Every summer, as people across the Northern Hemisphere seek out the perfect songs to soundtrack the season, Spotify is right there with them. The fun starts in early June with our annual Songs of Summer predictions featuring the red-hot hits our global team of editors thinks will pop off. This year, we even gave you our first-ever midsummer update with the top 15 songs from our original list, plus five new wild card additions.
Now, for the big end-of-summer reveal, we're doing things a little differently. Instead of picking one winner based on streams alone, we're presenting our Global Top 5 Songs of Summer to capture a more dynamic view of the sounds and moments that soundtracked the season. We also took a more holistic approach to our process, using Spotify streaming data, the expertise of our music editorial team, and cultural impact as criteria.
Our editors are constantly watching culture evolve and seeing how the music landscape ebbs and flows during certain moments in time, said Spotify's Talia Kraines, Senior Editor, U.S. Pop. The Songs of Summer we've chosen this year really reflect the wide variety of sounds our listeners were finding joy in throughout the season, and what resonated with them culturally. We looked beyond the charts-although they still played an important role-to see which songs became a staple in culture throughout the summer. These tracks really encapsulate the unique moods listeners have been leaning into.
So without further ado, here are the five songs that defined summer 2024 for our listeners around the world-from female pop breakthroughs to country's global surge to instant hip-hop classics, as featured on our official Songs of Summer playlist.
Spotify's Global Top 5 Songs of Summer (Listed alphabetically by artist first name)
BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish
HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan
Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar
Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey
To close out the season, let's unpack each track and the key trends that contributed to its undeniable popularity.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish Billie had a refreshing return to tempo this summer with this breezy hit, which boasts more than 855 million streams on Spotify. One of the biggest tracks from her third studio album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, the song reached a fever pitch after Billie's unforgettable performance at the summer games closing ceremony on August 11. The following day, it was streamed more than 9 million times on Spotify, quickly rising to the top of our global chart.
HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan In many ways, it has been the summer of Chappell, with HOT TO GO! emerging as a 2024 festival favorite and becoming one of Spotify's wild card picks in our midsummer update.
Globally on Spotify, the track saw its biggest spike of the summer on June 10, the day after Chappell's showstopping Gov Ball set in New York City. A photo of the artist in her iconic Statue of Liberty costume became the cover of Spotify's I Love NYC afterward, and the playlist grew by nearly 350% over the following week. Following her record-breaking Lollapalooza performance, Chappell was also featured on the cover of our Hot Pink playlist, which grew by nearly 145% in the week following.
Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar This razor-sharp track transcended the rap beef that brought it to life and became a worldwide summer anthem. It also drove massive boosts for Kendrick's entire catalog on Spotify immediately following its release.
Both globally and in the U.S., Not Like Us saw its biggest surge on June 20, the day after Kendrick's Juneteenth concert in Los Angeles. And after the music video dropped on July 4, the song spent 28 consecutive days at No. 1 on Spotify's U.S. chart.
Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter When Espresso first dropped in April, it instantly felt like the song of the summer-before the season had even started. With its beach-themed music video, catchy chorus, and idiosyncratic lyrics ( that's that me espresso! ), this hit held on to its staying power all summer long.
Since June, the song has spent 20 days at No. 1 on Spotify's global charts while also topping 25 regional charts in countries like Australia, Malaysia, Jordan, and Singapore.
A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey With A Bar Song (Tipsy), Shaboozey secured an instant hit. Based on a familiar, nostalgic track from the early aughts-J-Kwon's Tipsy -this infectious sing-along rendition crossed borders and topped charts around the world.
Since June, the song has hit No. 1 on Spotify's charts in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. It reached No. 1 on Spotify's U.S. chart for the first time on July 4, solidifying its status as the perfect summer holiday anthem.
The global success of Shaboozey really exemplifies a shift in the sound reaching new audiences globally-it's been incredible to see the growth of country music outside of the U.S. over the last few years, said Spotify's Emma Vikstr m, Editorial Lead, Nordics. Early spring, we saw A Bar Song (Tipsy)' take off in the Nordics, and Shaboozey quickly reached his first-ever No. 1 in Sweden. Sweden was also the first country in the world that had him at the top of the charts, and he remained at the top throughout the entire summer. And Shaboozey is not alone-we've seen many other country stars have unprecedented success in our Hot Hits flagships all over the world. The country genre is breaking through this season like never before.
The season's not over yet, so there's still plenty of time to queue up our Summer Hits 2024 playlist for your next gathering. And if you're heading out on one last sunny vacation, check out our beach-themed podcast picks and audiobook selections.
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Every summer, as people across the Northern Hemisphere seek out the perfect songs to soundtrack the season, Spotify is right there with them. The fun starts in early June with our annual Songs of Summer predictions featuring the red-hot hits our global team of editors thinks will pop off. This year, we even gave you our first-ever midsummer update with the top 15 songs from our original list, plus five new wild card additions.
