SiriusXM’s limited engagement channel Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits Countdown has returned, celebrating the all-time biggest summer songs.
The channel counts down, from No. 500 to No. 1, the most sizzling summer classics from 1958 through 2023 based on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, featuring such acts as The Beatles, Bee Gees, Mariah Carey, Drake, Elton John, Madonna, Katy Perry, Elvis Presley, Rihanna, Rolling Stones, Usher and (fittingly) Donna Summer.
SiriusXM’s Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits Countdown channel is available now through June 30 on SiriusXM channel 105 and on the SiriusXM app. The channel will then continue exclusively on the SiriusXM app throughout the year.
The spotlight follows the annual return of Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart, with Post Malone and Morgan Wallen ringing in this year’s running tally at No. 1 with “I Had Some Help,” which holds atop the latest list. The 20-position chart tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day. At the end of the season, the top song of the summer will be revealed.
Wallen’s “Last Night” led the season-ending 2023 Songs of the Summer chart and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” reigned in 2022. BTS’ “Butter” glided to a No. 1 finish in 2021, after DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, wrapped on top in 2020. You can check out the top 10 summer songs every year throughout the Hot 100’s history (from the chart’s start in 1958) here.
The Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits Countdown marks the latest partnership between SiriusXM and Billboard. Recent airings include the Billboard Women of Pop Countdown, the Billboard Music Awards Channel, the Billboard #2 Countdown Channel and the Billboard Top 500 R&B Countdown. Additionally, SiriusXM’s Big 40 Countdown, on 80s on 8, and the Back in the Day Replay, on ‘90s on 9, are based on historical weekly Hot 100 charts, with other current and classic charts counted down on channels including 70s on 7, Prime Country and TikTok Radio.
