Helping to kick off the Memorial Day weekend, SiriusXM’s Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits Countdown is back, with the limited-engagement channel celebrating the biggest and most sizzling summer songs over the Billboard Hot 100’s history.
The channel counts down, from No. 500 to No. 1, the hottest summer classics from 1958, when the Hot 100 began, through 2025 based on performance on the chart, ranging from hits by The Beach Boys, The Beatles and The Supremes to the newest entries from the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, HUNTR/X and Morgan Wallen.
In between, such stars as the Bee Gees, Donna Summer (naturally), Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Beyoncé, Shakira, Taylor Swift and Drake provided scorching summer soundtracks, all represented on the countdown.
SiriusXM’s Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits Countdown channel is available now through May 28 on SiriusXM channel 300 and on the SiriusXM app. The channel will then continue exclusively on the SiriusXM app throughout the year.
The Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits Countdown marks the latest partnership between SiriusXM and Billboard. It follows the Billboard 2025 #1s Channel, which highlighted leaders on a variety of charts, and the Billboard Holiday Countdown, spotlighting the 100 most festive favorites according to performance on Billboard’s Holiday 100 chart.
Previous SiriusXM and Billboard collaborations include the Billboard Latin Music Week Channel, the Billboard Top 500 R&B Countdown, the Billboard Women of Pop Countdown and the Billboard #2 Countdown Channel. 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 surveys counted down on 70s on 7 and Prime Country.
