To introduce the era of her third album, Lipa debuted cherry-red locks. Her colorist told Marie Claire they wanted something both “vibrant” and “vampy” — and landed on a deeper shade that could look ...

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 ...

In a summer without a clear "song of the summer" breakout hit, TikTok has declared a 10-year-old pop track from English singer-songwriter Jess Glynne as the title holder thanks to the "Jet2holiday" ...

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 ...

As the temperature outside heats up, so does the chatter around the “song of the summer” — the unofficial name for the track that becomes inescapable between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The song of ...

This summer, all I wanted to do was dance, and I think that definitely showed in my music. What a good summer. There’s just something about an ice-cold sweet tea, sunglasses on, sitting by the pool, ...

Alabama country singer Ella Langley’s single “Choosin’ Texas” just spent its 17th non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the fourth-longest-running No. 1 song in the chart’s ...

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 ...

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 ...