The summery summary returns.
Drake speaks onstage during his Til Death Do Us Part rap battle on Oct. 30, 2021, in Long Beach, Calif.
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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 of the Summer running tally tracks the most popular hits based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Billboard Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day (this year encompassing charts dated June 6 through Sept. 12, 2026). At the end of the season, the top song of the summer will be revealed.
