Top songs of 2025

What was the number one song of 2025?

The number one song of 2025 was “Die with a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2025. It spent 5 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated January 11, 2025.

“Luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA was number one for the most weeks of 2025: 13 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated March 1, 2025.

Born in 2025? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2025, year-end Hot 100 of 2025).

How many songs reached number one in 2025?

8 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2025. Counting “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and “Not Like Us”, which were already at number one when the year began, 10 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2025, “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA stayed there longest: 13 weeks in total, from the chart dated March 1, 2025.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 2025. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2025?

Kendrick Lamar was the only act with more than one number one in 2025, counting lead and featured credits: “Not Like Us” and “Luther”.

What were the biggest songs of 2025?

The five biggest songs of 2025 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Die with a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey, “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims and “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Good Luck, Babe!” Chappell Roan
32. “No One Noticed” The Marías
33. “All the Way” BigXthaPlug featuring Bailey Zimmerman
34. “Too Sweet” Hozier
35. “Worst Way” Riley Green
36. “Sailor Song” Gigi Perez
37. “Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else” Benson Boone
38. “Manchild” Sabrina Carpenter
39. “Anxiety” Doechii
40. “I Got Better” Morgan Wallen
41. “Sticky” Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne
42. “Undressed” Sombr
43. “I Never Lie” Zach Top
44. “Back to Friends” Sombr
45. “Bed Chem” Sabrina Carpenter
46. “Sports Car” Tate McRae
47. “Mystical Magical” Benson Boone
48. “Whatchu Kno About Me” GloRilla and Sexyy Red
49. “Indigo” Sam Barber featuring Avery Anna
50. “Please Please Please” Sabrina Carpenter
51. “DTMF” Bad Bunny
52. “Blue Strips” Jessie Murph
53. “Peekaboo” Kendrick Lamar featuring AzChike
54. “Your Idol” Saja Boys: Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and Samuil Lee
55. “High Road” Koe Wetzel featuring Jessie Murph
56. “Abracadabra” Lady Gaga
57. “Who” Jimin
58. “Burning Blue” Mariah the Scientist
59. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” Mariah Carey
60. “Daisies” Justin Bieber
61. “Soda Pop” Saja Boys: Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and Samuil Lee
62. “Like Him” Tyler, the Creator featuring Lola Young
63. “Residuals” Chris Brown
64. “Smile” Morgan Wallen
65. “Last Christmas” Wham!
66. “Am I Okay?” Megan Moroney
67. “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” Brenda Lee
68. “How It's Done” Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami
69. “Happen to Me” Russell Dickerson
70. “Baile Inolvidable” Bad Bunny
71. “Weren't for the Wind” Ella Langley
72. “I Ain't Comin' Back” Morgan Wallen featuring Post Malone
73. “Cry for Me” The Weeknd
74. “Bad Dreams” Teddy Swims
75. “Denial Is a River” Doechii
76. “BMF” SZA
77. “Eoo” Bad Bunny
78. “I'm Gonna Love You” Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood
79. “I Am Not Okay” Jelly Roll
80. “Backup Plan” Bailey Zimmerman and Luke Combs
81. “Jingle Bell Rock” Bobby Helms
82. “Revolving Door” Tate McRae
83. “What It Sounds Like” Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami
84. “Hard Fought Hallelujah” Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll
85. “Somebody Loves Me” PartyNextDoor and Drake
86. “Liar” Jelly Roll
87. “Tu Boda” Óscar Maydon and Fuerza Regida
88. “After All the Bars Are Closed” Thomas Rhett
89. “Nuevayol” Bad Bunny
90. “20 Cigarettes” Morgan Wallen
91. “Rather Lie” Playboi Carti and the Weeknd
92. “Free” Ejae and Andrew Choi
93. “Takedown” Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami
94. “Heart of a Woman” Summer Walker
95. “House Again” Hudson Westbrook
96. “Dark Thoughts” Lil Tecca
97. “No Pole” Don Toliver
98. “Folded” Kehlani
99. “Superman” Morgan Wallen
100. “Loco” Netón Vega

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2025, year-end Hot 100 of 2025).

What songs should go on a 2025 mix CD?

A 2025 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 23 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey and closing with “Good News” by Shaboozey, for 76:55 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2025, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 77:41, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 2025 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2025 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What has popular music been like in the 2020s?

Popular music in the 2020s has been driven by streaming, with pop, hip-hop and country crossover songs topping the Hot 100. When a major album comes out, its songs can fill much of the top ten in the same week.

From 2020 to 2025, 89 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 8 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 89, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey spent the most weeks at number one: 19 in total. Taylor Swift had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 8. The typical number one of these years ran 3:18 (the median of the 81 with a known length).