Billboard

Billboard has just posted their “Year in Music 2010” Feature, which includes the Hot 100 Songs, Artists of the Year, and top songs/albums in a number of different genres, including Rock, Pop, and Country.

“Billboard’s year-end music recaps are based on chart performance during the chart year that began with last year’s Dec. 5 issue and ended with the Nov. 27, 2010, issue. The year-end Top Artists list ranks the best-performing acts of the year derived from activity on two …

Billboard announced that it is expanding its suite of chart offerings to include a new chart, the Social 50, presented by ZYNC from American Express, which ranks the most active artists on the world’s leading social networking sites. Rihanna becomes the ‘only girl in the world’ to top the Social 50 chart in its debut week, followed by Justin Bieber, Eminem, Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, respectively, to round out the top five. The full chart is available at Billboard.com.…

The sun is shining, the beaches are crowded and the bodies are tanned, which can only mean one thing — Summer 2010 is in full swing. To celebrate the return of our favorite season, we’ve scoured the Billboard chart archives and compiled this definitive list of the most popular songs about summer ever recorded.

These 30 hot tunes with summer-specific themes are ranked based on each track’s performance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from August 4, 1958 — the …