Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
12-04-25 | 08:07 PM
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Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists...p-albums-2025/
the list
Artist: Title (Label)
Most of these were not on my radar but I’m intrigued! Started listening to Smerz while making this post and I’m enjoying this duo from Norway.
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists...p-albums-2025/
the list
Artist: Title (Label)
30. Lady Gaga: MAYHEM (Interscope)
29. Oli XL: Lick the Lens / Pt. 1 (Warp)
28. Raisa K: Affectionately (15 Love)
27. JADE: THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY! (RCA)
26. Tyler, the Creator: DON’T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
25. Vylet Pony: Love & Ponystep (Horse Friends / 32.7 The Creek)
24. CMAT: EURO-COUNTRY (AWAL)
23. Isabella Lovestory: Vanity (self published)
22. Ninajirachi: I Love My Computer (NLV)
21. Gelli Haha: Switcheroo (innovative Leisure)
20. Audrey Hobert: Who’s the Clown? (RCA)
19. james K: Friend (AD 93)
18. Sudan Archives: The BPM (Stones Throw)
17. Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend (Island)
16. keiyaA: hooke’s law (XL)
15. George Riley: More Is More (confessions)
14. John Glacier: Like a Ribbon (Young)
13. Justin Bieber: SWAG (Def Jam)
12. Addison Rae: Addison (Columbia)
11. Rosalía: LUX (Columbia)
10. PinkPantheress: Fancy That (Warner)
9. Blood Orange: Essex Honey (RCA)
8. Rochelle Jordan: Through the Wall (EMPIRE)
7. Karol G: Tropicoqueta (Bichota)
6. Erika de Casier: Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
5. FKA twigs: EUSEXUA Alternate Version (Young/Atlantic)
4. Bad Bunny: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Rimas)
3. Amaarae: Black Star (Interscope)
2. Oklou: choke enough (True Panther)
1. Smerz: Big city life (Escho)
29. Oli XL: Lick the Lens / Pt. 1 (Warp)
28. Raisa K: Affectionately (15 Love)
27. JADE: THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY! (RCA)
26. Tyler, the Creator: DON’T TAP THE GLASS (Columbia)
25. Vylet Pony: Love & Ponystep (Horse Friends / 32.7 The Creek)
24. CMAT: EURO-COUNTRY (AWAL)
23. Isabella Lovestory: Vanity (self published)
22. Ninajirachi: I Love My Computer (NLV)
21. Gelli Haha: Switcheroo (innovative Leisure)
20. Audrey Hobert: Who’s the Clown? (RCA)
19. james K: Friend (AD 93)
18. Sudan Archives: The BPM (Stones Throw)
17. Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend (Island)
16. keiyaA: hooke’s law (XL)
15. George Riley: More Is More (confessions)
14. John Glacier: Like a Ribbon (Young)
13. Justin Bieber: SWAG (Def Jam)
12. Addison Rae: Addison (Columbia)
11. Rosalía: LUX (Columbia)
10. PinkPantheress: Fancy That (Warner)
9. Blood Orange: Essex Honey (RCA)
8. Rochelle Jordan: Through the Wall (EMPIRE)
7. Karol G: Tropicoqueta (Bichota)
6. Erika de Casier: Lifetime (Independent Jeep Music)
5. FKA twigs: EUSEXUA Alternate Version (Young/Atlantic)
4. Bad Bunny: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Rimas)
3. Amaarae: Black Star (Interscope)
2. Oklou: choke enough (True Panther)
1. Smerz: Big city life (Escho)
12-04-25 | 08:43 PM
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DVD Talk Legend
Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
I don't listen to enough new music to make even a top ten list each year but I do take every opportunity I can to try and steer people towards Little Simz whose 2025 album Lotus is very strong.
12-05-25 | 12:15 AM
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DVD Talk Legend
Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
I'm sorry, but this list in null and void without Lily Allen's "West End Girl".
12-05-25 | 12:30 AM
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12-05-25 | 03:04 AM
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DVD Talk Hero
Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
They trash it in the first sentence of the linked article but no ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ invalidates the whole list for me.
12-07-25 | 08:27 AM
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DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
It's wild how out of touch I've become with new music. There are only 6 artists on that list whose names I recognize and I couldn't name a single song from any of them. Starting at age 16, I bought 2-3 albums a week for 20-some years, kept up with new artists and releases, attended a couple dozen concerts each year, would make annual best-of lists, etc. Then I had kids and for some reason, as much as I enjoy music, it was the hobby that suffered the most from my reduced free time.
12-07-25 | 10:45 AM
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DVD Talk Legend
12-07-25 | 10:49 AM
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DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
I mean that's kind of an odd take. It's a music magazine, she was the biggest star in music for a while. Why wouldn't she make a cover? It's not like they picked her album as the best of the year. It's a little like saying I stopped reading Time when they put President Trump on the cover. You might not like the news, but it's still the news.
12-07-25 | 11:33 AM
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DVD Talk Legend
Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
I mean that's kind of an odd take. It's a music magazine, she was the biggest star in music for a while. Why wouldn't she make a cover? It's not like they picked her album as the best of the year. It's a little like saying I stopped reading Time when they put President Trump on the cover. You might not like the news, but it's still the news.
12-07-25 | 12:13 PM
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DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
Name a top-selling pop superstar from that era who didn't make a cover because their music sucked? Maybe a one-hit wonder didn't but any pop or disco superstar did.
12-07-25 | 04:20 PM
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Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
12-07-25 | 05:05 PM
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DVD Talk Legend
Re: Pitchfork’s Top 30 Pop Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone became more fluff and less relevant in the 90's. I haven't looked at one since.
