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Music Featured: Top of Home Page Features Lists Music Features PopMatters Picks The Best Music of 2025

The 80 Best Albums of 2025

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PopMatters Staff / 24 December 2025

The best albums of 2025 challenged orthodoxies, created new genres, and spanned a vast range of musical styles and traditions, while looking forward.

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