NEW YORK (AP) — 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 — ...

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 ...

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. What will be the No. 1 song of the summer of 2025? We begin making our way toward the answer, as Billboard’s annual Songs of the ...

As summer slowly melts into fall, the songs that defined the warmer months are coming into clearer view. While last year's soundtrack was dominated by grunge queen Charli XCX's "Brat" and bubble gum ...

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 ...

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(CNN) — The summer of 2025 is severely lacking in “Espresso.” Gone are the sweaty days when “Not Like Us” lit up parties nationwide, uniting Drake dissers everywhere. There are manchildren and daisies ...

The official start of the summer season is just around the corner, and nothing goes together quite as well as country music and summer songs. Country has plenty of fun, upbeat summer songs that ...

To put it bluntly, the vibes this summer have been completely non-existent. We've had Brat summer, Barbenheimer, and plenty of hot girl summers, but there's something a little... off about this year.