Women on the charts in Iraq.

How much of the chart women lead, month by month since it began, counted by who leads each song. The newest full month comes first, then every month before it.

Led by women: 30.5%; No. 49 of 114 countries in September 2026
Led by men: 68.7%; of the songs we know, September 2026
Led by mixed groups: 0.4%; bands and duos of women and men, September 2026
Artists we know: 90.6%; of the chart's points, the rest not counted above

Month by month

Each month's points on Iraq's chart, split by who leads the song.

One month counted so far. The chart starts once there's a second.

The women who led it in September 2026

By the points of the songs they lead on Iraq's chart.

1
Taylor Swift6 songs1,566 pts
2
Billie Eilish5 songs836 pts
3
Elissa7 songs766 pts
4
Sherine10 songs670 pts
5
Lana Del Rey10 songs585 pts
6
Olivia Rodrigo5 songs540 pts
7
ADÉLA2 songs510 pts
8
Fairuz3 songs505 pts
9
Adele4 songs501 pts
10
Ghostly Kisses3 songs182 pts

What these numbers count

A song counts for whoever leads it, with all its points. A guest verse doesn't change whose song it is, so a man featured on a woman's hit leaves it hers.

We know an artist's gender from public records where they give it. Where they don't, we estimate it from the artist's name and songs, and count it only when we're confident. Songs by artists we can't place are left out of the shares and shown as not known.

In that month, public records settled 83.7% of the songs we know; our estimates, the rest. We name someone as a woman in the list only when public records say so, or, for a band, when we're confident all its members are women.

How every country compares

Women on the charts in Iraq.

Women on the charts in Iraq.

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