Spotify unveils its songs of the summer
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Tunes by Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren and Ravyn Lenae were among the top songs this summer for Spotify users.
The big picture: The platform says listeners "swapped carefree anthems for songs that felt personal, vulnerable, and emotionally charged — both lyrically and sonically."
Driving the news: According to Spotify data, summer 2025 was the least danceable and lowest-energy summer for music in the last decade, based on the tempos, rhythm stability, beat strength, and overall regularity of its top tracks.
How it works: Spotify's editors handpicked a list of tracks based on streaming data, cultural impact and editorial insight that "collectively defined the season across the Northern Hemisphere."
Here are Spotify's 2025 top five songs of summer:
"Ordinary" by Alex Warren
- Alex Warren's heartfelt love letter to his wife became the most-streamed song of the summer on Spotify.
- The ballad had its highest streaming peak on June 12, the day following the initial teaser of his single "On My Mind."
"back to friends" by sombr
- Sombr's monthly listeners soared from 8 million at the start of the year to over 53 million to date, following the release of this song.
- The indie rock artist currently has two songs in the Global Top 10.
"Love Me Not" by Ravyn Lenae
- Spotify says this standout song from her 2024 album "Bird's Eye" feels like "a hazy summer evening."
- The record hit its peak streaming day on July 18, the same week Lenae achieved her first Top 10 hit on Billboard Hot 100.
"Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter
- Carpenter followed last summer's hit "Espresso" with this first single of her upcoming album "Man's Best Friend."
- The track spent 25 consecutive days at No. 1 on Spotify's U.S. Daily Top Songs.
"Shake It To The Max (FLY) – Remix" by MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea
- This dancehall anthem charted in Spotify's Top 50 Chart in over 45 countries, including Belgium, France, Ghana, Jamaica, the Netherlands and Singapore, and reached No. 1 in Trinidad and Tobago.
