The Global Countdown
Fernando Augusto Pacheco explores global music charts, highlighting the best—and quirkiest—hits from around the world.
Latest Episodes
Finland
This week in The Global Countdown, Fernando Augusto Pacheco listens to the top five songs of all time in Finland with Monocle’s resident Finn Markus Hippi.
Bolivia
On this week’s Global Countdown, Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in Bolivia, including a very celebratory number one.
Germany
Monocle 24’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in Germany this week, including the return of Helene Fischer.
The Philippines
Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in the Philippines this week.
Olympics special
Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco takes a look at the top five songs worldwide. Consider it the Olympics of music.
Bulgaria
Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in Bulgaria this week. After its most recent election, the country may soon have a pop star, Slavi Trifonov, as prime minister. We talk about his music and the artists in the country’s top five: expect plenty of turbo-folk and shirtless…
Rwanda
For this week’s ‘Global Countdown’, Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in Rwanda this week.
Summer songs
Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco takes a look at some of the top summer songs in the US through the years.
