Skip to content
even.best

Billboard's top 10 songs of 2025

The top 3 according to 37 votes from people: Golden — HUNTR/X · Abracadabra — Lady Gaga · Nuevayol — Bad Bunny. (Updated Mar 5, 2026.)

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

A. Tan · · 10 items · 37 votes · 0 comments

Top 10

  1. 1

    Golden — HUNTR/X

    2025. From the animated film KPop Demon Hunters; eight weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  2. 2

    Abracadabra — Lady Gaga

    2025. Dark dance-pop from the album Mayhem.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 1

    4
  3. 3

    Nuevayol — Bad Bunny

    2025. A tribute to Latin New York from DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  4. 4

    Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter

    2025. A cheeky country-pop single about hopeless men.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  5. 5

    Illegal — PinkPantheress

    2025. Short, bright electronic pop.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    The Subway — Chappell Roan

    2025. A big heartbreak ballad set in New York.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Denial Is a River — Doechii

    From her 2024 mixtape; a rap story that went viral in 2025.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Luther — Kendrick Lamar & SZA

    From GNX (late 2024); a soft love duet that ruled the charts in 2025.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 2

    1
  9. 9

    Man I Need — Olivia Dean

    2025. Retro soul from the British singer.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 2

    0
  10. 10

    Folded — Kehlani

    2025. A slow R&B song that took over social media.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

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.

Is something missing?

Log in to add an item

Comments (0)

Log in to comment

No comments yet. Be the first!

More rankings like this