Scott's Monthly Songs Top 40 Charts: May 2026

Summer Energy Rising

May is where everything starts to click. After April’s transition into lighter, more melodic sounds, this month fully embraces the shift into pre-summer energy. The music feels brighter, more open, and more driven by emotion and movement rather than intensity alone.

Drum & Bass still holds a strong presence, but it now leans more uplifting and melodic, built for long drives and warm nights. EDM begins to feel more festival-ready, with bigger builds, cleaner drops, and a stronger focus on atmosphere. At the same time, country and pop crossover tracks continue to rise, adding warmth, storytelling, and that unmistakable “windows down” feeling. Rock remains part of the chart as well, but like April, it evolves — less about aggression and more about emotion, anthemic choruses, and connection.

Overall, May isn’t about changing direction it’s about elevation. The sound is more confident, more polished, and more in tune with the season. Every track feels like it’s leading somewhere towards longer days, louder speakers, and the peak of summer.

This is where the energy builds. ☀️🎧🚗

🎧 Scott’s Top 40 Charts — Spring Into Summer 2026

These are the songs currently defining the transition from spring into summer. The chart blends melodic Drum & Bass, emotional rock, uplifting EDM, and country crossover energy into one evolving soundtrack built for longer days, night drives, concerts, and future summer memories.

1. Too Fast – Emily Makis

Fast-paced and full of adrenaline, this track perfectly captures your current Drum & Bass obsession. Emily Makis’ vocals glide over high-speed production, making it feel emotional and energetic at the same time. The vocals sounded perfect for a pop song while the music in the backgorund has some reggae and bass for a dancefloor DnB. I moved the song back to #1 for the second time becuase it was too good to not get tired of the song itself.

2. Power – Kanine

Pure high-octane DnB energy. This is one of the hardest-hitting tracks in the rotation and feels built for loud speakers, and having the best energy for dancefloor.

3. Teardrop (Friction & Subsonic Remix) – Hannah Boleyn, Friction & Subsonic

One of the defining songs of your spring transition. As it was #1 earlier thsi month, the Emotional vocals mixed with uplifting DnB production make this feel like a future summer anthem already in motion.

4. Broken Mirror – Architects

Heavy, emotional, and cinematic. Architects continue to dominate your rock side with tracks that balance aggression and atmosphere.

5. WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! – Our Last Night

Chaotic and aggressive with signature modern rock energy. This track feels like controlled madness in the best possible way for a pop cover to make into heavy metal pop.

6. Holding On – Friction & Sam Harper

A smoother and more emotional DnB moment that keeps momentum flowing without losing heart. The song has a real emotional feel when knowing the words as Friction will keep his promise to make this song a banger for the summer.

7. Lost – Catch Your Breath

Dark emotional rock with strong vocals and atmosphere. It adds depth to the upper chart.

8. Still Do – Anne Wilson & Cole Swindell

A clean country crossover that introduces warmth and storytelling into the mix with the deep connection of the music of coutry pop.

9. Breakthrough – TIM3LIMIT & Mango

Progressive electronic energy with cinematic build-up and uplifting momentum. This song started off in the bottom Top 40 but became later sucess overnight into the May Charts.

10. Turn This Truck Around – Jordan Davis

One of the strongest signs that country is rising again in your charts. Warm, relatable, and built for spring drives. This has a good feel while opening the windows and put your heart and soul about a pickup truck.

11. Bar And Back – Josh Ross

Modern country with emotional honesty and strong hooks. The song has a real connection about a person that helped you has love and understood life being in the back of the bar.

12. In Every Life (Koven Remix) – Audien & Koven

Melodic electronic production with soaring emotion and uplifting vocals. The kind of song that feels like memories, hope, and a big festival moment all at once. With Koven’s remix style, it can feel even stronger because it brings that Drum & Bass / melodic bass energy while still keeping the emotional heart of the original.

13. You Phase – Mitchell Tenpenny

A clean, smooth country-pop track that perfectly fits the warmer seasonal mood. Mitchell Tenpenny brings a smooth country-pop moment with “You Phase,” a song that feels built around romance, memories, and that one person who stays stuck in your head. It adds a softer emotional country sound to the chart while still feeling catchy enough for summer listening.

14. Eternity – Wilkinson & Mougleta

One of my strongest melodic DnB entries. Bright, emotional, and ready to peak in summer.

15. Midnight Sun – Kanine

Fast, uplifting DnB that feels built for sunset hours and late-night energy. The title gives it that feeling of being out late, but still surrounded by light — like summer nights, festival energy, and powerful bass carrying the mood forward.

16. Pop Off – GRiZ & Levity

Funky bass energy with personality and groove. It suprised me that it passed the Top 20 charts which I'm thrilled for evening hours of heavy bangers.

17. Freak Of Nature – Exception & LICIA

Dark electronic atmosphere with cinematic production. The song feels also like standing out, being different, and owning your energy. The title gives it a wild, powerful feeling like someone who cannot be controlled, boxed in, or slowed down.

18. Mouth Go LaLa – Armin van Buuren, Maddix & Caroline Roxy

Festival-ready EDM with catchy vocal energy. It also has that fast paced track of dance party like most of Armin's Club Music.

19. Naughty Girl – Changing Faces & LIIA

Melodic Drum & Bass with smooth vocals and vibrant energy. The song has a cheeky feels with the fun grove and playful, confident track with a flirty dancefloor attitude. It has that late-night club energy where the song is about having fun, feeling bold, and not being afraid to stand out.

20. cheap talks – PET3RPUNX

Energetic electronic production with a club-focused edge. The song also talked about being real and showing the person that you are to party and live the realist of life. It also expalins aobut not wowrrying about being in disguise to be beautiful.

21. In Waves – Three Days Grace

Modern emotional rock with powerful atmosphere and vocal weight. The song is about emotions crashing in and out, almost like being hit by heavy waves you have to survive. It can connect to struggle, pressure, anger, and trying to stay strong when life keeps pushing back.

22. Getaway Car – Dustin Lynch

One of your strongest “windows-down” songs heading into summer.

23. We Can Always Move On – Cole Swindell & Priscilla Block

Country-pop storytelling with strong emotional chemistry.

24. What You Want – T & Sugah, Ekko & Sidetrack

Clean, melodic DnB with uplifting spring energy.

25. Ocean Eyes – TELYKAST, Frank Walker & Steerner

Dreamy EDM atmosphere with emotional vocals. It feels perfect for summer nights, beach memories, and emotional festival moments. It adds a bright, romantic EDM feeling to your chart while keeping the energy clean and uplifting.

26. Free – Beartooth

Aggressive but uplifting rock energy focused on release and freedom. It also has that moment where you want to be freed from something that you felt like a trap.

27. Can’t Sit Still – Lainey Wilson

Fun, energetic country track with personality and movement.The song about nonstop energy, ambition, and always chasing the next big moment. It fits Lainey Wilson’s personality because it sounds like someone who is always moving, creating, performing, and living life with full country confidence. This song also arrived during a huge moment for Lainey Wilson. Around the same time, she made her film acting debutin Universal’s adaptation of Reminders of Him, based on Colleen Hoover’s novel. The movie was released in U.S. theaters on March 13, 2026, the same day “Can’t Sit Still” came out.

28. touch (Disciples Remix) – Kaskade, MKLA & Disciples

Smooth house vibes with clean production and warm atmosphere. This track is filled with smooth vocals, nighttime energy, and club-ready rhythm. It adds a polished dance-pop and house vibe to the charts, perfect for late-night drives, summer parties, and emotional DJ moments.

29. Mind Illuminate – Alok, SIDEPIECE & Victor Ruiz

Dark and hypnotic club energy with strong electronic rhythm.

30. All I Need – Disciples & Kyozo

Melodic dance music with smooth vocal-driven energy.

31. Hate How You Look – Josh Ross

Emotional country-rock storytelling with relatable lyrics.It's a breakup song about trying to move on, but still being affected by how good someone looks after everything ended. It has that emotional country-pop tension where attraction, regret, and heartbreak all mix together.

32. HIGH – Magnolia Park & Arrows in Action

Fast-paced alternative rock with youthful energy.

33. Alive – Metrik

Pure uplifting Drum & Bass momentum built for summer nights.

34. Turbo Speed – Control Alt Delete

High-BPM electronic chaos designed for adrenaline.

35. Glory – Our Last Night

Big modern rock anthem with emotional drive and energy. feels like a powerful anthem about fighting through pain, chasing something bigger, and refusing to quit.

36. Wish I Didn’t – Megan Moroney

Smooth country-pop heartbreak track with strong atmosphere.

37. The Dirt – Archers

Dark, gritty rock energy with emotional tension.

38. Outta My Head – Census

Aggressive alternative rock with modern emotional themes.

39. Never Let You Go – MK & Illyus & Barrientos

Late-night house groove with smooth rhythm and warm production.

40. Last One Standing – ENMY

A dramatic rock closer that finishes the chart with strength and intensity.

Highlights into May

As May begins, several songs from late April and early May stand out as major highlights that helped shape the sound of the month. These tracks show how the chart moved from spring energy into a stronger pre-summer direction, with Drum & Bass, EDM, rock, and country all making big moves.

The biggest story is the run of #1 songs that carried momentum into May. “The Game” by Mango started the push on April 13, followed by “Teardrop (Friction & Subsonic Remix)” by Hannah Boleyn, Friction & Subsonic on April 20. Then “Too Fast” by Emily Makis hit #1 on April 27 before “Power” by Kanine took over on May 4. That run shows how Drum & Bass became one of the strongest sounds in the chart heading toward summer.

There were also big emotional and festival-ready moments. “Rain” by FISHER peaked at #2, bringing house energy into the mix, while “Lost” by Catch Your Breath reached #3 with darker emotional rock power. Tracks like “Feel This Way” by LICIA & Solid State, “Overflow” by T & Sugah & Nu-La, and “Synchronized” by Metrik kept the melodic electronic sound alive with strong spring-to-summer momentum.

One of the biggest new additions is “In Every Life (Koven Remix)” by Audien & Koven, which brings emotional melodic Drum & Bass into the chart. It feels uplifting, cinematic, and festival-ready, making it a perfect song for late spring and early summer. Another major story in the May charts is how some songs entered after the April chart period and quickly transformed into serious Top 10 contenders. These weren’t just small new entries — they became major chart moments within only a month. “Still Do” by Anne Wilson & Cole Swindell became one of the biggest country crossover stories of the month. After entering after the April charts, it quickly climbed into the Top 10 with its warm emotional sound, strong duet chemistry, and relatable country-pop storytelling. The song helped prove that country music was becoming a bigger part of the chart as summer got closer “Breakthrough” by TIM3LIMIT & Mango had one of the most exciting rises on the electronic side. It started lower in the Top 40 but became an overnight success in the May charts, climbing all the way into the Top 10. Its cinematic build-up, progressive energy, and uplifting momentum made it feel like a true transformation song one that matched the feeling of May becoming brighter, bigger, and more summer-ready.

Country also continues to grow with songs like “You Phase” by Mitchell Tenpenny, “Can’t Sit Still” by Lainey Wilson, and “Hate How You Look” by Josh Ross. These tracks bring romance, movement, heartbreak, and storytelling into the May chart, giving the playlist that warm “windows down” feeling.

The Drum & Bass side gets stronger with “Midnight Sun” by Kanine, “Freak Of Nature” by Exception & LICIA, and “Naughty Girl” by Changing Faces & LIIA. These songs bring nighttime energy, dancefloor confidence, and bold summer momentum.

Rock also enters with serious power. “In Waves” by Three Days Grace and "Lost" by Catch Your Breath add emotional intensity, heavier vocals, and an anthem-like feeling. They balance the EDM and country songs with strength and drama.

The EDM and house side also shines with “Ocean Eyes” by TELYKAST, Frank Walker & Steerner and “touch (Disciples Remix)” by Kaskade, MKLA & Disciples. These songs bring smoother, romantic, late-night dance energy into the May charts.

My choices of songs peaked at

#1 The Game - Mango 4/13

#1 Teardrop (Friction & Subsonic Remix) — Hannah Boleyn, Friction, Subsonic 4/20

#1 Too Fast - Emliy Makis 4/27

#1 Power - Kanine 5/4

#2 Rain — FISHER 4/27

#3 Lost — Catch Your Breath 4/27

#4 Feel This Way — LICIA, Solid State 4/14

#4 Overflow — T & Sugah, Nu-La 4/21

#5 HUMAN (feat. Matty Mullins) — elijah, Matty Mullins

#7 Landmines — Architects

#8 Gasoline (All Rage Still Only Numb) — Story Of The Year

#12 Party Muscle — Mozey 4/27

#13 Believe — Whales

#13 Synchronized - Metrik 4/27

#14 Poster Child — Taylor Acorn

#16 Look What You Made Me Do — SCATTERBRAIN

#17 Never Gonna Stop ([IVY] Remix) — ANDATA, 2HOT2PLAY, [IVY]

#17 Back to Friends - Our Last Night 5/1

#19 2017 — Lil Mosey 4/27

#20 NOW OR NEVER — Tkandz, CXSPER 4/27

#20 War - ILLENIUM feat. Lø Spirit

#21 Ultrasound - Arcando, Pirapus 5/1

#24 Free — SLANDER, NGHTMRE, ZOHARA 4/27

#28 Go Mode - Alok 4/27

#31 Locked In — Phocust, Messinian

#34 The Decay — Pop Evil 5/3

#38 Sex n Pillz — X-CITE

#39 UFG — Siamese Goat God

New Arrivals

Lost — Catch Your Breath

Still Do — Anne Wilson, Cole Swindell

Breakthrough — TIM3LIMIT, Mango

Turn This Truck Around — Jordan Davis

Bar And Back — Josh Ross

In Every Life (Koven Remix) — Audien, Koven

Mouth Go LaLa — Armin van Buuren, Maddix, Caroline Roxy

Naughty Girl — Changing Faces, LIIA

cheap talks — PET3RPUNX

In Waves — Three Days Grace

What You Want — T & Sugah, Ekko & Sidetrack

Ocean Eyes — TELYKAST, Frank Walker, Steerner, Jazara

Free — Beartooth

Can’t Sit Still — Lainey Wilson

touch (Disciples Remix) — Kaskade, MKLA, Disciples

Mind Illuminate — Alok, SIDEPIECE, Victor Ruiz

All I Need — Disciples, Kyozo

Hate How You Look — Josh Ross

HIGH — Magnolia Park, Arrows in Action

Alive — Metrik

Turbo Speed — Control Alt Delete

Glory — Our Last Night

Wish I Didn’t — Megan Moroney

The Dirt — Archers

Outta My Head — Census

Never Let You Go — MK, Illyus & Barrientos

Last One Standing — ENMY