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 ...

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 — “California” — in ...

Move over King Kenny Chesney, there's a new queen of summer songs in country music. This list of the 10 best country songs for summer 2025 includes one or two summer love songs, an accidental ...

There is no clear choice for this year's Song of the Summer in the same way Beyonce's "Break My Soul" dominated the summer of 2022. SABRINA CARPENTER: (Singing) You said your phone was broken, just ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

The official start of the summer season is just around the corner, and nothing goes together quite as well as country music and summer songs. Country has plenty of fun, upbeat summer songs that ...

As soon as this song comes on, the only place I want to be is at the beach, listening to Bob Marley and the waves crashing onto the shore. The simplistic percussion and guitar provide a groovy and ...

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 ...

Crumpton is a music, pop culture, and politics writer from Dallas. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Atstock Productions/Getty Images, Deagreez/Getty Images, Xavier ...