Top songs that become hit in the Philippines but not successful on international charts

Most radio stations in the Philippines generally do not play Hip-hop and R&B songs and does not rely on songs that currently topped in the charts.

1. "Secret Love Song" (Little Mix)

Most radio station in the Philippines would not remove "Secret Love Song", a song by British girl group Little mix featuring American recording artist Jason Derulo, from their playlist. Although the song was also became the top hit music in Australia and United Kingdom, it failed to enter in any US Billboard charts. From the album Get Weird, the song was alongside with other top hits "Black Magic", "Love Me Like You" and "Hair".

2. "Trumpets" (Sak Noel & Salvi)

"Trumpets" was became the national phenomenon in the Philippines since June 2016 when It's showtime co-host and comedian Vice Ganda and loveteam Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza of AlDub loveteam started making cover of their dance number. Within that month, Spanish DJ Sak Noel himself tweeted about their challenge with AlDub. The song is also the top hit in Lebanon, Belgium, Netherlands and Romania.

3. "Twerk it Like Miley" (Brandon Beal)

The song was became the top hit since July 2015. The song was started when American singer Miley Cyrus do the twerking moves in March 2013 on her Facebook post. In the Philippines, Ella Cruz made an intermission number and was posted on YouTube; Maja Salvador cover her dance number while Enrique Gil assumes the lyrics on noontime show ASAP.

The song was successfully charted on Denmark, the origin of the composer, and peaked at #95 on Germany.

4. "The Horns" (DJ Katch)

"The Horns" was released on November 2015 and was became the top hit in the Philippines on July 2016. The song was only top hit music in Austria, Germany and Italy. The song was used in now-discontinued segment called "The Horns Dance Challenge" in 2016 in variety show It's Showtime.

5. "Sidekick" and "Jumpshot" (Dawin)

From the album Sunday, this two song were, become phenomenon in the Philippines, performed by American recording artist Dawin. On October 2015, he performed live on noontime variety show Eat Bulaga!. Since then, Dawin became the favorite artist for the Filipino people. However, the song was not released as a single and, in the Philippines, it was selected.

Since his single "Dessert", it was successfully charted on Australia and New Zealand and it was also charted on United Kingdom and United States, though it was played rarely. This time, not only in the Philippines are played this song but it was also played in Indonesian-based radio station, Prambors FM.

5. "Bboom Bboom" (Momoland)

"Bboom Bboom", a song recorded by South Korean girl group Momoland, was the most played songs on radio in 2018. In the same year, Momoland had even personally visited the boxer and current Senator Manny Pacquiao. While the song became success in the Philippines, Japan and South Korea, it was not charted on any European charts.

6. "Baam" (Momoland)

After "Bboom Bboom", this time, the song "Baam", also recorded by Momoland. Like the previous song, this song became success in Japan and South Korea. It's new music video showing one of the member of the group, Nancy, waving the Philippine flag, but some netizens expressed concern that the group might have violated the Philippine law because of its usage of the flag.

7. "Panama" (Matteo)

 

 

"Panama" is a song recorded by Matteo was released in 2013. Five years later, the song came into resurgence on local radio in 2018.

 

8. "Baby Shark"

 

A nursery song "Baby Shark" became popular in the Philippines on late 2017 and several figures such as local celebrities and models made their own rendition on that song. The song was charted on short-lived Billboard Philippine Chart at #35 on early 2018 and charted at #27 in United Kingdom.

9. "Bloom" (Troye Sivan)

A song "Bloom" by Australian singer Troye Sivan was only popular in Australia and barely in Scotland. This song was added on the playlist on early May 2018 on stations Magic 89.9, 99.5 Play FM and GV 99.1.

10. "Tarat-tat" (Dos Fuertes)

The Spanish-language song was always played on radio at around 2006 to 2008 and even the app Shazam barely recognized this song.

11. "Tutu" (Alma Zarza)

Originally uploaded on YouTube in 2019, this is the most used song on Tiktok in the Philippines and thousands of Filipino users used this as a dance cover. Probably, you might not know about this song: a young child Alma Zarza is not the original singer but rather a cover song. The original song was released on 2019 and recorded by Camilo and Pedro Capó. It became successful on Spanish-speaking countries and on Billboard's Latin charts.