2024 was widely viewed as a thrilling year for mainstream hits. 2025, not even close. “There haven’t been too many big moments,” says Nima Etminan, COO of Empire, the independent label that signed ...

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 Summer chart returns to Billboard.com. The 20-position Songs of the ...

To some degree, the verdict remains out on the summer songs of 2024 and 2025. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was one of the biggest hits of summer 2024, but it lacks any kind of summer vibe unless ...

The Spotify Wrapped drop is an exciting time for listeners the world over. Those that choose Spotify as their preferred platform can get a roundup of their listening habits from the year. On the flip ...

The year in hip-hop saw the reinvention of the diss track, with “Not Like Us” entering the musical canon as a bonafide hit. But the year wasn’t all rap beef; the rap world delivered a variety of ...

From a scathing diss track-turned-international banger to a duet featuring two pop queens to an R&B groove bursting with '90s nostalgia, THR’s music editor picks his favorite bops of the year. By ...

Alex Warren's "Ordinary" reigns as Billboard's No. 1 global song of the summer for 2025. The race reflects performance on the weekly Billboard Global 200 from charts dated June 7 through Sept. 6, ...

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 ...