What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a ...

Anjelica Oswald contributed to a previous version of this article. 2024: "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey For the second year in a row, a country song ruled the summertime charts. Virginia native ...

The best country summer songs are made for taking stress away. Vacation songs, beach songs, roadtrip songs and tailgate songs make up this ultimate summertime playlist. While most of the Top 10 songs ...

What makes a song of the summer? Is it pop perfection? A sick beat? Radio dominance? Last week, we took a data-driven look at the season’s biggest songs; now, we present the songs the Rolling Stone ...

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 ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. 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 ...

You’re listening to “1-2-3” by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, a summer hit from 1988. “1-2-3” is a classic summer song: highly energetic with above-average danceability. It scores about ...

Brat summer brought forth not one single song of the summer, but a season’s worth of hits: the Guess remix featuring Billie Eilish marked Charli’s first top 10 on the Canadian Billboard Hot 100 since ...

To celebrate the official start of summer, we've brought back our Songs Of The Summer mix. Though it may be too soon to definitively name 2018's Song of the Summer, we've added to the mix a few songs ...

Hit Songs Deconstructed analyzes the season's top 10 hits. With summer over — not officially until Sept. 23, but for chart purposes, given that Billboard has announced the season-end 2023 Songs of the ...

How do you say “I love you” in the Summer of '22? Make a video set to the love song “You” by Keansburg up-and-coming music man Louyah and post it on social media. So for, more than 45,000 have done so ...