For friend groups carpooling to the beach this summer, there may not be a consensus on song choice. Pop star Sabrina Carpenter collaborated with Dunkin' on Sabrina's Brown Sugar Shakin' Espresso, an ...

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 ...

Ten tastemakers (and two staffers) weigh in on the season’s signature tracks. By Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica Don’t let anyone — even this very newsletter — tell you differently: The last day of ...

Crumpton is a music, pop culture, and politics writer from Dallas. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Atstock Productions/Getty Images, Deagreez/Getty Images, Xavier ...

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 ...

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 — ...

There is no clear choice for this year's Song of the Summer in the same way Beyonce's "Break My Soul" dominated the summer of 2022. SABRINA CARPENTER: (Singing) You said your phone was broken, just ...

What Will 2025’s Song Of The Summer Be? Memorial Day often marks the unofficial start to the summer season. And with summer, that brings music – whether it’s festivals or hit songs. So what goes into ...

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 ...

As summer slowly melts into fall, the songs that defined the warmer months are coming into clearer view. An announcement on Aug. 27 from Spotify named five songs of the summer, hand-selected by the ...

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 and ...