Hungarian music charts turn political

28

The UAE charts are a global peek to international music

29

The kings and queens of the Colombian charts

30

Balen – the Nepali prime minister topping the charts

31

Sampling the world’s rising music markets from Mexico to Brazil

32

A look at who is topping the charts in the world’s biggest music markets

33

A chronological journey through Best Original Score winners at the Oscars

34

What’s on the South Korean charts this week?

35

The pop divas you should know

36

The top-five songs in Greece

37

Brazilian Carnival special: The songs to know in 2026

38

A Puerto Rican music celebration

39

How the Swedish charts blocked an AI-made number one, and the star power of Zara Larsson

40

The music charts from the world’s top-five economies

41

Sunny hits from Côte d'Ivoire

42

The appeal of the British Christmas number one

43

Monocle Radio’s favourite songs

44

Monocle ‘Alpino’ playlist

45

The Cambodian hit parade

46

Highlights from the Monocle Radio playlist

47

The divas of Belém

48

Rosalía’s return to the Spanish charts with ‘Berghain’

49

Previewing Monocle Radio’s autumn playlist

50

The largest first-week album sales in the US

51

India’s hit parade

52

A celebration of Egyptian pop

53

Portugal

54

Latin Grammy Awards special: Five artists to know

55

The new J-pop wave

56

The best of Catalan pop

57

The Senegalese charts are big on romance

58

The art of the Brazilian telenovela soundtrack

59

Why Madonna’s seminal ‘Ray of Light’ influenced the sound of 2025

60

The Global Countdown looks at the top songs worldwide including KPop Demon Hunters

61

‘The Global Countdown’ looks at music worldwide, including ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

62

Nigeria: One of the world’s most exciting music markets

63

Mexico

64

Hong Kong

65

Italy

66

‘Monocle Mediterraneo’ special

67

Summer Playlist 2025, part two

68

Monocle Radio’s Summer Playlist 2025

69

Top 5 ‘Te reo Māori’ singles

70

Summer listening: Brazilian tracks from the 1970s and 1980s

71

Malaysia

72

Argentina

73

Eurovision special: Five songs to hear this year

74

Portugal

75

Canada

76

Indonesia

77

Chile

78

Eurovision all-time victors

79

Romania

80

Rising music markets

81

Top five music markets

82

Mexican music charts

83

Spring playlist

84

Carnival special

85

Estonian beats

86

Nepalese music special

87

Exploring Finnish pop

88

Thailand

89

Sounds of South Africa

90

Top of the pops

91

Democratic Republic of the Congo

92

Monocle Radio playlist

93

Monocle Radio’s winter playlist

94

Austrian pop special

95

Tuning in to Italy

96

The Global Countdown – global charts special

97

The Global Countdown – US election special

98

The Global Countdown – Uruguay

99

The Global Countdown – Kazakhstan

100

The Global Countdown – Turkish pop timeline