#music-trends

#music-trends

The week before Christmas is always a flurry of holiday activity - last-minute gift purchases, travel, maybe a few batches of cookies waiting to be baked - but it's also when publications start scrambling to get all their year-in-review columns out the door. The best albums, the best movies, the best TV shows, even the best memes - as someone who's spent a good chunk of her life compiling such lists, I can tell you that there are typically a few clear front-runners or consensus favorites that emerge.

Bad Bunny was the most-listened-to artist on Spotify globally in 2025, the platform revealed on December 3 as part of its Wrapped celebration. In total, he scored 19.8 billion streams over the course of the year. His 2025 album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, propelled him to the top spot and was the most-streamed album of the year. He was joined in the top five by the most-streamed artists in the States: Taylor Swift at spot two, the Weeknd at No. 3,

The demands here are clear: Put some Lulu on this butt. One of the big lies about rap music in the 90s and the 2000s is that only one or two female rappers could be successful at any given time.

Tiny Vinyl offers 4-inch records that hold up to four minutes of music per side, featuring releases from artists like Black Sabbath and The Rolling Stones.

Natalie Briones, a toddler, attended her first baby rave where she expressed excitement for Lenny Pearce's remixes, showing a strong connection to the music.