Unexpected comebacks and operatic pop: The best albums and songs of 2025

Unexpected comebacks and operatic pop: The best albums and songs of 2025 Songs about love, sex, tax and demon hunters ranked among the best music of 2025, according to a "poll of polls" conducted by BBC News. We compiled more than 30 end-of-year lists from leading music publications to come up with a "super-ranking" of the year's best albums and singles, with artists including Pulp, Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan joined by newcomers like pop singer Addison Rae and indie band Geese. In total, the critics named more than 200 records among their favourites, although the year's biggest-sellers failed to impress them. Taylor Swift's blockbuster album The Life Of A Showgirl only picked up a handful of nominations. The year's biggest single, Alex Warren's Ordinary, appeared in just one list of 2025's best songs. Instead, critics selected music that shifted the tectonic plates of pop... Here's a guide to their favourites. vidIQ American Trending News 44.2 vidIQ US breaking news 43.9 vidIQ celebrity news 59.6 vidIQ USA updates 46.2 vidIQ USA sports updates 43.0 vidIQ US politics news 52.2 vidIQ Viral USA news 46.7 vidIQ Caitlin Clark WNBA 41.9 vidIQ Clark live 54.4 vidIQ Caitlin Clark update 50.0 vidIQ Clark basketball 52.4 vidIQ Caitlin Clark viral moments 59.2 vidIQ Caitlin Clark records 52.6 vidIQ Clark college highlights 50.9 vidIQ Caitlin Clark live 47.6 vidIQ Caitlin Clark stats 56.6 vidIQ NCAA to WNBA 26.4 vidIQ WNBA trending 50.4 vidIQ Women’s basketball news 23.7 vidIQ Indiana Fever highlights 47.0 vidIQ WNBA news 63.6 vidIQ Unexpected vidIQ comebacks vidIQ and vidIQ operatic vidIQ pop vidIQ The vidIQ best vidIQ albums vidIQ songs