From left: Alex Warren's "Ordinary," SZA and Kendrick Lamar's "Luther" and Justin Bieber's "Daisies" are topping the charts. But are any of them "song of the summer" material? - Getty Images The ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For friend groups carpooling to the beach this summer, there may not be a consensus on song choice. Pop star Sabrina Carpenter ...

I lied. The Song of the Summer lives! Chappell Roan had such a remarkable run this summer that not giving her this title would have been a tragic mistake-nomenon. The Midwest Princess currently has ...

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 ...

Sabrina Carpenter posing for her ‘Manchild’ song cover. The song was released June 5, 2025. Photo by @sabrinacarpenter/Instagram. The “Song of the Summer” is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left: Alex Warren's "Ordinary," SZA and Kendrick Lamar's "Luther" and Justin Bieber's "Daisies" are topping the charts. But ...

The “Song of the Summer” feels like a relic of the past. With the absence of music video programs, such as Total Request Live and 106 & Park, and the decline in relevance of televised award shows, ...

For friend groups carpooling to the beach this summer, there may not be a consensus on song choice. This year, the internet has been scratching its head trying to figure out which track will reign ...

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 ...