Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary’ Is Billboard’s No. 1 Global Song of the Summer for 2025
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” reigns as Billboard’s No. 1 global song of the summer for 2025.
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The race reflects performance on the weekly Billboard Global 200 from charts dated June 7 through Sept. 6, spotlighting the biggest songs worldwide from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The Global 200 ranks songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. Titles that appeared on the 2024 global summer recap or peaked on the Global 200 during or before summer 2024 were ineligible to appear on this year’s summer retrospective.
(Notably, countries in the Southern Hemisphere were not in summer the past three months. Listeners in those territories might at least feel carefree, warm-weather vibes browsing the biggest worldwide hits over that span.)
“Ordinary” spent the first six weeks of the summer tracking period atop the Global 200, with seven of its next eight weeks at No. 2.
“Alex makes really universal music,” Atlantic Records vp of A&R Michael Parker told Billboard in April of the Carlsbad, Calif.-born singer-songwriter. “Alex’s songs are personal and powerful, and all true stories ripped right out of his life that most can relate to. It’s also a huge testament to our U.S. and international teams working closely together to achieve global success.”
Despite not reaching No. 1 on the Global 200 until the chart dated July 19, “Golden” by HUNTR/X, the singing trio of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, wraps at No. 2 for the summer — with two more songs, both by Saja Boys, from Netflix’s smash animated film KPop Demon Hunters in the top 10, at Nos. 8 and 9, respectively.
Here is a rundown of the 10 biggest global songs of the summer for 2025:
- No. 1, “Ordinary,” Alex Warren
- No. 2, “Golden,” HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI
- No. 3, “Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
- No. 4, “APT.,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
- No. 5, “Back to Friends,” sombr
- No. 6, “Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
- No. 7, “Love Me Not,” Ravyn Lenae
- No. 8, “Soda Pop,” Saja Boys: Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo & samUIL Lee
- No. 9, “Your Idol,” Saja Boys: Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo & samUIL Lee
- No. 10, “La Plena (W Sound 05),” W Sound, Beéle & Ovy on the Drums
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” wrapped as the No. 1 global song summer of the summer for 2024, after Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, ruled for summer 2023.
As previously reported, “Ordinary” is the No. 1 title on Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart for the 2025 summer season, based on performance on the weekly, U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
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