You're listening to the Global Countdown first broadcast on the briefing on the 20th of March.
And finally it is time for the Global Countdown here on the briefing with our senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco.
Good afternoon, Fernando.
Good afternoon, Chris.
We are not going to do one country's music charts today as we normally do.
We are doing five.
Tell us why.
So yesterday I've attended the IFPI Global Music Report here in London.
So basically it's a look at the industry in 2024.
So of course, and they announced the top five music markets worldwide.
So that's what we're looking here.
So basically we're literally just looking at the number one song in each of those countries.
And I think this is such a good way to show how music tastes are around the world.
There's a variety of genres here, variety of sexes, variety of everything,
which I. Think is super exciting, which isn't always the case either.
Not always.
Like this is an annual report.
So we have done this kind of Global Countdown before and sometimes it can be a little samey samey,
but not this time.
I've struggled last year,