Katy Perry's "California Gurls" is the Song of the Summer

Mon. July 19, 2010 3:36 PM by GoPride.com News Staff

Katy Perry's tops Billboard.com's brand-new Songs of Summer chart, which might finally determine the ultimate summer jam.

The Songs of Summer ranks the Top 10 songs of the season based on performance on the Billboard Hot 100 from June 12 through the most recent chart.

Perry's song "California Gurls" has come in at #1. Usher's "OMG" is in at #2, followed by B.o.B and Hayley Williams' "Airplanes," and the Travie McCoy/ Bruno Mars track "Billionaire." Ke$ha's "Your Love Is My Drug" rounds out the Top 5.

Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" is at #6, Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart" is at #7, Drake's "Find Your Love" is at #8, Eminem's "Not Afraid" is at #9 and Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me" closes out the Top 10.

The list will continue until September 9 when the overall summer anthem will be named.

Billboard also unveiled a list of the biggest summer songs of the past quarter-century based on chart performance.
 

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