Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top-five songs in Sweden, including an old hit by Zara Larsson. Plus: how an AI-made number one was banned from the charts.

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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top-five songs in Sweden, including an old hit by Zara Larsson. Plus: how an AI-made number one was banned from the charts.

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This week on ‘The Global Countdown’, Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the music charts from the world’s top-five economies – right in time for Davos.

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This week on The Global Countdown, Monocle Radio's Fernando Augusto Pacheco explores the top songs in Côte d'Ivoire.

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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks back at some of the best UK Christmas number ones.

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Fernando Augusto Pacheco picks his favourite songs of 2025, plus a heartwarming throwback to the 1980s that fuses synthesised US sounds with Venezuelan vocals. 

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This week on ‘The Global Countdown’, Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco picks five songs that will light up your winter. These tracks will take you from a gentle evening by the fire to a pumping après-ski dancefloor.

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This week on The Global Countdown, Monocle Radio's Fernando Augusto Pacheco explores the Cambodian hit parade.

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Fernando Augusto Pacheco highlights the new tracks added to our playlist – from a classic by Japanese music legend Haruomi Hosono to techno-pop princess Sam Quealy. 

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As Belém hosts Cop30, Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the city’s unique music scene. From Joelma to Gaby Amarantos, it's a celebration of Amazonian pop.

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