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 ...

Gone are the sweaty days when “Not Like Us” lit up parties nationwide, uniting Drake dissers everywhere. There are manchildren and daisies and animated anthems from “KPop Demon Hunters,” but nothing ...

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 ...

Devon Powers says there is one significant data point no one has considered in the debate around 2025’s Song of the Summer, or rather, why there doesn’t really seem to be one this year: Donald Trump.

Can this really be the song of the summer? For seven weeks now, the most popular tune in the country has been Alex Warren’s “Ordinary”—a solemn ballad that has all of the warm-weather appropriateness ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. It's official: Pop fans are suffering through a dry spell. By this time last year, we had already been ...

On “Illegal,” PinkPantheress’ sugariest hit to date, the singer/producer cleverly compares the time-warping headrush of getting overly fried to navigating a situationship at the height of its passion ...

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 ...

Spotify is giving users a chance to vote on the 2026 song of the summer, the company announced in a news release on May 29. In a new app feature, fans can vote for the track they think Spotify will ...

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