The dog days of summer are slow, scorching, and to some, absolutely miserable. In a sense, marching towards the end of summer is the equivalent of one willingly marching to their own death. Okay, well ...

When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...

Pool parties and barbecues are soon going to be a thing of the past, replaced by fireside chats and hot cocoa sips. There’s still time to enjoy the last bits of summer, though, and the three songs ...

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 seem ...

What is 2025’s Song of the Summer? As Labor Day looms, we still don’t have an answer—but there’s a solid pool of candidates. But what makes up a Song of the Summer? We’ve boiled it down to five ...

The song has reigned at No. 1 on the Hot 100 for 10 weeks, but fans and critics remain unenthused. The love song has taken off on pop radio and is perfect fodder for relationship montages on TikTok.

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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 ...

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 ...

While there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues, there is, in fact, a formula for determining the songs of the summer, according to Billboard magazine, which has calculated the Top 10 songs of the ...