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Roisin O'Connor

Spotify Wrapped 2025 announces the year’s biggest artists, songs and albums

Spotify has unveiled its annual Wrapped feature, giving its users insights into their listening habits over the past year. The streaming service has also shared its stats for the biggest artists, albums, songs, podcasts and audiobooks over the past 12 months.

Puerto Rico’s Latin trap megastar Bad Bunny returned to claim his crown as Spotify’s most popular global artist for the fourth time, having previously held the title in 2020, 2021 and 2022. He also had the world’s most listened-to album with his latest release, Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

The news comes ahead of his headline performance at the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, and after he scooped several nominations for next year’s Grammys.

Meanwhile, the biggest song of the year was actually released in 2024: Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s monster hit “Die With a Smile”, which accrued more than 1.7 billion streams in 2025 alone.

In the UK, Spotify unveiled its Wrapped feature with a film clip featuring the rapper Central Cee, pop stars Lola Young, Olivia Dean and Lewis Capaldi, and the Irish folk-rock band Kingfishr.

Alex Warren’s inescapable single “Ordinary” was the most-streamed song of the year in the UK, beating Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” and “Messy” by Lola Young. Taylor Swift took the top spot for the third consecutive year as the UK’s most popular artist, followed by Canadian star Drake and her fellow American singer Sabrina Carpenter.

Bad Bunny was the top global artist on Spotify in 2025 (MBC)

Carpenter also claimed the biggest album on Spotify in the UK with her seventh studio album, Short n’ Sweet, another Grammy contender for prizes including album of the year. Women once again dominated the top UK albums: just three out of 10 records were by male artists or an ensemble cast of singers.

Along with the biggest music of the year, Spotify shared its most successful podcasts, topped globally for the sixth year running by The Joe Rogan Experience. In the UK, the controversial host took second place, bested only by Steven Bartlett’s podcast The Diary of a CEO, with The Louis Theroux Podcast coming third.

Here’s Spotify Wrapped 2025’s top US, UK and global artists, albums, songs, podcasts and audio books:

In the UK…

Top Artists

  1. Taylor Swift
  2. Drake
  3. Sabrina Carpenter
  4. The Weeknd
  5. Billie Eilish
  6. Kanye West
  7. Kendrick Lamar
  8. Rihanna
  9. Tate McRae
  10. Ariana Grande
Swift dominated charts this year with her album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ (PA)

Top songs

  1. “Ordinary” by Alex Warren
  2. “That’s So True” by Gracie Abrams
  3. “Messy” by Lola Young
  4. “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
  5. “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
  6. “Love Me Not” by Ravyn Lenae
  7. “Back to Friends” by Sombr
  8. “Sailor Song” by Gigi Perez
  9. “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  10. “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan
Alex Warren made the top 10 around the world with his single ‘Ordinary’ (Invision)

Top albums

  1. Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter
  2. You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1) by Alex Warren
  3. KPop Demon Hunters (soundtrack) by KPop Demon Hunters Cast
  4. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan
  5. So Close To What by Tate McRae
  6. The Secret of Us by Gracie Abrams
  7. Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish
  8. SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA
  9. The Art of Loving by Olivia Dean
  10. Stick Season by Noah Kahan
RESEÑA-SABRINA CARPENTER (AP)

Top audiobooks in Premium

  1. The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson
  2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  3. The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer
  4. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
  5. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
  6. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
  7. Mythos by Stephen Fry
  8. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
  9. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
  10. A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin

Top podcasts

  1. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
  2. The Joe Rogan Experience
  3. The Louis Theroux Podcast
  4. The Rest Is Politics
  5. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  6. The Rest Is History
  7. We Need To Talk with Paul C Brunson
  8. Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
  9. The Rest Is Football
  10. The Rest Is Entertainment
Steven Bartlett has the UK’s most popular podcast on Spotify (Getty)

Global…

Top artists

  1. Bad Bunny
  2. Taylor Swift
  3. The Weeknd
  4. Drake
  5. Billie Eilish
  6. Kendrick Lamar
  7. Bruno Mars
  8. Ariana Grande
  9. Arijit Singh
  10. Fuerza Regida

Top songs

  1. Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
  2. “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
  3. “APT.” by Rosé and Bruno Mars
  4. “Ordinary” by Alex Warren
  5. “DtMF” by Bad Bunny
  6. “Back to Friends” by Sombr
  7. “Golden” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
  8. “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA
  9. “That’s So True” by Gracie Abrams
  10. “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish
Lady Gaga performs with Bruno Mars in 2025 (Getty)

Top albums

  1. Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny
  2. KPop Demon Hunters (soundtrack) by KPop Demon Hunters Cast
  3. Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish
  4. SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA
  5. Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter
  6. Mayhem by Lady Gaga
  7. You'll Be Alright, Kid by Alex Warren
  8. I’m The Problem by Morgan Wallen
  9. GNX by Kendrick Lamar
  10. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny is one of the world’s biggest artists (Getty)

Top podcasts

  1. The Joe Rogan Experience
  2. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
  3. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  4. Call Her Daddy
  5. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
  6. Huberman Lab
  7. Crime Junkie
  8. Modern Wisdom
  9. On Purpose with Jay Shetty
  10. The Tucker Carlson Show
Podcaster Joe Rogan attracts a huge audience (JRE)

Top audiobooks in Premium

  1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  2. Lights Out by Navessa Allen
  3. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
  4. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
  5. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
  6. The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
  7. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  8. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas
  9. Quicksilver by Callie Hart
  10. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

In the US…

Top artists

  1. Taylor Swift
  2. Drake
  3. Morgan Wallen
  4. Kendrick Lamar
  5. Bad Bunny
  6. The Weeknd
  7. SZA
  8. Zach Bryan
  9. Tyler, The Creator
  10. Kanye West
Swift was the number one US artist of 2025 (PA)

Top songs

  1. “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  2. “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  3. “Ordinary” by Alex Warren
  4. “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
  5. “TV off” by Kendrick Lamar & Lefty Gunplay
  6. “Golden” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
  7. “Back to Friends” by Sombr
  8. “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
  9. “Timeless” by The Weeknd & Playboi Carti
  10. “No One Noticed” by The Marías
SZA and Kendrick Lamar co-headlined on tour this year (AP)

Top albums

  1. I’m The Problem by Morgan Wallen
  2. SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA
  3. Debí Tirar Más FotosS by Bad Bunny
  4. KPop Demon Hunters by KPop Demon Hunters Cast, HUNTR/X, Saja Boys
  5. GNX by Kendrick Lamar
  6. Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter
  7. So Close To What by Tate McRae
  8. The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift
  9. One Thing At A Time by Morgan Wallen
  10. Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish
Morgan Wallen released the biggest album in the US in 2025 (Getty)

Top podcasts

  1. The Joe Rogan Experience
  2. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
  3. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  4. Call Her Daddy
  5. Crime Junkie
  6. The Shawn Ryan Show
  7. The Tucker Carlson Show
  8. The Daily
  9. Huberman Lab
  10. Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Top audiobooks in Premium

  1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  2. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
  3. Lights Out by Navessa Allen
  4. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
  5. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
  6. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
  7. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  8. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
  9. The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
  10. Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Find everything you need to know about Spotify Wrapped 2025 here.

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