YouTube Charts featuring India-specific trending music lists are now live. This repository includes the likes of popular artists, songs and video content from across the world. YouTube Charts is now live in as many as 56 countries along with that of the global version. YouTube Charts also features the chart-topping “Teri Meri Kahani” by Ranu Mandal.  

Indian artists top charts at YouTube Charts

The last year witnessed a multitude of Indian artists such as Guru Randhawa, Badshah, Arijit Singh and Neha Kakkar reaching the YouTube music country charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand including global charts This week, Ranu Maria Mondal’s song ‘Teri Meri Kahani’ for Himesh Reshammiya’s upcoming film has reportedly been topping  Global Charts on, with more than 138 million views and counting. Top features of YouTube Charts include: 

• Trending – including What’s new and hot in music at this moment 

• Top Songs- The most played songs on YouTube 

• Top artists - The biggest artists on YouTube 

• Top Music Videos - The most viewed music videos on YouTube

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YouTube Charts are incorporated also within YouTube Music, highlighting Top 100 most played songs, and Top 100 music videos globally and locally and Top 30 Trending chart. This week’s India Charts is topped by Arijit Singh’s Pachtaoge, Jass Manak’s Lehanga, and Psycho Saiyaan, Lyor Cohen, Global Head of Music at YouTube, stated "I'm convinced we're in the golden age of music in India. It's stunning to watch Indian artists flex their creative muscle around the world, constantly taking top spots in our global music charts. We want to do even more for the music industry here. We've heard loud and clear from Indian artists, labels, and fans that they want a single source of truth to see what's hot and popular in the world of music. I'm incredibly excited to bring YouTube charts to India.” 

 Pawan Agarwal, Head of Music Partnerships, YouTube & Google Play, India and South Asia at YouTube added “Indian artists have truly gone global. Week to week in 2019, on average 20% of the entries on the Global Top Songs chart have featured Indian artists. Their popularity outside India is  a testimony of YouTube’s massive global reach, and the opportunities it offers to artists.” 

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