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 ...

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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 will be the No. 1 song of the summer of 2026? We begin making our three-month trip to the answer, as Billboard’s annual Songs of the Summer chart returns to Billboard.com. The 20-position Songs ...

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 ...

Can Drake reclaim the throne? Is it the season of Stella Lefty? Or is Ella Langley inevitable? Hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli Ella Langley? Drake? A.I.?! Jon and Joe battle through an ...

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at our finalized Songs of the Summer chart, led by Alex Warren's "Ordinary." Labor Day weekend has come and gone, which must mean that the final word is in on ...