Year in Review 2025: Music

Taylor Swift's "Life of a Showgirl" was released on October 3, 2025 and immediately became a smash success.

The album had the biggest first week in music history with over four million U.S. album-equivalent units. It broke the modern-era record for album sales in a single week, surpassed Adele's previous record, and became the most pre-saved album of all time on Spotify.

After years of absence from the chart, Mariah Carey's Christmas classic "All I Want for Christmas is You" (1994) hit No.1 on Billboard in 2019.

Since then, the songstress' holiday classic has hit the same spot every December to lead into the following year, and will continue the tradition from 2025-2026.

In one of the most memorable viral moments of the year, Astronomer executives Andy Byron and Kristen Kat were caught having an affair live on the Kiss Cam at a Coldplay concert.

HUNTR/X, pronounced Huntrix, are the breakout Korean pop girl group from Netflix'es breakout animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" (2025).

The film's soundtrack is the first in history to have 4 simultaneous Billboard Top 10 hits.

Lady Gaga released "Mayhem" in 2025, her first album since "Chromatica" in 2020.

It was a No. 1 hit, leading off with her collaboration single with Bruno Mars, "Die with a Smile".