# Billboard's top 10 songs of 2025

The top of Billboard's staff ranking of the year's 100 best songs, led by the KPop Demon Hunters smash "Golden".

- 37 votes · 10 items
- Mar 5, 2026 · A. Tan
- https://even.best/en/l/2328/billboard-s-top-10-songs-of-2025

## Top 10

1. **Golden — HUNTR/X** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 2025. From the animated film KPop Demon Hunters; eight weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
2. **Abracadabra — Lady Gaga** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 2025. Dark dance-pop from the album Mayhem.
3. **Nuevayol — Bad Bunny** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 2025. A tribute to Latin New York from DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.
4. **Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 2025. A cheeky country-pop single about hopeless men.
5. **Illegal — PinkPantheress** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2025. Short, bright electronic pop.
6. **The Subway — Chappell Roan** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2025. A big heartbreak ballad set in New York.
7. **Denial Is a River — Doechii** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — From her 2024 mixtape; a rap story that went viral in 2025.
8. **Luther — Kendrick Lamar & SZA** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — From GNX (late 2024); a soft love duet that ruled the charts in 2025.
9. **Man I Need — Olivia Dean** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — 2025. Retro soul from the British singer.
10. **Folded — Kehlani** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2025. A slow R&B song that took over social media.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.