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If the music we loved in 2025 tells us anything, it’s that this was a great year for a reset. Everywhere we looked—and listened—our biggest stars seemed to be offering truths wrought from self-reflection and even actionable items to right our personal ships. Relationships, to be specific, were at the heart of so many eye-opening, and also foot-tapping, moments—from homegrown talent in particular. JADE looked into her “Plastic Box” to wonder how her own insecurity was standing in the way of new love, while Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” suggested knowing your own worth is key to getting the partner you deserve. As part of one of the year’s big comebacks, Jarvis Cocker confronted his fear of a certain four-letter word on Pulp’s “Got to Have Love”, and PinkPantheress built “Illegal” around the idea that a relationship with drugs can conjure up many of the issues that a bad personal relationship throws at you. See that—even superstars get frustrated. But it’s not as if they’re unwilling to share solutions, like on CMAT’s “The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station”, an inspired-by-sausage-rolls meditation on banishing irrational hatred, or Dave and Kano’s “Chapter 16”, in which two of the UK’s foremost MCs swap numerous pearls of hard-won wisdom. For all the compelling introspection though, some took a wider view. Sam Fender’s “Crumbling Empire”, for instance, surveyed towns, professions and lives brought to decay by political policies. There were songs about loss (Bad Bunny’s “DtMF”), but just as frequently ones that celebrated what it means to be alive, our heroes enjoying the fruits of their labour, as Clipse did with “Ace Trumpets”. And with the viral “Shake It to the Max (FLY)” remix, MOLIY got the world to succumb to the thrill of the dance floor. Like a conversation with a cherished friend, so many of the songs we loved in 2025 delivered wisdom, reflection and, inevitably, release. These are the best songs of the year across all genres—in the UK and around the world—as chosen by our editors.

Today’s Hits is home to the biggest songs in pop, hip-hop, R&B and more. Here are the biggest hits anywhere and everywhere—and you can’t talk hits in 2025 without mentioning Sabrina Carpenter. After the massive success of her sixth album <i>Short n’ Sweet</i>, which spawned hits “Espresso” and “Please Please Please”, the singer-songwriter levelled up again with her seventh album <i>Man’s Best Friend</i>. With its brutally honest, witty and catchy lyricism, <i>Man’s Best Friend</i> dominated the Apple Music charts; churned out viral anthems “Manchild”, “Tears” and “When Did You Get Hot?”; and solidified Carpenter as a mainstay in pop music. Get familiar with Sabrina Carpenter on Today’s Hits—as if you aren’t already—and if you hear a song you like, add it to your library.