Velvet Hours
In rotation
The Top 20 never sits still — the first 10 ride one spinner, the next 10 ride the other. The song that's playing sticks out big, with its timer running under it. Drag a spinner to look around — it always swings back to the song that's playing.
🎧 DJ's Hot Picks
Top 20 is strictly algorithmic — with one exception. Every Friday, a panel of DJs picks 3 songs that are already hot, and those picks step straight into the Top 20. After Friday, the algorithm treats them like everybody else — nobody's safe.
NOW #19
NOW #17
NOW #20
This week's picks — SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2026. A new panel, new picks, every Friday.
TOP RISERS
Rising the fastest — not in the Top 20 yet. These are knocking on the door.
CITY DJs
The DJs who spin independents get their flowers too — vote your city's DJ of the Month.
Dallas is riding with DJ Southside Smoke — 42 votes.
How it works
Part 1 — The Search. The algorithm searches Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, the music platforms where independents promote, and the open web — gathering everything it can find about you and your songs.
Part 2 — The Judging. Every song uploaded here is scored on 15 points of craft, 1–10 each, fitted genre by genre — then the charts recalculate daily.
How the Stage runs
The rotation plays the Top 20 in order, 1 through 20, 24 hours a day.
You're being critiqued 24 hours a day — the algorithm never sleeps.
New entries come into play at 12:00 midnight, every night — that's when the new chart takes effect and knocked-off songs leave the rotation.
Nobody's safe. A new entry can hit at midnight any night — you have to keep putting out great material to stay in the Top 20.
