• last year
Billboard looks back and counts down the top five songs that ruled the summer of 2021.
Transcript
00:00 We're getting to the last years before our big reveal.
00:05 2021, full on pandemic, big songs as we tried our best to stay safe that summer.
00:11 Let's jump right into number five, the weekend's massive hit alongside Ariana Grande, Save
00:16 Your Tears is first on our list.
00:25 Our next song features two female R&B superstars teaming up for a massive summer hit.
00:31 Doja Cat's Kiss Me More featuring SZA comes in at number four.
00:42 Dua Lipa had us all feeling like we were defying gravity with her number three hit on the Hot
00:47 100 songs of the summer.
00:48 Levitating comes in next.
00:57 Our number two hit is a revenge song set against an upbeat pop sound.
01:02 Olivia Rodrigo flawlessly makes us feel powerful with Good 4 U.
01:15 Drake wins big in 2021 with the number one song of the summer and the genre's reigning
01:20 superstars, the boys of BTS, helped us feel good all summer long with their hit Butter.
01:27 We are so close to our winning summer song.
01:34 Next week we'll look at 2022 before we reveal the biggest song of the summer.
01:38 (upbeat music)

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