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Malcolm Todd's 'Earrings' holds No. 1 on September Gabb chart

Kiran MachadoPublished 11m ago2 min readBased on 4 sources
Malcolm Todd's 'Earrings' holds No. 1 on September Gabb chart
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Malcolm Todd's "Earrings" has held No. 1 on the Top Gabb Music Songs chart for September 2026. It is a second straight month at the top, according to Billboard.

The chart is a monthly collaboration between Billboard and Gabb Wireless. It launched in October 2024 and tracks on-demand streams on the Gabb Music platform, whose catalogue is chosen by the Gabb team to include only kid- and teen-appropriate content. Those streams do not currently count toward any other Billboard chart.

"Earrings" has been a slow climber on this list. The song, originally released in 2024, entered the July 2026 tally at No. 9 and has now spent three months on the survey. It moved to No. 1 in August and stayed there in September.

The wider US audience is catching on too. "Earrings" reached a new peak of No. 19 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, the main US singles chart, in September. It stayed in the top 20 for the whole month.

Stella Lefty's "Boston" is close behind. It rose five places to a new peak of No. 2 on the September Gabb chart. The track debuted at No. 21 in July. On the Hot 100, it spent the whole of September at its peak of No. 2. Lefty's album Long Way Home started at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, the main US albums chart, on the chart dated 5 September.

Women lead much of the rest of the top 10. Seven of the top 10 songs in September are performed by women. That is the most in any month since the chart began, according to Billboard.

Alyssa Grace's "Bloodstream" jumped 16 places to No. 4. It returned to its Hot 100 peak of No. 45 in September. KATSEYE's "Hootie Frutti" entered at No. 6, the highest debut of the month. It had started at No. 31 on the Hot 100 at the end of August. Olivia Rodrigo took Nos. 8 and 9 with "The Cure" and "Deja Vu".

Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" entered at No. 20. It is her first appearance on the ranking. Parton died on 25 August, before the September chart period, according to Billboard.

Todd took the Gabb crown in August after a run led by Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", which was No. 1 in June and July 2026.

For fans tracking both lists, this month shows two charts moving in step. Songs rising on the Hot 100 are rising on Gabb as well. The difference is order. Todd leads young listeners. Lefty leads the wider market.