Mariah Carey is Christmas royalty, per her performance on Billboard’s holiday charts with “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” But the bounds of her reach know no seasons.
She’s also among the top-charting acts in the history of Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart.
As previously reported, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” reigns as the No. 1 hit on the season-ending 2025 Songs of the Summer survey. The running tally tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Billboard Hot 100 chart each year from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Below “Ordinary,” Morgan Wallen boasts the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 songs for summer 2025: “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae, “Just in Case” and “I’m the Problem,” respectively. He is the first artist with three top five entries on a season-closing Songs of the Summer chart.
In Billboard’s analysis of this year’s tally, staff asked: “Is Wallen now the 2020s’ unquestioned summertime king?” According to the numbers, and only halfway through the decade, he is clearly in the running to don the crown.
But which artists have had the most success on Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart, dating to the Hot 100’s launch in the summer of 1958?
Below is a look at the acts with the most season-ending Songs of the Summer No. 1s and top 10s, as well as the one name with two summer coronations in the ‘20s and the artists with the most top 10 finishes so far this decade.
Most Songs of the Summer No. 1s
Six elite artists, including Carey and Wallen, have each achieved No. 1 songs of the summer as many as two times. Here’s a rundown:
- Andy Gibb: “I Just Want To Be Your Everything,” 1977; “Shadow Dancing,” 1978
- Mariah Carey: “Vision of Love,” 1990; “We Belong Together,” 2005
- Usher: “U Remind Me,” 2001; “Confessions Part II,” 2004
- Katy Perry: “I Kissed a Girl,” 2008; “California Gurls,” feat. Snoop Dogg, 2010
- Drake: “One Dance,” feat. WizKid & Kyla, 2016; “In My Feelings,” 2018
- Morgan Wallen: “Last Night,” 2023; Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” feat. Wallen, 2024
Most Songs of the Summer Top 10s
Rihanna rules with 10 songs that have made the top 10 on season-ending Songs of the Summer charts.
Her hottest summer hits: “Pon De Replay” (No. 4, 2005); “Unfaithful” (No. 8, 2006); “Umbrella,” featuring Jay-Z (No. 1, 2007); “Take a Bow” (No. 2, 2008); “Disturbia” (No. 8, 2008); Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie,” featuring Rihanna (No. 2, 2010); “Where Have You Been” (No. 6, 2012); Calvin Harris’ “This Is What You Came For,” featuring Rihanna (No. 5, 2016); “Needed Me” (No. 7, 2016); and DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts,” featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller (No. 4, 2017).
Here’s a look at the acts with the most songs that finished in the top 10 on Songs of the Summer charts:
- 10, Rihanna
- 8, Drake
- 6, Justin Bieber
- 6, Elton John
- 6, Katy Perry
- 6, Post Malone
- 5, Mariah Carey
- 5, Bruno Mars
- 5, The Rolling Stones
- 5, Usher
- 5, Morgan Wallen
- 5, Wings
Most Songs of the Summer Top 10s in the ‘20s
As noted above, Wallen is the only artist with multiple season-ending Songs of the Summer No. 1s this decade, dominating with “Last Night” in 2023 and as featured on Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help” in 2024.
Wallen has also earned the most top 10s — five — on the Songs of the Summer chart this decade, thanks to his two No. 1s in 2023 and 2024 and his three top five hits this year.
Harry Styles and SZA have each reached Labor Day with four entries in the Songs of the Summer top 10 in the ‘20s. Styles scored with “Watermelon Sugar” (No. 6) and “Adore You” (No. 10) in 2020 and “As It Was” (No. 1) and “Late Night Talking” (No. 9) in 2022. SZA placed in the top 10 as featured on Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” (No. 4, 2021), with her own “Snooze” (No. 8) and “Kill Bill” (No. 9) in 2023 and with Kendrick Lamar on “Luther” (No. 5, 2025).
Plus, Sabrina Carpenter has collected three Songs of the Summer top 10s this decade, all since last year: “Espresso” was No. 4 and “Please Please Please,” No. 6, in 2024 and “Manchild” rode to No. 9 this summer.
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