Top 100 songs of 2025

1. Grace Davies – Super Love Me

2. Chappell Roan – The Subway

3. KAJ – Bara Bada Bastu

4. ARGO – Korku

5. Abor & Tynna – Baller

6. Sarah McLachlan – Better Broken

7. Ed Sheeran – Azizam

8. RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

9. God Colony & Roy – Loss Is Not Infinite

10. Lady Gaga – Abracadabra

11. SADU – Luukered

12. Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Only Girl

13. PUNCHBAG – f*** It

14. Olivia Dean – Man I Need

15. Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not

16. She Past Away – İnziva

17. Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm

18. GIVE LOVE – In Your Mind (DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ Remix)

19. Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?

20. Klara Hammarström – On and On and On

21. Andi Slavik & Susanne Kemmler – Indian Spirits

22. Deep Obsession – One & Only

23. Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME

24. Mabe Fratti – Enfrente

25. Fontaines D.C. – Bug

26. Grace Davies – MDE

27. PinkPantheress – Illegal

28. Oimara – Wackelkontakt

29. KT Tunstall feat. Shabaka – Eye to the Telescope

30. Ed Sheeran – Sapphire

31. Infinity Song – Hater's Anthem

32. lozeak – NADA

33. Minty – I Wanna Be Free

34. KT Tunstall – Clueless

35. Lola Young – Messy

36. Chappell Roan – The Giver

37. Black Box Recorder – These Are The Things

38. Mothers Pride – Floribunda

39. Nause & Lasse Holm – Canelloni Macaroni

40. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

41. JADE – FUFN (f*** You For Now)

42. DJ Suzy – White Rabbit

43. Laufey – Lover Girl

44. Kylie Minogue – XMAS

45. Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Race (Hudson Mohawke Rework)

46. dodie – The List

47. Micheal O Suilleabhain – Woodbrook

48. DJ Planet Express – Breathe Me In

49. Addison Rae – Headphones On

50. Zoë Më – Voyage

51. SIENNA SPIRO – Die On This Hill

52. Taylor Swift – The Fate of Ophelia

53. HUNTR/X – Golden

54. Girls Aloud – Naked In the Shower

55. Sally Oldfield – Blue Water

56. Lily Allen – Pussy Palace

57. Tommi Aura – Blush

58. Jessica Winter – To Know Her

59. Sarah McLachlan – Gravity

60. Annalisa – Maschio

61. Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club

62. Florence Road – Break the Girl

63. Olivia Dean – I've Seen It

64. Saint Etienne – Fade

65. Girls Aloud – Singapore (Definitive Version)

66. Gabry Ponte – Tutta L'Italia

67. Safri Duo & Clark Anderson – Ritmo De La Noche

68. Sumner – Stranded

69. Sarah Kinsley – Fleeting

70. Sabrina Carpenter – Nobody’s Son

71. Braelyn Rankins, Theo Somolu, Aaron Pierre & Kelvin Harrison Jr. – I Always Wanted A Brother

72. Jessica Winter – L.O.V.E.

73. She Walks Through Dusk – Ghosts

74. Regan & Bricheno – OPHELIA

75. Sissal – Hallucination

76. Taylor Swift – Ruin The Friendship

77. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas – Blessings

78. Jack J – Wrong Again

79. Avery Cochrane – Shapeshifting on a Saturday Night

80. Miriana Conte – Kant

81. Jeans Team & MJ Lan – Keine Melodien...1,2,3,4,

82. Lily Allen – 4chan Stan

83. Brunori Sas – L'albero delle noci

84. Giorgia – LA CURA PER ME

85. Saint Etienne & Confidence Man – Brand New Me

86. Tone Damli – Last Song

87. Deep Obsession – The Power In You

88. Gwen Stefani – Shake The Snow Globe

89. Jerry Heil – Earth (Dradada)

90. Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Who Believes In Angels?

91. SCARLET – Sweet N’ Psycho

92. Lord Leopard & Little Boots – Spin Back

93. Blusher – LAST MAN STANDING

94. Telenova – Bird Of Paradise

95. Katy Perry – bandaids

96. CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY

97. They/Live – For The Pleasure

98. Sugababes – Jungle

99. Alan Walker – Me, Myself and The Night

100. Maja Ivarsson – Kamikaze Life

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Commentary:

For the second year running, Chappell Roan loses a closely fought battle for my end of year No.1 with a big UK hit to a song that didn't chart in the UK. Step forward the hugely talented X Factor 2017 runner-up Grace Davies, who still has never charted a single despite releasing so much quality pop in the last few years. But Super Love Me is her best yet, with ABBA vibes running through its core it was instant love for me and I've been hammering it ever since.

Beautiful 90s-esque ballad The Subway from Chappell Roan became her second No.1 of the year in the summer and was also very instant for me, with its Roxette/Cranberries/Corrs/Alanis kind of vibe, an absolute beauty. And, as is often the way, the Melodifestivalen winner/Swedish Eurovision entry finds its way into my top three of the year although KAJ's comedy sauna anthem doesn't quite follow in the footsteps of Euphoria, Heroes, Hold Me Closer and Tattoo in topping my end of year chart, coming in third. It's not the only Eurovision entry to feature high either this year, as German anthem Baller from Abor & Tynna finishes fifth, itself becoming a surprise top 40 hit in the UK following the contest. Sandwiched in between Eurovision is my surprise BJSC runner-up, Korku from ARGO, an absolutely storming and very powerful Turkish language rock song.

Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan made her long awaited (by me) comeback and released her best single in over 20 years in the form of Better Broken, which finishes in 6th place, just ahead of Ed Sheeran's best single in many years, Azizam, and RAYE's huge smash (and eventual UK No.1 hit) WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Rounding off the top ten is another of my BJSC entries, the sorely underrated (in the results) Loss Is Not Infinite by God Colony & Roy, an absolutely wonderful electronic Scouse spoken word anthem that divulges many wise words of wisdom. Lady Gaga proves her eternal relevance as she rounds off the top ten with her huge global pop smash Abracadabra.

In a year where I was quite pleased with my BJSC entries, five more line up in the 11-20 section, including my first winner in 11 years, Luukered by SADU, which appropriately finishes 11th. The huge No.1 hit Man I Need by Olivia Dean and the smash No.2 Love Me Not by Rayvn Lenae also appear in this section. In a fairly solid year for UK No.1s, there are also appearances in the top 100 by chart toppers from Lola Young, Kylie Minogue, Taylor Swift, HUNTR/X and Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club.

Edited January 2Jan 2 by gooddelta

Top 40 albums of 2025

1. Lily Allen – West End Girl

2. Grace Davies – The Wrong Side Of 25

3. Lady Gaga – MAYHEM

4. Sarah McLachlan – Better Broken

5. Taylor Swift – The Life of a Showgirl

6. Jessica Winter – My First Album

7. PinkPantheress – Fancy That / Fancy Some More?

8. Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving

9. Ed Sheeran – Play

10. Saint Etienne – International

11. JADE – THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! / THE ENCORE

12. Sabrina Carpenter – Man's Best Friend

13. Louis Dunford – Be Lucky

14. dodie – Not For Lack Of Trying

15. Deep Obsession – Infinity

16. Headache – Thank You for Almost Everything

17. Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream

18. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Perimenopop

19. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

20. Telenova – Time Is A Flower

21. Self Esteem – A Complicated Woman

22. Addison Rae – Addison

23. KAJ – Sauna Collection

24. Laufey – A Matter Of Time

25. Sam Ryder – Heartland

26. Joost – Unity

27. Aly & AJ – Silver Deliverer

28. Real Lies – We Will Annihilate Our Enemies

29. Sam Fender – People Watching

30. Abor & Tynna – Bittersüß

31. Rose Gray – Louder, Please / A Little Louder, Please

32. ROSALÍA – LUX

33. KPop Demon Hunters Cast, HUNTR/X & Saja Boys – KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack)

34. Lola Young – I'm Only F**king Myself

35. MARINA – PRINCESS OF POWER

36. Lorde – Virgin

37. Reneé Rapp – BITE ME

38. CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY

39. The Last Dinner Party – From The Pyre

40. Oklou – choke enough

Despite looking like she could do the double, Grace Davies was overtaken in the final throes of the year by a surprisingly amazing comeback album from Lily Allen. West End Girl is one of the first albums in ages I've listened to over and over again in sequence in full, and while none of its individual songs cracked my top 50 of the year, I think this is one of those albums that is better appreciated as a whole than in bits – I can't wait to own it physically!

Grace's wonderful and very long overdue debut album finishes second while yet another amazing album from Lady Gaga is third. Sarah McLachlan's best work since 2003 and Taylor Swift's latest complete the top five. Last year's No.1 album went to Sabrina Carpenter but its follow up lands at No.12 this year.

Edited January 2Jan 2 by gooddelta

Awesome #1 - Super Love Me is also in my top 10. The video of it is also a winner.

28 minutes ago, DaTilt said:

Awesome #1 - Super Love Me is also in my top 10. The video of it is also a winner.

Thank you, I saw it high up in your playlist and was glad somebody else loved it so much!

I'm surprised that I know (and like) almost a quarter of these songs!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that finds FUFN one of the highlights off JADE's album - it's almost level with AOMD for me, but I seem to be the only person with that point of view!

I'll have to check out the songs I don't know from your Top 10 (I know and love 6 of them!). I love 'The Subway', though 'The Giver' just about edges it for me I think!

On 03/01/2026 at 16:32, Juranamo said:

I'm surprised that I know (and like) almost a quarter of these songs!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that finds FUFN one of the highlights off JADE's album - it's almost level with AOMD for me, but I seem to be the only person with that point of view!

I'll have to check out the songs I don't know from your Top 10 (I know and love 6 of them!). I love 'The Subway', though 'The Giver' just about edges it for me I think!

Yeah I think I'm always going to love the bigger poppier moments of JADE's and FUFN was very RedOne vibes to me, so I loved it a lot.

The Giver was great fun and got a hard time from some when it came out, but The Subway is so beautiful, both very different though of course!

What The Hell Just Happened? ❤️

Best UK Eurovision entry from 21st century, even better than Flying The Flag.

On 05/01/2026 at 11:11, Last Dreamer said:

What The Hell Just Happened? ❤️

Best UK Eurovision entry from 21st century, even better than Flying The Flag.

I did like it a lot and it deserved much better than nul points from the public.

I still love Scooch more I think though.

Hey Rich! These are my favourites from your top 100 songs:

2. Chappell Roan – The Subway

5. Abor & Tynna – Baller

7. Ed Sheeran – Azizam

10. Lady Gaga – Abracadabra

14. Olivia Dean – Man I Need

15. Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not

17. Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm

19. Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?

20. Klara Hammarström – On and On and On I don't think this is as good as Run to the Hills but I do like it a lot, felt like it should have been a bigger moment in the end than it was

23. Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME

27. PinkPantheress – Illegal

30. Ed Sheeran – Sapphire

35. Lola Young – Messy

36. Chappell Roan – The Giver

40. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

41. JADE – FUFN (f*** You For Now)

44. Kylie Minogue – XMAS

49. Addison Rae – Headphones On

51. SIENNA SPIRO – Die On This Hill

52. Taylor Swift – The Fate of Ophelia

53. HUNTR/X – Golden

54. Girls Aloud – Naked In the Shower

56. Lily Allen – Pussy Palace A fantastic song and part of an insanely good album, it deserves every single accolade it can get IMO!

65. Girls Aloud – Singapore (Definitive Version) A gorgeous new version of the track, love the polished production and the previously unheard verses!

70. Sabrina Carpenter – Nobody’s Son

75. Sissal – Hallucination

76. Taylor Swift – Ruin The Friendship

77. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas – Blessings

80. Miriana Conte – Kant

82. Lily Allen – 4chan Stan

88. Gwen Stefani – Shake The Snow Globe

91. SCARLET – Sweet N’ Psycho

95. Katy Perry – bandaids

98. Sugababes – Jungle

100. Maja Ivarsson – Kamikaze Life This one felt a bit underrated in the final in the end, it's so anthemic!

Hi there!

Nice to see these songs in your top 100 list of the year:

2. Chappell Roan – The Subway

3. KAJ – Bara Bada Bastu

5. Abor & Tynna – Baller

7. Ed Sheeran – Azizam

8. RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

10. Lady Gaga – Abracadabra

14. Olivia Dean – Man I Need

15. Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not

17. Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm

19. Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?

23. Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME

27. PinkPantheress – Illegal

30. Ed Sheeran – Sapphire

35. Lola Young – Messy

36. Chappell Roan – The Giver

40. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

41. JADE – FUFN (f*** You For Now)

43. Laufey – Lover Girl

49. Addison Rae – Headphones On

50. Zoë Më – Voyage

51. SIENNA SPIRO – Die On This Hill

52. Taylor Swift – The Fate of Ophelia

53. HUNTR/X – Golden

60. Annalisa – Maschio

61. Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club

63. Olivia Dean – I've Seen It

66. Gabry Ponte – Tutta L'Italia

75. Sissal – Hallucination

76. Taylor Swift – Ruin The Friendship

77. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas – Blessings

84. Giorgia – LA CURA PER ME

95. Katy Perry – bandaids

96. CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY

98. Sugababes – Jungle

Great list!
Take care.