2025 in American music

See also: Timeline of musical events

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The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2025 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• 10 – Tremonti released their first studio album in four years, The End Will Show Us How.
• 17 – Balloonerism, the second posthumous Mac Miller album in five years, was released.
• 20 – Coco Jones performed the national anthem and Travis Scott performed the halftime show at the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 25 – Bowling for Soup co-founder and lead guitarist Chris Burney announced his retirement from the band after playing with them for over 30 years.
• 28 – Singer Chase Lawrence announced the breakup of his band, Coin, following allegations of misconduct against drummer Ryan Winnen and guitarist Joe Memmel.
• 31 – All That Remains released their first studio album in almost seven years, Antifragile. It is also the band's first album to not feature original guitarist Oli Herbert following Herbert's death in 2018.
  • Grayscale released their first studio album in four years, The Hart.
  • Moe released their first studio album in five years, Circle of Giants.
  • Pentagram released their first studio album in ten years, Lightning in a Bottle.

February

• 2 – The 67th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Beyoncé won Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter, Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Not Like Us" and Chappell Roan won Best New Artist.
• 5 – Record producer and Murder Inc. Records co-founder Irv Gotti died from a stroke at the age of 54.
• 7 – Dream Theater released their first studio album in nearly four years, Parasomnia. It is also the band's first album with original drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009.
  • Tyga released his first studio album in nearly six years, NSFW.
• 9 – Jon Batiste performed the national anthem and Kendrick Lamar and SZA performed the halftime show during Super Bowl LIX at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• 14 – Amber Pacific released their first studio album in nearly eleven years, All In.
• 18 – A Day to Remember released their first studio album in nearly four years, Big Ole Album Vol. 1. It is also the band's first album to not feature founding bassist Joshua Woodard following Woodard's departure in 2021.
• 21 – Killswitch Engage released their first studio album in six years, This Consequence.
  • Nardo Wick released his first studio album in nearly four years, Wick.
  • Mike Posner released his first solo album in nearly five years, The Beginning.
• 24 – Legendary R&B singer Roberta Flack died from cardiac arrest stemming from complications of ALS at the age of 88.
• 28 – New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen, the band's last surviving original member, died from cancer at the age of 75.
  • Shinedown bassist Eric Bass released his debut solo album, I Had a Name.

March

• 1 – R&B and soul singer Angie Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 63.
• 7 – Bob Mould released his first studio album in five years, Here We Go Crazy.
  • Lady Gaga released her first solo album in nearly five years, Mayhem.
  • Whitechapel released their first studio album in four years, Hymns in Dissonance.
  • Mastodon co-founder and lead guitarist Brent Hinds announced his mutual departure from the band after 25 years.
• 14 – Clipping released their first studio album in five years, Dead Channel Sky.
  • Warbringer released their first studio album in five years, Wrath and Ruin.
  • Playboi Carti released his first studio album in nearly five years, Music.
• 17 – The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
• 21 – Japanese Breakfast released their first studio album in almost four years, For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women).
  • Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco released their collaborative studio album, I Said I Love You First. It is Gomez's first album in five years and Blanco's first in seven years.
  • My Morning Jacket released their first studio album in four years, Is.
• 28 – Will Smith released his first studio album in twenty years, Based on a True Story.
  • Lucy Dacus released her first solo album in nearly four years, Forever Is a Feeling.
  • Deafheaven released their first studio album in four years, Lonely People with Power.
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station released their first studio album in fourteen years, Arcadia. It is Krauss' first album in four years.

April

• 2 – Duckwrth released his first studio album in five years, All American FuckBoy.
• 4 – Grace VanderWaal released her first studio album in nearly eight years, Childstar.
• 6 – Blondie drummer Clem Burke died from cancer at the age of 70.
• 11 – Spin Doctors released their first studio album in twelve years, Face Full of Cake.
  • OK Go released their first studio album in nearly eleven years, And the Adjacent Possible.
  • Bon Iver released their first studio album in six years, Sable, Fable.
  • Sleigh Bells released their first studio album in four years, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy.
  • Bootsy Collins released his first studio album in five years, Album of the Year #1 Funkateer.
• 12 – Wu-Tang Clan and Mathematics released their collaborative studio album, Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman. It is the Wu-Tang Clan's first studio album in ten years, their first to be publicly available in eleven years and their first group project in seven years.
• 18 – Tunde Adebimpe released his debut solo album, Thee Black Boltz, which is also his first album in nearly eleven years following the release of Seeds by his band, TV on the Radio, in November 2014.
  • Keri Hilson released her first studio album in fifteen years, We Need to Talk: Love. It is the first installment of a planned three-part album.
  • Superheaven released their self-titled album, their first in ten years.
  • Mayday Parade released their first studio album in nearly four years, Sweet, which is the first of a planned three-part album.

May

• 1 – Singer Jill Sobule died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minnesota at the age of 66.
• 2 – Car Seat Headrest released their first studio album in five years, The Scholars.
  • Eric Church released his first studio album in four years, Evangeline vs. the Machine.
  • Maddie & Tae released their first studio album in five years, Love & Light.
  • Suzanne Vega released her first studio album in nine years, Flying with Angels.
• 7 – 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold announced that he was diagnosed with Stage IV clear cell renal carcinoma, which had metastasized to his lung. With his diagnosis, 3 Doors Down cancelled their 2025 shows including their summer tour.
• 8 – The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
• 9 – Counting Crows released their first studio album in eleven years, Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!.
  • Blake Shelton released his first studio album in four years, For Recreational Use Only.
  • Tetrarch released their first studio album in four years, The Ugly Side of Me.
• 16 – Xzibit released his first studio album in thirteen years, Kingmaker.
  • Tune-Yards released their first studio album in four years, Better Dreaming.
  • Pelican released their first studio album in six years, Flickering Resonance.
  • Foo Fighters part ways with their drummer of two years, Josh Freese, with no explanation. Freese had been hired as the replacement for longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died in 2022.
• 18 – Jamal Roberts won the twenty-third season of American Idol. John Foster was named runner-up and Breanna Nix placed third.
• 20 – Adam David won the twenty-seventh season of The Voice. Jaelen Johnston was named runner-up. Renzo, Lucia Flores-Wiseman, and Jadyn Cree finished in third, fourth, and fifth place respectively.
• 23 – Billy Joel cancelled his upcoming concert tours after being diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus which leads to problems with his hearing, vision and balance.
  • Joe Jonas released his first solo album in nearly fourteen years, Music for People Who Believe in Love.
  • Hinder released their first studio album in eight years, Back to Life.
• 26 – The American Music Awards took place at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Winchester, Nevada.
• 30 – Taylor Swift bought back the masters of her first six albums from Shamrock Holdings.
  • Ben Kweller released his first studio album in four years, Cover the Mirrors.
  • Garbage released their first studio album in four years, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light.
  • The National vocalist Matt Berninger released his first solo album in five years, Get Sunk.
  • Anderson East released his first studio album in four years, Worthy.

June

• 6 – Black Moth Super Rainbow released their first studio album in seven years, Soft New Magic Dream.
  • The Doobie Brothers released their first studio album in four years, Walk This Road.
  • Lil Wayne released his first solo album in five years, Tha Carter VI.
  • Rascal Flatts released their first studio album in eight years, Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets.
  • Turnstile released their first studio album in four years, Never Enough. It is also their first album with guitarist Meg Mills, who replaced guitarist and co-founder Brady Ebert after his departure from the band in 2022.
• 9 – Sly and the Family Stone frontman Sly Stone died at the age of 82.
• 11 – The Beach Boys co-founder and singer Brian Wilson died at the age of 82.
• 13 – Slick Rick released his first studio album in twenty-six years, Victory.
• 20 – Haim released their first studio album in five years, I Quit.
  • Memphis Bleek released his first studio album in twenty years, Apt 3D.
  • Badflower released their first studio album in four years, No Place Like Home.
  • James McMurtry released his first studio album in four years, The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy.
• 25 – Charles Kelley released his first solo album in nine years, Songs for a New Moon.
• 27 – Public Enemy released their first studio album in five years, Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025.
  • Fishbone released their first studio album in nineteen years, Stockholm Syndrome.
  • Deadguy released their first studio album in thirty years, Near-Death Travel Services.

July

• 2 – Sean Combs was found guilty on two counts of transportation for the purpose of prostitution. He was found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
• 11 – Clipse released their first studio album in fifteen years, Let God Sort Em Out.
  • Born of Osiris released their first studio album in four years, Through Shadows.
  • Hell released their first studio album in eight years, Submersus.
• 16 – Connie Francis, the first female artist to score a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, died at the age of 87.
• 18 – Raekwon released his first studio album in eight years, The Emperor's New Clothes.
  • Cam released her first studio album in nearly five years, All Things Light.
  • Lord Huron released their first studio album in four years, The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1.
  • Styx released their first studio album in four years, Circling from Above.
  • Trisha Yearwood released her first studio album in six years, The Mirror.
• 22 – Jazz trumpeter Chuck Mangione died in his sleep at the age of 84.
• 25 – Alice Cooper released their reunion album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper. It is the first studio album released by the full band in fifty-two years, though its eponymous lead vocalist has been prolific with solo material in the interim period, and is dedicated to former lead guitarist Glen Buxton, who died from viral pneumonia in 1997.

August

• 8 – Good Charlotte released their first studio album in seven years, Motel Du Cap.
  • Ashley Monroe released her first studio album in four years, Tennessee Lightning.
  • Attack Attack! released their first studio album in thirteen years, Attack Attack! II.
• 12 – Insane Clown Posse released their first studio album in four years, The Naught.
• 15 – Rise Against will release their first studio album in four years, Ricochet.
  • Chance the Rapper will release his first studio album in six years, Star Line.
  • Maroon 5 will release their first studio album in four years, Love Is Like.
  • Chevelle will release their first studio album in four years, Bright as Blasphemy.
  • Marissa Nadler will release her first studio album in four years, New Radiations.
• 22 – Deftones will release their first studio album in nearly five years, Private Music.
  • Ciara will release her first studio album in six years, CiCi.
  • Hunx and His Punx will release their first studio album in twelve years, Walk Out on This World.
  • Teyana Taylor will release her first studio album in five years, Escape Room.
  • The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die will release their first studio album in four years, Dreams of Being Dust.
• 29 – Erykah Badu and The Alchemist will release their collaborative album, Abi & Alan. It will be Badu's first studio album in fifteen years and her first overall project in ten years.
  • Vicious Rumors will release their first studio album in five years, The Devil's Asylum.

September

• 5 – David Byrne will release his first studio album in seven years, Who Is the Sky?.
  • Rob Thomas will release his first solo album in four years and his first of all-original material in six years, All Night Days.
  • La Dispute will release their first studio album in six years, No One Was Driving the Car.
  • Blessthefall will release their first studio album in seven years, Gallows.
  • Ivy will release their first studio album in fourteen years, Traces of You. The album will be dedicated to founding member Adam Schlesinger, who died in 2020 due to complications from COVID-19.
  • Modern Life Is War will release their first studio album in twelve years, Life on the Moon.
• 7 – The MTV Video Music Awards will take place at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.
• 12 – Ty Dolla Sign will release his first solo album in five years, Tycoon.
  • Between the Buried and Me will release their first studio album in four years, The Blue Nowhere.
  • John Carter Cash will release his first studio album in seven years, Pineapple John.
  • Teenage Bottlerocket will release their first studio album in four years, Ready to Roll.
• 19 – Cardi B will release her first studio album in seven years, Am I the Drama?.
  • 38 Special will release their first studio album in twenty-one years, Milestone.
  • Motion City Soundtrack will release their first studio album in ten years, The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World.
• 26 – Mariah Carey will release her first studio album in seven years, Here for It All.
  • Kanye West, or Ye, is expected to release his first solo album in four years, Bully. The album follows in the wake of numerous controversies ranging from February to April amidst the upload of a prior version of the album, involving West's endorsement of Nazism and like imagery, insulting of family and prior associates, and use of antisemetic statements on his Twitter account - this was followed by his apparent rescinding of said antisemitism in favor of Christianity in May.
  • Neko Case will release her first solo studio album in seven years, Neon Grey Midnight Green.
  • The Starting Line will release their first studio album in eighteen years, Eternal Youth.

October

• 3 – AFI will release their first studio album in four years, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun....
  • Thrice will release their first studio album in four years, Horizons/West.
• 10 – Yellowcard will release their first studio album in nine years, Better Days.
  • John 5 will release his first studio album in four years, Ghost.
  • Jay Som will release her first studio album in six years, Belong.
• 17 – Biohazard will release their first studio album in thirteen years, Divided We Fall.
  • Tombs will release their first studio album in five years, Feral Darkness.
• 24 – The Lemonheads will release their first studio album in six years, and also their first album of original material in nineteen years, Love Chant.
  • Roddy Ricch will release his first studio album in four years, The Navy Album.
• 31 – Lydia Luce will release her first studio album in four years, Mammoth.

December

• 5 – Zac Brown Band will release their first studio album in four years, Love & Fear.

Third quarter

• ASAP Rocky will release his first studio album in seven years, Don't Be Dumb.

Fourth quarter

• Crimson Glory will release their first studio album in twenty-six years.

Unknown date

• Amerie will release her first studio album in sixteen years.
• Armored Saint will release their first studio album in five years.
• The Ataris will release their first studio album in eighteen years.
• Blondie will release their first studio album in eight years. It will be the band's first album to be released following drummer Clem Burke's death in April.
• Breaking Benjamin will release their first studio album in seven years.
• Cake will release their first studio album in fourteen years.
• Dark Angel will release their first studio album in thirty-four years, Extinction Level Event.
• Death Angel will release their first studio album in six years.
• Drowning Pool will release their first studio album with SOiL singer Ryan McCombs in fifteen years.
• Fear Factory will release their first studio album in four years. It will be the band's first album with current lead vocalist Milo Silvestro and current drummer Pete Webber, both of whom joined in 2023.
• Forbidden will release their first studio album in fifteen years.
• Incubus will release their first studio album in eight years, Something in the Water. It will be their first official album with bassist Nicole Row, who joined the band in 2024 following the departure of Ben Kenney.
• LCD Soundsystem will release their first studio album in eight years.
• Mastodon will release their first studio album in four years. It will be the band's first album since the departure of founding lead guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds in March.
• Mobb Deep will release their first studio album in eleven years, and their first following Prodigy's death in 2017.
• Mötley Crüe will release their first studio album in seventeen years.
• Nine Inch Nails will release their first studio album in five years.
• Primus will release their first studio album in eight years.
• Testament will release their first studio album in five years.
• Trouble will release their first studio album in twelve years.
• Summer Walker will release her first studio album in four years, Finally Over It.
• Whiplash will release their first studio album in sixteen years, Old School American Way.

Bands reformed

• The Click Five
• Fountains of Wayne
• Rilo Kiley
• Spineshank

Bands on hiatus

• Tennis

Bands disbanded

• Coin
• Jane's Addiction
• REO Speedwagon

List of albums released

See also: List of 2025 albums

January

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
3	WHAM	Lil Baby	Hip-hop
8	Perverts	Ethel Cain	Alternative rock indie rock ambient
10	The End Will Show Us How	Tremonti	Alternative metal rock
16	Dyed (2008-2023)	The Maine	Indie rock alternative rock
17	Mend	Eidola	Rock
	Balloonerism	Mac Miller	Hip-hop
24	The High Road	Kane Brown	Country R&B
	Burnout Days	Flipturn	Indie rock alternative rock
	NGL (EP)	JoJo	Pop R&B
	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)	Teddy Swims	Pop R&B
31	Antifragile	All That Remains	Metalcore heavy metal
	The Hart	Grayscale	Pop-punk alternative rock
	Violet	L.S. Dunes	Post-hardcore alternative rock emo
	Circle of Giants	Moe	Progressive rock rock
	Lightning in a Bottle	Pentagram	Doom metal

February

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
7	Parasomnia	Dream Theater	Progressive metal
	Universe Room	Guided by Voices	Indie rock
	year of the slug	Caroline Rose	Indie pop indie rock
	NSFW	Tyga	Hip-hop
	Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory	Sharon Van Etten	Rock
14	New Dawn	Marshall Allen	Jazz
	All In	Amber Pacific	Pop-punk emo
	Satisfied Soul (EP)	Brother Ali and Ant	Hip-hop
	Phonetics On and On	Horsegirl	Post-punk indie rock
	Automatic	The Lumineers	Indie folk indie pop
	Saint Motel & the Symphony in the Sky	Saint Motel	Indie pop
	Welcome to Your Funeral	Twiztid	Horrorcore hip-hop rap rock
	Ghostholding	Venturing	Indie rock emo
	Plus One	The War and Treaty	Americana Southern soul
18	Big Ole Album Vol. 1	A Day to Remember	Metalcore pop-punk
21	This Consequence	Killswitch Engage	Metalcore heavy metal
	The Beginning	Mike Posner	Pop
	Wick	Nardo Wick	Hip-hop
28	The Music of Tori and the Muses	Tori Amos	Pop
	Off with Her Head	Banks	Pop pop rock
	I Had a Name	Eric Bass	Rock
	Billboard Heart	Deep Sea Diver	Indie rock indie pop

March

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
7	Foxes in the Snow	Jason Isbell	Americana folk country rock
	Mayhem	Lady Gaga	Synth-pop dance-pop industrial
	Here We Go Crazy	Bob Mould	Alternative rock rock
	Hymns in Dissonance	Whitechapel	Deathcore progressive metal
14	Dead Channel Sky	Clipping	Alternative hip-hop
	Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe	Coheed and Cambria	Progressive rock alternative rock
	Quitter	Giovannie and the Hired Guns	Rock country rock alternative rock
	Music	Playboi Carti	Hip-hop
	Wrath and Ruin	Warbringer	Thrash metal
21	I Said I Love You First	Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco	Pop
	For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)	Japanese Breakfast	Indie pop indie rock
	Is	My Morning Jacket	Indie rock alternative rock
28	Forever Is a Feeling	Lucy Dacus	Indie rock indie folk
	Lonely People with Power	Deafheaven	Black metal heavy metal
	Arcadia	Alison Krauss & Union Station	Bluegrass country
	Deep Thoughts	Lil Durk	Hip-hop
	Shapeshifter	Memphis May Fire	Metalcore alternative metal
	Glory	Perfume Genius	Art pop indie pop indie rock
	Based on a True Story	Will Smith	Hip-hop
	Good Company	The Walters	Indie pop indie rock

April

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
2	All American FuckBoy	Duckwrth	Alternative hip-hop
4	The Crux	Djo	Synth-pop indie pop neo-psychedelia
	Welcome to My Blue Sky	Momma	Indie rock indie pop
	Revengeseekerz	Jane Remover	Hyperpop alt-pop
	Are We All Angels	Scowl	Punk rock pop-punk alternative rock
	Childstar	Grace VanderWaal	Pop
11	Sable, Fable	Bon Iver	Indie folk indie rock
	More Chaos	Ken Carson	Hip-hop
	Album of the Year #1 Funkateer	Bootsy Collins	Funk soul R&B
	And the Adjacent Possible	OK Go	Alternative rock pop rock
	Bunky Becky Birthday Boy	Sleigh Bells	Indie pop alternative rock
	Face Full of Cake	Spin Doctors	Alternative rock rock
12	Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman	Wu-Tang Clan and Mathematics	Hip-hop
18	Thee Black Boltz	Tunde Adebimpe	Indie rock alternative rock
	We Need to Talk: Love	Keri Hilson	R&B
	Sweet	Mayday Parade	Pop-punk emo
	Superheaven	Superheaven	Alternative rock
25	Joyride the Pale Horse	Heart Attack Man	Punk rock emo pop-punk
	Why Not More?	Coco Jones	R&B
	Oh What a Beautiful World	Willie Nelson	Country
	At the Beach, in Every Life	Gigi Perez	Indie pop indie rock alternative rock
	Mortal Primetime	Sunflower Bean	Indie pop indie rock
	What Not To	Tucker Wetmore	Country

May

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
2	Excelsior	Benny the Butcher	Hip-hop
	The Scholars	Car Seat Headrest	Indie rock
	Evangeline vs. the Machine	Eric Church	Country
	Blame The Chat	DDG	Hip-hop
	Glockaveli	Key Glock	Hip-hop
	Gems	Josh Groban	Pop
	Country! (EP)	Hardy	Country
	Lucius	Lucius	Indie pop indie rock
	Love & Light	Maddie & Tae	Country
	Kiss the Machine	Puddle of Mudd	Hard rock rock post-grunge
	Flying with Angels	Suzanne Vega	Alternative rock folk rock
9	Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!	Counting Crows	Alternative rock rock
	Child of God II	Forrest Frank	Christian pop hip-hop lo-fi
	Aperture	The Head and the Heart	Indie folk indie rock
	Dreamsicle	Maren Morris	Pop country
	For Recreational Use Only	Blake Shelton	Country
	The Ugly Side of Me	Tetrarch	Nu metal heavy metal
	Sincerely	Kali Uchis	R&B pop
16	Goodbye Small Head	Ezra Furman	Alternative pop indie pop indie folk
	Flickering Resonance	Pelican	Post-metal
	Afterglow	Sleep Theory	Alternative metal hard rock nu metal
	Butter	Sofi Tukker	House samba
	Sons of Sunday	Sons of Sunday	Worship Christian gospel
	Better Dreaming	Tune-Yards	Art pop indie pop
	I'm the Problem	Morgan Wallen	Country country pop country rock
	Kingmaker	Xzibit	Hip-hop
23	Back to Life	Hinder	Hard rock alternative rock
	Hunting Season	Home Is Where	Emo post-hardcore
	Music for People Who Believe in Love	Joe Jonas	Pop
	Map of a Blue City	Marc Ribot	Alternative rock folk rock
	Mad!	Sparks	Rock pop
30	Get Sunk	Matt Berninger	Alternative rock indie rock
	Something Beautiful	Miley Cyrus	Pop
	Worthy	Anderson East	Americana roots rock
	Let All That We Imagine Be the Light	Garbage	Alternative rock rock
	Cover the Mirrors	Ben Kweller	Indie rock alternative rock
	Hope We Have Fun	Mt. Joy	Alternative rock indie rock indie pop

June

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
6	Soft New Magic Dream	Black Moth Super Rainbow	Psychedelic pop indie rock
	Walk This Road	The Doobie Brothers	Rock
	Tha Carter VI	Lil Wayne	Hip-hop
	Addison	Addison Rae	Pop synth-pop dance-pop
	Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets	Rascal Flatts	Country
	If Nevermore	Sub Urban	Indie pop
	Never Enough	Turnstile	Hardcore punk alternative rock
13	Broken Branches	Dierks Bentley	Country
	Roar Like Thunder	Buckcherry	Hard rock alternative rock
	Harbingers	Byzantine	Hard rock heavy metal
	What's Not To Love	John C. Reilly	Alternative country folk
	Victory	Slick Rick	Hip-hop
20	No Place Like Home	Badflower	Hard rock alternative rock
	American Heart	Benson Boone	Pop rock
	I Quit	Haim	Alternative rock pop rock
	The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy	James McMurtry	Roots rock folk rock alternative country
	Apt 3D	Memphis Bleek	Hip-hop
	2.0	Brett Young	Country
25	Songs for a New Moon	Charles Kelley	Country rock
27	Winged Victory	Willi Carlisle	Folk country
	Near-Death Travel Services	Deadguy	Metalcore heavy metal
	Stockholm Syndrome	Fishbone	Funk metal alternative rock
	Somewhere	Charlotte Lawrence	Dance electropop
	Parker McCollum	Parker McCollum	Country
	Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025	Public Enemy	Hip-hop
	Spanish Moss	Cole Swindell	Country

July

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
4	For the People	Dropkick Murphys	Celtic punk
	GDLU (Preluxe)	JID	Hip-hop
	Period	Kesha	Dance-pop hyperpop
	Only Frozen Sky Anyway	Jonathan Richman	Folk rock
11	Through Shadows	Born of Osiris	Progressive metal metalcore
	Let God Sort Em Out	Clipse	Hip-hop
	Ain't Rocked in a While	Brent Cobb & The Fixin's	Country rock
	Beloved	Giveon	R&B
	Submersus	Hell	Doom metal
18	All Things Light	Cam	Country pop
	The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1	Lord Huron	Indie rock alternative rock
	The Emperor's New Clothes	Raekwon	Hip-hop
	Circling from Above	Styx	Hard rock progressive rock
	You'll Be Alright, Kid	Alex Warren	Folk-pop
	Qualifying Miles	We Are Scientists	Indie rock
	The Mirror	Trisha Yearwood	Country
21	Don't Tap the Glass	Tyler, the Creator	Hip-hop dance funk
25	The Revenge of Alice Cooper	Alice Cooper	Hard rock rock
	Snipe Hunter	Tyler Childers	Country
	Precipice	Indigo De Souza	Indie rock alternative rock
	Man on the Moon	Fitz and the Tantrums	Indie pop alternative rock
	Crown of Roses	Patty Griffin	Folk country

August

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Lonely God	Fit for a King	Metalcore heavy metal
	Wild Horses	Chris Janson	Country
	Bite Me	Reneé Rapp	Pop R&B
	Thy Kingdom Come	Suicideboys	Hip-hop
	If Not Winter	Wisp	Indie rock alternative rock
8	Attack Attack! II	Attack Attack!	Metalcore hard rock
	Accelerator	Bad Suns	Alternative rock dream pop
	No Rain, No Flowers	The Black Keys	Alternative rock garage rock
	Motel Du Cap	Good Charlotte	Pop-punk alternative rock
	God Does Like Ugly	JID	Hip-hop
	Greetings from Your Hometown	Jonas Brothers	Pop
	Tennessee Lightning	Ashley Monroe	Country
	Different Night Same Rodeo	Bailey Zimmerman	Country
12	The Naught	Insane Clown Posse	Horrorcore hip-hop rap rock

List of albums set to be released

See also: 2025 in music

August

Date	Album	Artist	Genre
15	Star Line	Chance the Rapper	Hip-hop
	Bright as Blasphemy	Chevelle	Hard rock alternative metal
	Learn the Hard Way	Jordan Davis	Country
	Love Is Like	Maroon 5	Pop rock
	New Radiations	Marissa Nadler	Indie folk indie rock
	Ricochet	Rise Against	Punk rock melodic hardcore
22	CiCi	Ciara	R&B
	Private Music	Deftones	Alternative metal hard rock
	The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still	Hot Mulligan	Pop-punk emo alternative rock
	Walk Out on This World	Hunx and His Punx	Punk rock alternative rock
	Don't Click Play	Ava Max	Pop
	Escape Room	Teyana Taylor	R&B
	Dreams of Being Dust	The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die	Emo indie rock post-hardcore
29	Abi & Alan	Erykah Badu and The Alchemist	R&B hip-hop
	Once Upon a Time in California	Belinda Carlisle	Rock pop
	Man's Best Friend	Sabrina Carpenter	Pop
	Hard Headed Woman	Margo Price	Country pop
	Ain't in It for My Health	Zach Top	Country
	The Devil's Asylum	Vicious Rumors	Power metal

September

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
5	Gallows	Blessthefall	Metalcore hard rock
	Who Is the Sky?	David Byrne	Alternative rock rock
	Traces of You	Ivy	Indie pop indie rock
	No One Was Driving the Car	La Dispute	Post-hardcore progressive rock
	Life on the Moon	Modern Life Is War	Hardcore punk
	All Night Days	Rob Thomas	Pop rock alternative rock
	Breach	Twenty One Pilots
12	The Blue Nowhere	Between the Buried and Me	Progressive metal metalcore
	Pineapple John	John Carter Cash	Country folk
	Pantheon	Dance Gavin Dance	Post-hardcore
	A Quiet and Harmless Living	Matt Maeson	Alternative rock indie rock rock
	Ready to Roll	Teenage Bottlerocket	Punk rock pop-punk
	Tycoon	Ty Dolla Sign	R&B hip-hop
19	Milestone	38 Special	Hard rock Southern rock
	Season of the Peach	Black Lips	Punk rock garage rock rock
	Am I the Drama?	Cardi B	Hip-hop
	The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World	Motion City Soundtrack	Alternative rock pop-punk
	Dance Called Memory	Nation of Language	Indie pop
	Bleeds	Wednesday	Alternative rock country rock
26	Here for It All	Mariah Carey	R&B pop
	Neon Grey Midnight Green	Neko Case	Indie rock alternative country
	Bones	Rainbow Kitten Surprise	Alternative rock indie rock indie pop
	Eternal Youth	The Starting Line	Alternative rock pop-punk
	Bully	Kanye West	Hip-hop
	Only Slightly Empty	White Reaper	Garage rock punk rock

October

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
3	Silver Bleeds the Black Sun...	AFI	Gothic rock post-hardcore
	Cut & Rewind	Say She She	Indie pop alternative rock
	Lunger	Stay Inside	Post-punk post-hardcore
	Horizons/West	Thrice	Post-hardcore alternative rock
10	Here and Nowhere	The Autumn Defense	Alternative country baroque pop
	Ghost	John 5	Hard rock alternative metal
	Belong	Jay Som	Indie pop indie rock
	Better Days	Yellowcard	Pop-punk alternative rock
17	Everyone's Talking!	All Time Low	Pop-punk pop rock alternative rock
	Divided We Fall	Biohazard	Hardcore punk rap metal
	My Heart is an Outlaw	Casey Dienel	Indie pop dream pop art pop
	Feral Darkness	Tombs	Black metal heavy metal
	I Didn't Come Here to Leave	Chris Young	Country
24	You Are Safe from God Here	The Acacia Strain	Metalcore heavy metal
	Love Chant	The Lemonheads	Alternative rock power pop
	The Navy Album	Roddy Ricch	Hip-hop
	Rude	Spiritual Cramp	Hardcore punk post-punk garage rock
31	XXV	Greensky Bluegrass	Bluegrass rock
	Thick Rich and Delicious	Guided by Voices	Indie rock garage rock
	Mammoth	Lydia Luce	Classical folk

November

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
7	...Is Your Friend	Drain	Hardcore punk crossover thrash
	Small Talk	Whitney	Indie folk indie pop indie rock
14	Another Miracle	Of Mice & Men	Metalcore alternative metal

December

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
5	Love & Fear	Zac Brown Band	Country

Unknown date

Third quarter

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
TBA	Don't Be Dumb	ASAP Rocky	Hip-hop

Fourth quarter

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
TBA	TBA	Crimson Glory	Heavy metal

TBA

• TBA by Armored Saint
• TBA by The Ataris
• TBA by Breaking Benjamin
• TBA by Cake
• TBA by Dove Cameron
• Extinction Level Event by Dark Angel
• TBA by Death Angel
• TBA by Drowning Pool
• TBA by Exodus
• TBA by Forbidden
• Something in the Water by Incubus
• TBA by LCD Soundsystem
• Love in Real Life by Lizzo
• TBA by Megadeth
• TBA by Metal Church
• TBA by Mobb Deep
• TBA by Mötley Crüe
• TBA by New Found Glory
• TBA by Nine Inch Nails
• TBA by Overkill
• TBA by Primus
• TBA by Puscifer
• TBA by Charlie Puth
• The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift
• TBA by Testament
• TBA by Trouble
• Finally Over It by Summer Walker
• Old School American Way by Whiplash

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2025 and List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2025

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "4x4" – Travis Scott (1 week)
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (2 weeks in 2019, 2 weeks in 2020, 2 weeks in 2021, 5 weeks in 2022, 3 weeks in 2023, 3 weeks in 2024, 1 week in 2025)
• "Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars (5 weeks)
• "Golden" – Huntr/x (1 week so far)
• "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (13 weeks)
• "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter (1 week)
• "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (2 weeks in 2024, 1 week in 2025)
• "Ordinary" – Alex Warren (9 weeks)
• "What I Want" – Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae (1 week)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

• "4x4" – Travis Scott (#1)
• "20 Cigarettes" – Morgan Wallen (#20)
• "30 for 30" – SZA and Kendrick Lamar (#10)
• "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey (#1 in 2024, #2 in 2025)
• "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#4 in 2020, #6 in 2025)
• "Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga (#13)
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#1)
• "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (#7 in 2018, #14 in 2025)
• "All the Way" – BigXthaPlug feat. Bailey Zimmerman (#4)
• "Anxiety" – Doechii (#9)
• "Apt." – Rosé and Bruno Mars (#3)
• "Baile Inolvidable" – Bad Bunny (#3)
• "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone (#2 in 2024, #8 in 2025)
• "Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish (#2 in 2024, #3 in 2025)
• "Blue Strips" – Jessie Murph (#15)
• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" – Darlene Love (#15)
• "CN Tower" – PartyNextDoor and Drake (#18)
• "Crush" – Playboi Carti and Travis Scott (#20)
• "Cry for Me" – The Weeknd (#12)
• "Daisies" – Justin Bieber (#2)
• "Deck the Halls" – Nat King Cole (#16 in 2022, #20 in 2025)
• "Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars (#1)
• "DTMF" – Bad Bunny (#2)
• "Dum, Dumb, and Dumber" – Lil Baby, Young Thug and Future (#16)
• "Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter (#3 in 2024, #9 in 2025)
• "Eternity" – Alex Warren (#16)
• "Evil J0rdan" – Playboi Carti (#2)
• "Fat Juicy & Wet" – Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars (#17)
• "Feliz Navidad" – José Feliciano (#6 in 2021, #11 in 2025)
• "Gimme a Hug" – Drake (#6)
• "Go Baby" – Justin Bieber (#18)
• "Golden" – Huntr/x (#1)
• "Good Credit" – Playboi Carti and Kendrick Lamar (#17)
• "Good Luck, Babe!" – Chappell Roan (#4 in 2024, #17 in 2025)
• "Good News" – Shaboozey (#15)
• "How It's Done" – Huntr/x (#19)
• "I Ain't Comin' Back" – Morgan Wallen feat. Post Malone (#8)
• "I Got Better" – Morgan Wallen (#7)
• "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen (#1 in 2024, #8 in 2025)
• "I'm a Little Crazy" – Morgan Wallen (#17)
• "I'm the Problem" – Morgan Wallen (#2)
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Michael Bublé (#12)
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (#12 in 2020, #16 in 2025)
• "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams (#5 in 2021, #7 in 2025)
• "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#3 in 2020, #4 in 2025)
• "Jingle Bells" – Frank Sinatra (#16 in 2023, #18 in 2025)
• "Just in Case" – Morgan Wallen (#2)
• "Last Christmas" – Wham! (#3)
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" – Dean Martin (#7 in 2024, #8 in 2025)
• "Lose Control" – Teddy Swims (#1 in 2024, #4 in 2025)
• "Love Me Not" – Ravyn Lenae (#6)
• "Love Somebody" – Morgan Wallen (#1 in 2024, #10 in 2025)
• "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (#1)
• "Manchild" – Sabrina Carpenter (#1)
• "Messy" – Lola Young (#14)
• "Mutt" – Leon Thomas (#12)
• "Mystical Magical" – Benson Boone (#17)
• "Nokia" – Drake (#2)
• "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (#1)
• "Nuevayol" – Bad Bunny (#8)
• "Ordinary" – Alex Warren (#1)
• "Outside" – Cardi B (#10)
• "Pink Pony Club" – Chappell Roan (#4)
• "Rather Lie" – Playboi Carti and The Weeknd (#4)
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#1 in 2023, #2 in 2025)
• "Run Rudolph Run" – Chuck Berry (#10 in 2021, #14 in 2025)
• "Santa Tell Me" – Ariana Grande (#5)
• "Sleigh Ride" – The Ronettes (#8 in 2023, #13 in 2025)
• "Smile" – Morgan Wallen (#4)
• "Soda Pop" – Saja Boys (#14)
• "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" – Benson Boone (#19)
• "Sports Car" – Tate McRae (#16)
• "Squabble Up" – Kendrick Lamar (#1 in 2024, #5 in 2025)
• "Stargazing" – Myles Smith (#19)
• "Sticky" – Tyler, the Creator feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne (#10 in 2024, #18 in 2025)
• "Superman" – Morgan Wallen (#8)
• "Taste" – Sabrina Carpenter (#2 in 2024, #10 in 2025)
• "That's So True" – Gracie Abrams (#6)
• "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#9 in 2023, #10 in 2025)
• "The Giver" – Chappell Roan (#5)
• "The Subway" – Chappell Roan (#3)
• "Timeless" – The Weeknd and Playboi Carti (#3 in 2024, #7 in 2025)
• "Too Sweet" – Hozier (#1 in 2024, #14 in 2025)
• "TV Off" – Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay (#2 in 2024, #3 in 2025)
• "Twilight Zone" – Ariana Grande (#18)
• "Underneath the Tree" – Kelly Clarkson (#9)
• "Voy a Llevarte Pa' PR" – Bad Bunny (#17)
• "Weren't for the Wind" – Ella Langley (#18)
• "What Did I Miss?" – Drake (#2)
• "What I Want" – Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae (#1)
• "White Christmas" – Bing Crosby (#12 in 1962, #19 in 2025)
• "Worst Way" – Riley Green (#20)
• "Your Idol" – Saja Boys (#8)
• "Yukon" – Justin Bieber (#17)

Deaths

• February 5 – Irv Gotti, 54, hip-hop & R&B record producer (Murder Inc. Records)
• February 24 – Roberta Flack, 88, R&B & soul singer and pianist
• February 28 – David Johansen, 75, proto-punk & rock singer/songwriter (New York Dolls)
• March 1 – Angie Stone, 63, R&B & soul singer, songwriter and record producer
• March 3 – Jeffrey Runnings, 61, post-punk singer, songwriter and bassist (For Against)
• March 4 – Roy Ayers, 84, post-bop & acid jazz vibraphonist and composer
• March 7 – D'Wayne Wiggins, 64, R&B & soul singer, songwriter and guitarist (Tony! Toni! Toné!)
• April 6 – Clem Burke, 70, punk rock & rock drummer (Blondie, The Empty Hearts)
• May 1 – Jill Sobule, 66, folk-pop & rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
• May 15 – Charles Strouse, 96, composer and lyricist
• June 9 – Sly Stone, 82, funk & psychedelic soul singer, songwriter and record producer (Sly and the Family Stone)
• June 11 – Brian Wilson, 82, rock & pop singer, songwriter, musician (The Beach Boys)
• June 26 – Walter Scott, 81, R&B singer (The Whispers)
• July 16 – Connie Francis, 87, pop singer, actress
• July 18 – Helen Cornelius, 83, country singer
• July 22 – Chuck Mangione, 84, jazz trumpeter
• July 26 – Tom Lehrer, 97, singer-songwriter and satirist
• August 1 – Jeannie Seely, 85, country singer