Year End List season has really kicked into high gear on this first week of December, and here’s another big one, from Rolling Stone. For the fourth year they’ve listed 100 albums instead of 50, and as usual it’s a mix of veteran artists and newcomers. There are some picks here that you may have forgotten released an album this year, but were still deemed worthy of inclusion by Rolling Stone, and yes, you guessed it, Taylor Swift‘s newest is indeed highly ranked.
The bottom 75 includes albums from Bob Mould, They Are Gutting a Body of Water, Water From Your Eyes, Japanese Breakfast, Lily Allen, Amaarae, Chance the Rapper, Mavis Staples, Nourished by Time, Haim, Freddie Gibbs, Bon Iver, Lucy Dacus, Kaytranada, Lizzo, Blondshell, Turnstile, Wet Leg, Oklou, Momma, Craig Finn, Lorde, CMAT, Horsegirl, Jensen McRae, bar italia, Alex G, Open Mike Eagle, Deftones, Pulp, Mobb Deep, Cameron Winter, Wolf Alice, Cardi B, Jeff Tweedy, Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard, Little Simz, Jim Legxacy, Snocaps, and more. See the top 25 below, and find the whole list, with commentary, on Rolling Stone.
ROLLING STONE’S TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2025
25. Florence + the Machine, ‘Everybody Scream’
24. Teyana Taylor, ‘Escape Room’
23. Pinkpantheress, ‘Fancy That’
22. Jade, ‘That’s Showbiz Baby!’
21. Lifeguard, ‘Ripped and Torn’
20. Justin Bieber, ‘Swag’
19. Olivia Dean, ‘The Art of Loving’
18. Carter Faith, ‘Cherry Valley’
17. billy woods, ‘Golliwog’
16. Silvana Estrada, ‘Vendrán Suaves Lluvias’
15. Taylor Swift, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
14. Earl Sweatshirt, ‘Live Laugh Love’
13. Sabrina Carpenter, ‘Man’s Best Friend’
12. Addison Rae, ‘Addison’
11. FKA Twigs, ‘EUSEXUA’
10. Playboi Carti, ‘Music’
9. Hayley Williams, ‘Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party’
8. Wednesday, ‘Bleeds’
7. Tyler Childers, ‘Snipe Hunter’
6. Clipse, ‘Let God Sort Em Out’
5. Geese, ‘Getting Killed’
4. Dijon, ‘Baby’
3. Rosalía, ‘Lux’
2. Lady Gaga, ‘Mayhem’
1. Bad Bunny, ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’
Find more 2025 year end lists here.