It's crystal ball time. What do you think 2025 will look like?

Oasis to break up

One Direction, including Zayn, play one night at Wembley Stadium as a tribute to Liam

Ed Sheeran will release a new pop album but it will be his least successful bar Autumn Variations

Drake will not have a top 10 single

Rihanna won't release an album

A song breaks the record for most weeks at number 2 without reaching number one

Chappell Roan has her first number one single

Oasis release a new single in March which goes top 5 with big physical sales, they play one show then break up immediately

UK Rap will likely have a better year than this year - might get a couple Jerk songs charting. Central Cee will continue his success streak with 1 or 2 big single releases but outside of him the UK Drill sound will be close to nonexistent

“Afro”house will spawn a couple big hits

Far more of this years YE top 40 sticks around to make the year end list than compared to last year

Continued domination of Country music - if Morgan Wallen drops an album I wouldn’t be surprised if it produces 1 or 2 year end songs

Drake doesn’t touch the weekly top 50

Sabrina Carpenter may release an EP that produces at least one more huge hit

I don’t know if Taylor is planning to release another Taylor’s version but if she does, one of the songs will debut at number 1

The US rap that crosses over will be more likely to be inspired by West Coast sounds thanks to Not Like Us’ success. Playboi Carti will have an even bigger year than this year too

Dave releases his third album and even if it’s big it’s reception won’t be as warm as the first two.

Also the charts will likely be even more stagnant than this year, who could prompt an occ rule change

 

I don’t think they will, but if Oasis do release a new single next year it will absolutely go to #1 - no physical sales required!

Laufey to score a non-Christmas Top 40 single

JADE will "do a 2009 Black Eyed Peas-US Chart domination" and 'IT girl' will be number 1 until 'FUFN' is released which will be number 1 until the 4th single is launched mid Summer and will get the fastest selling female studio album of all time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I CAN DREAM, HAROLD!!!!!

- JADE will return to the top 40 with a Stormzy collab and achieve a top 5 album

- FKA twigs will score a top 40 album

- Ethel Cain will achieve a top 20 album

- Lana Del Rey will achieve a #1 album with The Right Person Will Stay and she'll also score a new top 40 hit

- Ariana Grande's original song in Wicked: For Good (song title currently TBA) will achieve a top 10 peak and title track 'For Good' will reach the top 20

- Laufey will achieve a non-festive top 40 (I promise this popped into my head as well before reading this thread :lol:)

- Dave will return and achieve a #1 album

- SOFIA ISELLA will achieve a first top 40 single

- The Weeknd will achieve a #1 album and a new top 10 hit

- Lorde will return and achieve a top 3 album

- Isabel LaRosa will achieve a first top 40 hit

- Sam Fender will achieve a #1 album and a new top 10 hit

- Manic Street Preachers will achieve a #1 album

- TV Girl will achieve a top 40 hit

- Heartworms' debut album will chart in the top 100

- This year's U.K. Eurovision entry will mark a return to the top 40

- Tate McRae will achieve a top 10 album

- The Horrors will achieve a top 15 album

- EKKSTACY will achieve a top 75 hit

- ROSALÍA will drop a new album and it'll be her first to chart in the top 40 here

- Mitski will drop a new album and chart in the top 20

- Harry Styles will return and achieve a #1 single

- MUNA will achieve a first top 40 single

- Taylor Swift will release Reputation (TV) and break 180k+ sales

- beabadoobee will record an Amazon Exclusive Christmas song

- A Fiona Apple song will take off on TikTok and chart in the top 75

- The Stranglers - 'Golden Brown' will get a TikTok-fuelled resurgence, who knows why, but let's roll with it

- The xx will return with a #1 album (obligatory inclusion every year until it happens)

- Lola Young will spend time in the top 40 this year with at least three different songs

- BLACKPINK will finally break the dry spell of girl-group hits (the last one was 'Cupid' in 2022) and return with a top 40 placing.

- Charli xcx will waste no time keeping up the Brat momentum and will drop a brand new album, it will chart top 5 and spawn at least one top 40 single

- Chappell Roan will achieve a #1 single

I definitely think - or at least hope - that Jade will absolutely smash it with her album next year. She deserves to with all the major pop girl energy she's been serving us!

- FKA twigs will score a top 40 album

- Mitski will drop a new album and chart in the top 20

 

Pretty conservative prediction for these... I can see them go top ten easily when they release.

Pretty conservative prediction for these... I can see them go top ten easily when they release.

Twigs’ last two releases here missed the top 20 and 40 respectively so didn’t want to aim tooo high (I know CAPRISONGS was billed as a mixtape, so that’s why I thought she would be back in the top 40 now) but would love to see it as the material is great so far.

 

I actually forgot that Laurel Hell went top 10 as well as Mitski’s last album so yeah hopefully top 10 should be doable for her once more, but at least I’m covered if her next release is a surprise #11 or something :’)

Hope big year for like myles smith mark ambour moncrieff and picture this

Alright, here we go....

 

 

- Oasis drop a new single, landing straight in at #1 for quite a few weeks.

- Oasis also drop an album which sells 300K+ first week

- A song by Madness reappears in the top 40 thanks to being featured in a film/tv show

- The Weeknd and Central Cee get into a massive albums chart battle with The Weeknd pitting Cench to the top (I can hope x)

- 'Wake Me Up' by The Weeknd becomes his first solo top five hit since 'Save Your Tears

- Doechii scores a top 40 hit

- KSI returns with a hilariously bad UK #1 album

- Mac Miller posthumously scores his first top five album with 'Balloonerism'

- #1 albums for: Robbie Williams, Franz Ferdinand, Manic Street Preachers, Inhaler, Doves, Sam Fender, Lady Gaga, James Arthur & The Lathums in Q1

- Lana Del Rey will delay her upcoming studio album

- Ed Sheeran will return with his "big pop album" but thankfully it will only be as commercially successful as '-'

- Sam Fender sells 70K+ with 'People Watching + he scores the Christmas #1 with an Amazon Original

- Miley Cyrus returns but without a smash hit a la 'Flowers'

- We finally receive 'Don't Be Dumb' and 'I AM MUSIC' by A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti respectively.

- Lady Gaga x The Weeknd on Gesaffelstein production is single #3 from LG7 and becomes a top 3 hit

- First #1 albums for J. Cole & Playboi Carti

- Gracie Abrams gets the first #1 of the year

- Bruno Mars returns with a multi-week #1 solo single

- Dave finally returns with a HUGE album in Q3

- 'Reputation (TV) drops and underperforms by Taylor's usual standards. She also surprise drops an album of fresh material in November

- Chappell Roan scores the chart double with a new album

- A Kenny Mason song charts in the top 100

- Pulp return with new music which subsequently charts in the top 40

- The highly-anticipated comeback album from My Chemical Romance is released in Q4

- A legendary musician dies sending one of their songs back into the top 3

- Noah Kahan returns with a new album and a top 5 hit single

A little bit late at party, but here are my predix after some analysis:

• Both Scottish-Italian singer LAVINIA and Austrian dance/electronic producer Ely Oaks, following their remix of Sigma Boy, will EACH get their first ever Top 100 on a brand new dance song.
• With the current Monstercat, the imprint will return to Top 100 for the first time since Marshmello - Alone.
• There will be just one non-UK Eurovision song peaking at Top 40.
• Nate Smith will become the newest addition of country singers that entered Top 40.
• The 'stolen' 2 Times remix will debut at low Top 100.
• At least one new dance/electronic album (that is not made by charli xcx) will debut at Top 40.
• David Guetta will finally have a collaboration with either Sophie Ellis-Bextor or Ellie Goulding.
• Troye Sivan will do another collaboration with Lauv.
• A Japanese hip-hop artist will get another Top 100.
• Tom Grennan will return to Top 40 with a new, non-Christmas, song.
• An EDM Golden Era song (2011-2015) will get a chart resurgence for whatever reason.
• yung kai will debut at low Top 100.

Impacts from films:

• One of Elvis' songs will get a chart resurgence following the upcoming Lilo & Stitch.
• Coldplay will return to Top 40 after the new Karate Kid film airs.
• The F1 Official Theme will debut at low Top 100.

Possible remakes/covers/samples of classics that will get a Top 100:

• Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
• Guru Josh - Infinity
• Robert Miles - Fable
• Sash! - Ecuador
• Daddy DJ - Daddy DJ (Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted)
• Madonna - Ray Of Light
• Daft Punk - One More Time
• Ultravox - Hymn
• CoCo Star - I Need A Miracle/Fragma - Toca's Miracle
• Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
• Aaron Smith - Dancin'
• Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
• Craig David - Insomnia
• John Hiatt - Have A Little Faith
• Son ar chistr (Scooter - How Much Is The Fish)
• Tetris/Kalinka
• Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki