A few weeks ago, we launched the Pitchfork 2025 Readers’ Poll. Thousands of readers voted on the best songs and albums of the half-decade, and here are the results. (Thanks for voting!)
Compare your picks with Pitchfork’s own lists of the best songs and best albums of 2025, and check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here.
The 100 Best Songs of 2025, According to Pitchfork Readers
100. Nourished by Time: “Max Potential”
99. Sabrina Carpenter: “Tears”
98. Lorde: “Current Affairs”
97. Wet Leg: “davina mccall”
96. Perfume Genius: “No Front Teeth” [ft. Aldous Harding]
95. Sabrina Carpenter: “House Tour”
94. Oklou: “take me by the hand” [ft. Bladee]
93. Lorde: “Man of the Year”
92. Lorde: “Hammer”
91. caroline: “Total euphoria“
90. Ethel Cain: “Dust Bowl”
89. Jane Remover: “Dancing With Your Eyes Closed”
88. Bon Iver: “From”
87. Jane Remover: “JRJRJR”
86. Nourished by Time: “9 2 5”
85. Wolf Alice: “The Sofa”
84. Smerz: “Feisty”
83. Deafheaven: “Magnolia”
82. Addison Rae: “High Fashion”
81. Clipse: “Ace Trumpets”
80. Rosalía: “Dios Es un Stalker”
79. Water From Your Eyes: “Playing Classics”
78. Geese: “Islands of Men”
77. Wet Leg: “mangetout”
76. Ninajirachi: “iPod Touch”
75. Hayley Williams: “True Believer”
74. Tyler, the Creator: “Sugar on My Tongue”
73. Black Country, New Road: “For the Cold Country”
72. Turnstile: “BIRDS”
71. Alex G: “June Guitar”
70. Deftones: “My Mind Is a Mountain”
69. Lana Del Rey: “Henry, come on”
68. Earl Sweatshirt: “TOURMALINE”
67. Ethel Cain: “Fuck Me Eyes”
66. Panda Bear: “Praise”
65. Bon Iver: “Day One”
64. Wednesday: “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)”
63. Lady Gaga: “Perfect Celebrity”
62. Lady Gaga: “How Bad Do U Want Me”
61. Cameron Winter: “Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)”
60. Geese: “Trinidad”
59. PinkPantheress: “Tonight”
58. Olivia Dean: “Man I Need”
57. Big Thief: “Los Angeles”
56. caroline: “Tell me I never knew that” [ft. Caroline Polachek]
55. Zara Larsson: “Midnight Sun”
54. Robyn: “Dopamine”
53. Model/Actriz: “Cinderella”
52. Geese: “100 Horses”
51. Big Thief: “Incomprehensible”
50. Lady Gaga: “Garden of Eden”
49. Blood Orange: “The Field”
48. FKA twigs: “Room of Fools”
47. Pulp: “Spike Island”
46. Wet Leg: “catch these fists”
45. Blood Orange: “Mind Loaded” [ft. Caroline Polachek, Lorde, and Mustafa]
44. Taylor Swift: “The Fate of Ophelia”
43. Bad Bunny: “NUEVAYoL”
42. Sabrina Carpenter: “Manchild”
41. Lily Allen: “Pussy Palace”
40. Lorde: “David”
39. Geese: “Long Island City Here I Come”
38. Hayley Williams: “Parachute”
37. Oklou: “harvest sky” [ft. underscores]
36. Geese: “Husbands”
35. This Is Lorelei / MJ Lenderman: “Dancing in the Club (MJ Lenderman Version)”
34. Perfume Genius: “It’s a Mirror”
33. FKA twigs: “Drums of Death”
32. PinkPantheress: “Illegal”
31. Lorde: “Shapeshifter”
30. Dijon: “Yamaha”
29. Haim: “Relationships”
28. PinkPantheress: “Stateside”
27. Addison Rae: “Fame Is a Gun”
26. Lorde: “What Was That”
25. Rosalía: “La Perla”
24. FKA twigs: “Girl Feels Good”
23. Wednesday: “Townies”
22. Oklou: “blade bird”
21. Turnstile: “NEVER ENOUGH”
20. Clipse: “So Be It”
19. Bad Bunny: “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”
18. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band: “New Threats From the Soul”
17. Smerz: “You got time and I got money”
16. Ethel Cain: “Nettles”
15. Bon Iver: “Everything Is Peaceful Love”
14. Geese: “Cobra”
13. Bad Bunny: “DTMF”
12. Rosalía: “Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti”
11. Cameron Winter: “Love Takes Miles”
10. Chappell Roan: “The Subway”
9. FKA twigs: “Striptease”
8. Alex G: “Afterlife”
7. Addison Rae: “Headphones On”
6. Geese: “Au Pays du Cocaine”
5. Rosalía: “Reliquia”
4. Wednesday: “Elderberry Wine”
3. Lady Gaga: “Abracadabra”
2. Geese: “Taxes”
1. Rosalía: “Berghain” [ft. Björk and Yves Tumor]
The 100 Best Albums of 2025, According to Pitchfork Readers
100. The Beths: Straight Line Was a Lie
99. james K: Friend
98. Maria Somerville: Luster
97. Sharon Van Etten / The Attachment Theory: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
96. aya: hexed!
95. Destroyer: Dan’s Boogie
94. Ichiko Aoba: Luminescent Creatures
93. The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow
92. DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us
91. Viagra Boys: Viagra Boys
90. SZA: SOS Deluxe: Lana
89. YHWH Nailgun: 45 Pounds
88. Saya Gray: SAYA
87. Horsegirl: Phonetics On and On
86. Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
85. Djrum: Under Tangled Silence
84. Kali Uchis: Sincerely,
83. Anna von Hausswolff: Iconoclasts
82. Joanne Robertson: Blurrr
81. Tame Impala: Deadbeat
80. Annahstasia: Tether
79. Wolf Alice: The Clearing
78. Stereolab: Instant Holograms on Metal Film
77. Los Thuthanaka: Los Thuthanaka
76. Ethel Cain: Perverts
75. Olivia Dean: The Art of Loving
74. Model/Actriz: Pirouette
73. Jeff Tweedy: Twilight Override
72. Pulp: More
71. Haim: I quit
70. Florence and the Machine: Everybody Scream
69. Ninajirachi: I Love My Computer
68. Water From Your Eyes: It’s a Beautiful Place
67. Deftones: Private Music
66. Tyler, the Creator: DON’T TAP THE GLASS
65. Earl Sweatshirt: Live Laugh Love
64. CMAT: EURO-COUNTRY
63. Erika de Casier: Lifetime
62. Perfume Genius: Glory
61. Amaarae: Black Star
60. Jane Remover: Revengeseekerz
59. Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power
58. caroline: caroline 2
57. JADE: THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY!
56. Rochelle Jordan: Through the Wall
55. billy woods: GOLLIWOG
54. Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend
53. Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong
52. Smerz: Big city life
51. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band: New Threats From the Soul
50. Ethel Cain: Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
49. FKA twigs: Eusexua Afterglow
48. Panda Bear: Sinister Grift
47. Lily Allen: West End Girl
46. Wet Leg: moisturizer
45. Blood Orange: Essex Honey
44. Nourished by Time: The Passionate Ones
43. Alex G: Headlights
42. Yola: My Way
41. Hayley Williams: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
40. Zoé Basha: Gamble
39. Ty Dolla $ign: Tycoon
38. All Time Low: Everyone’s Talking!
37. Kesha: .
36. Ed Sheeran: Play
35. Burna Boy: No Sign of Weakness
34. Reneé Rapp: Bite Me
33. Arch Enemy: Blood Dynasty
32. Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem
31. Cameron Winter: Heavy Metal
30. Summer Walker: Finally Over It
29. Khalid: After the Sun Goes Down
28. Lil Tecca: Dopamine
27. Folk Bitch Trio: Now Would Be a Good Time
26. Zara Larsson: Midnight Sun
25. Mereba: The Breeze Grew a Fire
24. Bruce Springsteen: Tracks II: The Lost Albums
23. Militarie Gun: God Save the Gun
22. Gucci Mane: Episodes
21. MIKE: Showbiz!
20. PinkPantheress: Fancy That
19. The Last Dinner Party: From the Pyre
18. Dijon: Baby
17. Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl
16. Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful
15. Bon Iver: SABLE, fABLE
14. Little Simz: Lotus
13. Lorde: Virgin
12. Bad Bunny: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
11. Sudan Archives: The BPM
10. Addison Rae: Addison
9. Big Thief: Double Infinity
8. Wednesday: Bleeds
7. Oklou: choke enough
6. Turnstile: NEVER ENOUGH
5. Clipse: Let God Sort Em Out
4. Lady Gaga: MAYHEM
3. FKA twigs: EUSEXUA
2. Geese: Getting Killed
1. Rosalía: LUX
