What will be the No. 1 song of the summer of 2025? We begin making our way toward the answer, as Billboard’s annual Songs of the Summer chart returns to Billboard.com. The 20-position Songs of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — What makes a great song of the summer? Is it an up-tempo pop banger? Something with an earworm chorus? Does it need to feature the words “summer,” “sunshine,” or another synonym — ...

Alex Warren’s chart-topping ballad “Ordinary” is this summer’s most popular song by the numbers, but critics and music fans have lamented that this summer seemed to have few breakout hits as the ...

Labor Day weekend has come and gone, which must mean that the final word is in on the Songs of the Summer. What does Billboard‘s chart-determined Song of the Summer tell us about the state of Songs of ...

Each week, we use this column to break down major takeaways from the latest Billboard albums and singles charts. But it seems like a good week to break down a larger question about the charts circa ...

Sabrina Carpenter posing for her ‘Manchild’ song cover. The song was released June 5, 2025. Photo by @sabrinacarpenter/Instagram. The “Song of the Summer” is ...

With summer 2025 just around the corner, talk of the so-called “song of the summer” has been rising. Summer 2024 was full of hits by artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Charli xcx that ...

(CNN) — The summer of 2025 is severely lacking in “Espresso.” Gone are the sweaty days when “Not Like Us” lit up parties nationwide, uniting Drake dissers everywhere. There are manchildren and daisies ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Every year, summer arrives with a buzzing energy. School's out, the sun is shining, music is blaring out of car windows and speakers are blasting on the beach. But this summer, the ...

As summer slowly melts into fall, the songs that defined the warmer months are coming into clearer view. While last year's soundtrack was dominated by grunge queen Charli XCX's "Brat" and bubble gum ...