From a song by a certified superstar that came out in the very first week of January to breakthroughs from lesser-known indie acts, here are selections from NPR Music's list of the best songs of 2025.

Variety's music writers pick 2025's best songs, from Lily Allen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Dijon, Hayley Williams, Taylor Swift and more.

As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s ...

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Paring a year’s worth of standout music releases down to a neat Top 10 turned out to be a fool’s errand, so this year’s list expands to a Baker’s Dozen—thirteen new and reissue albums that genuinely ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

Last year Sleaford Mods teamed up with Hot Chip for two new collaborative songs, “Nom Nom Nom” and “Cat Burglar,” with their release also benefiting War Child. “Nom Nom Nom” was one of our Songs of ...

The Housemaid' contains a soundtrack of powerful ballads by mostly women singers from Renée Rapp to Lana Del Ray to Taylor ...

Making a list of good things that happened in 2025 may feel like a very short exercise…however despite the world being on ...

Roasting Reading former President Barack Obama’s annual list of his favorite movies, books, and songs. This year’s selection ...

Here’s a shocking fact: I’ve been writing about Minnesota music for 27 years. Now here’s a not-especially-shocking opinion: This list of my favorite 25 albums by Minnesota artists is as solid as any ...