As we enter the summer of 2017, music streaming service Pandora has offered its annual list of “Songs Of The Summer” predictions.
“They were selected based on a combination of Pandora/Next Big Sound data and insights from our curators,” says Pandora of its predictions.
This year’s list includes a combination of songs that have already peaked at their core formats (if not already achieved massive success) and songs that just launched.
The picks largely skew toward mainstream/pop, although there are some songs directly targeted to formats like rhythmic/urban (including Magnolia and XO Tour Llif3) and country (including Drinkin’ Problem).
The 2017 are listed (in alphabetical order) below. To get a sense of Pandora’s accuracy, we also included the 2016 predictions:
2017 Picks
1-800-273-8255 — Logic (Feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid)
Attention — Charlie Puth
Bad Liar — Selena Gomez
Believer — Imagine Dragons
Body Like A Back Road — Sam Hunt
Congratulations — Post Malone (Feat. Quavo)
Despacito — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (Feat. Justin Bieber) (Remix)
Down — Fifth Harmony
Drinkin’ Problem — Midland
Hard Times — Paramore
I’m The One — DJ Khaled (Feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne)
Know No Better — Major Lazer (Feat. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo)
Location — Khalid
LOYALTY — Kendrick Lamar (Feat. Rihanna)
Magnolia — Playboi Carti
Malibu — Miley Cyrus
Mask Off — Future
Passionfruit — Drake
Slide — Calvin Harris (Feat. Frank Ocean & Migos)
XO TOUR Llif3 — Lil Uzi Vert
Picks from 2016
Panda – Desiigner
One Dance – Drake (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
Needed Me – Rihanna
Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers (feat. Daya)
No – Meghan Trainor
You Don’t Own Me – Grace (feat. G-Eazy)
Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
Ride – Twenty One Pilots
This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris (feat. Rihanna)
Company – Justin Bieber
Working For It – Zhu
Close – Nick Jonas (feat. Tove Lo)
Like I Would – ZAYN
Once In A While – Timeflies
Say It – Flume (feat. Tove Lo)
