StrawberryBlond 15,061 Posted Tuesday at 06:58 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:58 AM (edited) Here's my annual list of the best music, from singles to albums, to music videos, to all the other greatness in between. My lists are long but that's what spoilers are for! Tight races as always, though not as tough as previous years. Here I go with my categories in reverse order with the best being last and I've added a genre-based one, which I think was what this list was crying out for. As it's a bit later than I planned this year, I'll just hop straight into it, anyone who's seen my threads on this matter for the past nearly decade know how this works by now, just my opinion and the chance to draw attention to stuff you may not have heard before: Best singles (all roughly the same level until #15) Spoiler 40. Chappell Roan - The Giver 39. Lorde - Hammer 38. Blackpink - Jump 37. Franz Ferdinand - Hooked 36. Ava Max - Lost Your Faith 35. Lorde, What Was That 34. FKA twigs - Striptease 33. Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 32. FKA twigs - Cheap Hotel 31. Miley Cyrus - Dream As One 30. Raye - Where Is My Husband! 29. Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die 28. Kim Petras- Freak It 27. CMAT - Euro-Country 26. Jade - FUFN (F**k You For Now) 25. The Black Keys - Man On A Mission 24. CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture Of Me 23. Kesha, Slayyyter & Rose Grey - ATTENTION! 22. Halestorm - Darkness Always Wins 21. Marina - C**tissimo 20. Lizzo - Still Bad 19. The Pretty Reckless - For I Am Death 18. Alice Cooper - Black Mamba 17. Lola Young - Not Like That Anymore 16. Ethel Cain - F**k Me Eyes 15. Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover 14. Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance 13. Florence + The Machine - One of the Greats 12. Demi Lovato - Kiss 11. Yuval Raphael - New Day Will Rise 10. Celeste - On With The Show 09. Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly 08. Jade - Church 07. Marina - Butterfly 06. Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would 05. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 04. Lana Del Rey - Henry, Come On 03. Rosalía, Björk, & Yves Tumor - Berghain 02. Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream 01. Ariana Grande - The Girl In The Bubble Best collabs (now includes non-singles as I could literally only find 2 good single collabs this year!) Spoiler 05. Cardi B feat. Lourdiz - On My Back 04. Nas & DJ Premier - NY State Of Mind Pt. 3 03. Kesha, Slayyyter & Rose Grey - ATTENTION! 02. The Weeknd feat. Lana Del Rey - The Abyss 01. Rosalía, Björk, & Yves Tumor - Berghain Best album tracks Spoiler 20. LISA - Elastigirl (from the album, Alter Ego) 19. Demi Lovato - Say It (from the album, It's Not That Deep) 18. Stereophonics - Eyes Too Big For My Belly (from the album, Make Em Laugh, Make Em Cry, Make Em Wait) 17. Maddie & Tae - Somebody Will (from the album, Love & Light) 16. Ed Sheeran - Opening (from the album, Play) 15. Kesha - Cathedral (from the album, Period) 14. Halestorm - Fallen Star (from the album, Everest) 13. Sabrina Carpenter - Couldn't Make It Any Harder (from the album, Short n' Sweet deluxe edition) 12. Florence + The Machine - You Can Have It All (from the album, Everybody Scream) 11. Jade - Tar (from the album, That's Showbiz Baby (The Encore deluxe edition) 10. Lola Young - who f**king cares? (from the album, I'm Only F**king Myself) 09. Marina - Adult Girl (from the album, Princess of Power) 08. Brandi Carlile - Human (from the album, Returning to Myself) 07. Taylor Swift - Father Figure (from the album, The Life of a Showgirl) 06. Miley Cyrus - More To Lose (from the album, Something Beautiful) 05. Rosalía - Memoría (from the album, LUX) 04. FKA twigs - Touch a Girl (from the album, Eusexua Afterglow) 03. The Weeknd feat. Lana Del Rey - The Abyss (from the album, Hurry Up Tomorrow) 02. Kelsy Karter & the Heroines - Runaway (from the album, Love Made Me Do It) 01. Lady Gaga - The Beast (from the album, Mayhem) Best music videos Spoiler 10. Miley Cyrus feat. Brittany Howard - Walk of Fame 09. Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 08. Charli XCX - Chains of Love 07. Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly 06. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 05. FKA twigs - Predictable Girl 04. Jade - FUFN (F**k You For Now) 03. Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream 02. Charli XCX - party 4 u 01. FKA twigs - Striptease Best new acts Spoiler 03. Yuval Raphael 02. Perrie 01. Lola Young Best international acts (not including USA and UK, as they're the countries with the most successful musical output) Spoiler 05. Zara Larsson (Sweden) 04. Lorde (New Zealand) 03. The Weeknd (Canada) 02. Kelsy Karter & The Heroines (Australia) 01. Rosalía (Spain) Best album cover art Spoiler 05. Rosalía - LUX 04. SG Lewis - Anemoia 03. Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream 02. Tate McCrae - So Close To What 01. Kelsy Karter & The Heroines - Love Made Me Do It (too NSFW to post here I think, so you'll have to Google it!) Best album titles Spoiler 05. Higher Power - There's Love In This World If You Want It 04. Hot Mulligan - The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still 03. Tom Smith - There Is Nothing There In The Dark That Isn't There In The Light 02. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 01. Rhett Miller - A Lifetime of Riding By Night Best albums by genre Spoiler Pop: Lady Gaga - Mayhem Rock/Metal: Kelsey Karter & The Heroines - Love Made Me Do It Rap/Hip Hop: Cardi B - Am I The Drama? Country - Maddie & Tae - Love & Light Alternative - Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream RnB : The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow Dance/EDM: Demi Lovato - It's Not That Deep Fusion: Doja Cat - Vie (pop and hip hop) Experimental: Rosalía - LUX Albums of the year Spoiler 20. Cardi B - Am I The Drama? 19. Kesha - Period 18. Marina - Princess of Power 17. Perrie - Perrie 16. Demi Lovato - It's Not That Deep 15. Maddie + Tae - Love & Light 14. Jennie - Ruby 13. Doja Cat - Vie 12. Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You 11. FKA twigs - Eusexua Afterglow 10. Lola Young - I'm Only F**king Myself 09. Lorde - Virgin 08. The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow 07. Jade - That's Showbiz Baby (Encore deluxe edition) 06. Halestorm - Everest 05. Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful 04. Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream 03. Kelsey Karter & The Heroines - Love Made Me Do It 02. Rosalía - LUX 01. Lady Gaga - Mayhem Artists of the year Spoiler 05. Florence + The Machine 04. FKA twigs 03. Kelsy Karter & The Heroines 02. Rosalía 01. Lady Gaga So, there we go. Another long list for you to pour over. Agree? Disagree? Make your own lists and let's revel in the best we might have missed and here's to 2026! Edited Wednesday at 12:13 AM by StrawberryBlond Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeAteMyh3art 2,261 Posted Tuesday at 08:01 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:01 AM The Beast #1 album track you're now blinking and breathing manually 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zevthepaparazzo 1,189 Posted Tuesday at 08:48 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:48 AM LUX Something Beautiful MAYHEM Vie THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY Addison @NUTELLA loves me 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JolP24601 48 Posted Tuesday at 11:19 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:19 AM Albums Mayhem by Lady Gaga (Best Three Songs: Garden of Eden, Vanish Into You, and How Bad Do U Want Me) I quit by HAIM (Best Three Songs: Relationships, Down to be wrong, and Spinning) West End Girl by Lily Allen (Best Three Songs: Sleepwalking, Relapse, and Fruityloop) That’s Showbiz Baby! by JADE (Best Three Songs: Plastic Box, Before You Break My Heart, and Silent Disco) . by Kesha (Best Three Songs: FREEDOM, DELUSIONAL, and GLOW) Something Beautiful by Miley Cyrus (Best Three Songs: End of the World, Golden Burning Sun, and Pretend You're God) Eusexua by FKA twigs (Best Three Songs: Perfect Stranger, Drums of Death, and 24hr Dog) Man’s Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter (Best Three Songs: My Man on Willpower, Nobody's Son, and House Tour) Songs Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd Couldn't Make It Any Harder by Sabrina Carpenter twilight zone by Ariana Grande I Lied to You from Sinners Stateside by PinkPantheress METALLIC STALLION by MARINA Midnight Sun by Zara Larsson One Heart, One Voice by Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, and Ariana Grande David by Lorde ATTENTION! by Kesha, Slayyyter, and Rose Gray Shook by Sugababes gossip by Confidence Man and JADE The Subway by Chappell Roan Can't Stop the High by Lady Gaga Relentless Love by Sophie Ellis-Bextor WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! by RAYE Secrets by Miley Cyrus, Lindsey Buckingham, and Mick Fleetwood Play This Song by Mariah Carey and Anderson .Paak If He Wanted To He Would by Perrie The Fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift Where You Are from Kiss of the Spider Woman Nice to Know You (Remix) by PinkPantheress and Sugababes Mature by Hilary Duff Berghain by Rosalía, Björk and Yves Tumor House by Charli xcx and John Cale As Long As You're Mine from Wicked: For Good Right On Time - Original Demo Edit by Madonna Office Party by Kylie Minogue Best You Could by JADE 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimecia 6,084 Posted Tuesday at 11:33 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:33 AM (edited) Here's my 2025 albums ranking : 1. ROSALÍA - LUX 2. Ninajirachi - I Love My Computer 3. Ethel Cain - Perverts 4. Thom Isaacs - You and Your Absence 5. Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You Spoiler 6. Ashnikko - Smoochies 7. Salvia - Tulip 8. Lorde - Virgin 9. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) 10. predawka - quasiorganic 11. Oneohtrix Point Never - Tranquilizer 12. Winter - Adult Romantix 13. Yannis & The Yaw - Onstage 14. Mogwai - The Bad Fire 15. City Girl - I don't know why I feel ok right now, but it's nice 16. Lady Gaga - MAYHEM 17. HANA - ExtendedPray 18. Chase Icon - Icon Baby 19. Rezz - As The Pendulum Swings Edited Tuesday at 03:28 PM by Ultimecia Time. It will not wait, no matter how hard you hold on... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decodekid 29,082 Posted Tuesday at 11:41 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:41 AM Released in 2025: MAYHEM, LUX, The Art of Loving, Older Albums I discovered/revisited: Carrie & Lowell, Messy. Long Live Gretchen 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco 15,288 Posted Tuesday at 11:46 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:46 AM Singles (Not in rank order): Jump - BLACKPINK MILK - Agnes Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else - Benson Goone SAVE MY SOUL - Bastille Reverberotic, Sound & Light and Find Xanadu - Alison Goldfrapp EURO-COUNTRY - CMAT The Subway - Chappell Roan gossip - Confidence Man & JADE Headstones - Creeper RATATATA - BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy Everbody Scream - F+TM Lachryma - Ghost Golden - HUNTR/X Your Idol - Saja Boys Church and Plastic Box - JADE Drift Away - Orville Peck Abracadabra I Will Die In It - Lord of the Lost Light Can Only Shine In The Darkness - Lord of the Lost & Within Temptation I <3 You - MARINA Nice To Each Other - Olivia Dean Archangel - Olly Alexander WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! - RAYE Dopamine - Robyn Little Bit Closer - Sam Fender Drum Show - Twenty One Pilots mangetout - Wet Leg Hit Me Harder - 3OH!3 Albums: MAYHEM People Watching - Sam Fender Skeletá - Ghost Idols - YUNGBLUD Breach - Twenty One Pilots Princess of Power - MARINA That's Showbiz Baby! - JADE Everbody Scream - F+TM The Bestiary - Castle Rat Morbid Little Thing - Bones Shredder Flux - Alison Goldfrapp Appaloosa - Orville Peck The gays know how to party 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DESTROY UR DISEASE 14,124 Posted Tuesday at 06:28 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:28 PM Favorite singles (I tried to make it 40 too but I ran out of ideas lol ): Spoiler 1. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 2. Miley Cyrus - End Of The World 3. Kim Petras - I Like Ur Look 4. Sabrina Carpenter - Tears 5. PinkPantheress - Stateside 6. Tate McRae - Revolving Door 7. Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 8. Tate McRae - Sports Car 9. ADÉLA - SexOnTheBeat 10. Kesha - BOY CRAZY. 11. RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 12. Swedish House Mafia - Wait So Long 13. Madison Beer - yes baby 14. GRANT KNOCHE - AUTOPILOT 15. Demi Lovato - Here All Night 16. JADE - Plastic Box 17. Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia 18. Ava Max - Lovin Myself 19. Sombr - 12 to 12 20. Demi Lovato - Fast 21. Doja Cat - Jealous Type 22. HUNTR/X - Takedown 23. MARINA - Cuntissimo 24. JADE - IT girl 25. Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would 26. Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 27. Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 28. Chappell Roan - The Subway 29. Magdalena Bay - Second Sleep 30. Faouzia - PEACE & VIOLENCE 31. Florence + The Machine - EVERYBODY SCREAM 32. Khalid - out of body 33. Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER 34. Conan Gray - Vodka Cranberry 35. KATSEYE - Gabriela 36. Addison Rae - Fame Is a Gun 37. Twenty One Pilots - Drum Show Favorite album tracks (honestly I didn't even try to make it more than that ): Spoiler 1. Lady Gaga - Can't Stop The High 2. Lady Gaga - Shadow Of a Man 3. Lady Gaga - Kill For Love 4. Lady Gaga - Perfect Celebrity 5. Miley Cyrus - Golden Burning Sun 6. Ariana Grande - dandelion 7. Miley Cyrus feat. Naomi Campbell - Every Girl You've Ever Loved 8. Miley Cyrus feat. Brittany Howard - Walk Of Fame 9. Lady Gaga - LoveDrug 10. Miley Cyrus feat. David Byrne - Lockdown 11. Lady Gaga - Vanish Into You 12. Ariana Grande - twilight zone 13. Lady Gaga - Killah 14. Taylor Swift - Wood 15. Lorde - Favourite Daughter 16. Ariana Grande - warm 17. Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor 18. Ariana Grande - past life 19. Lorde - GRWM 20. Tate McRae - Purple Lace Bra Best New Act: ADÉLA Honestly I haven't listened to that many albums released this year but I can still make a top 3 of my faves: Spoiler 1. Lady Gaga - MAYHEM 2. Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful 3. Tate McRae - So Close To What I can smell your sickness I can... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laxy 12 Posted Wednesday at 09:30 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:30 AM (edited) 1. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 2. Westerman - Nevermind 3. Shura - I Wanna Be Loved By You 4. Bassvictim - Forever Salty 5. Lady Gaga - Vanish Into You 6. Lorde - What Was That 7. UFOs - UFO 8. Laura Stevenson - Not Us 9. Rose Gray - Just Two 10. Doja Cat - Jealous Type 11. The Ophelias - Cicada 12. Djo - Delete Ya 13. Lorde - Current Affairs 14. Shura - Recognize 15. Lady Gaga - Don't Call Tonight 16. Arcade Fire - Cars & Telephones 17. Laura Stevenson - I Couldn't Sleep 18. Bon Iver - Day One 19. Demi Lovato - Say It 20. Emily Hines - All of Our Friends 21. Snocaps - Cherry Hard Candy 22. Addison Rae - Money Is Everything 23. Lady Gaga - Love Drug 24. Disco Lines, Tinashe - No Broke Boys 25. horsegiirL - materiaL hor$e 26. Madi Diaz - Lone Wolf 27. Westerman - Mosquito 28. Kesha - THE ONE. 29. Hilary Duff - Mature 30. Doja Cat - Gorgeous 31. Sabrina Carpenter - Nobody's Son 32. Tame Impala - My Old Ways 33. Florence + The Machine - Buckle 34. Lil Wayne - Hip-Hop (w/ BigXthePlug, Jay Jones) 35. Lady Gaga - Shadow of A Man 36. jasmine.4.t - Kitchen 37. Arcade Fire - Pink Elephant 38. Lola Young - Not Like That Anymore 39. Djo - Basic Being Basic 40. Demi Lovato - Joshua Tree 41. Indigo De Souza - Be Like The Water 42. Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 43. Baths - Chaos 44. Isabel LaRosa - Hope That It Hurts 45. Nick León - Broward Boy 46. Water From Your Eyes - Nights In Armor 47. Baths - Eden 48. Jamie xx - Do Something 49. Robyn - Dopamine 50. Bon Iver - Walk Home My full ranking in playlist form 🩷 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pK6CXHIsouCzN0CE7cSBm?si=O0SAnqc6TDa1EAzBPPiuDg&pi=Y7fpNnKCQHSJL Edited Wednesday at 09:57 AM by Laxy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 15,061 Posted yesterday at 02:00 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:00 AM Loving the responses so far, everyone! But I realised that I made a mistake by considering The Girl in the Bubble to be a single when it was merely a song from the soundtrack so should have been under best album tracks. Considering I crowned it the winner makes it worse. I just found the song at the last minute and was so taken with it and as I had to make a top 40 list and was at 39 songs, I jumped at the chance to hit the target. But it hardly matters, it has been nominated for awards, after all and I'm not going to upend 2 entire categories to fix the error. It's my list and I'm always expanding the rules anyway, so this is no different. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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