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  • Culture
  • Episode 230
  • 29 Jan 2026
  • 13 min

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

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  • The Global Countdown
  • Culture
  • Episode 230
  • 13 min

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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  • Fernando Augusto Pacheco

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