Growing up, the best part of summer was always the lack of school. The feeling of impending freedom was palpable as the days ...

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.

INDIO, Calif. — It’s still spring, but attendees at Coachella are already dreaming about what the so-called song of summer might be. The honor — a somewhat arbitrary one, to be sure — is awarded to ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — 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 beaches ...

Alex Warren and Donna Summer.Jack Dytrych; Harry Langdon/Getty Images Keep scrolling to see every song of the summer from the past 50 years, listed in reverse chronological order. Anjelica Oswald ...

Every year, there’s one track that somehow makes its way from a teenager’s headphones to my mom’s Pilates playlist. You know, the song that plays at rooftop bars and seeps into your subconscious ...

In a summer without a clear "song of the summer" breakout hit, TikTok has declared a 10-year-old pop track from English singer-songwriter Jess Glynne as the title holder thanks to the "Jet2holiday" ...