Spotify has unveiled its annual Wrapped feature, which gives its users insight into their listening habits over the past year. The streaming service also shared its tally of the biggest artists, albums, songs, podcasts and audiobooks of the past 12 months.
Puerto Rican Latino star Bad Bunny returns as Spotify’s Most Popular Global Artist for the fourth time, having previously held the title in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Debi Tirar Moss photo.
The news comes ahead of her headlining performance at the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show and after she earned multiple nominations for next year’s Grammy Awards.
Meanwhile, the biggest song of the year actually came out in 2024: Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ monster “Die With a Smile,” which racked up more than 1.7 billion streams in 2025 alone.
In the UK, Spotify unveiled its Wrapped feature with a film clip featuring rapper Central C, pop stars Lola Young, Olivia Deyn and Louis Capaldi and Irish folk rock band Kingfishr.
Alex Warren’s Inevitable single ‘Ordinary’ was the year’s most streamed song in the UK, beating Gracie Abrams’ ‘That’s So True’ and Lola Young’s ‘Messy’. Taylor Swift took the top spot as the UK’s most popular artist for the third year in a row, followed by Canadian star Derrick and fellow American singer Sabrina Carpenter.
Carpenter also became Spotify’s biggest album in the UK with his seventh studio album. short and sweet Another contender for the Grammy Award, including Album of the Year. Women once again dominated the UK’s top albums: just three in 10 were by male artists or groups of singers.
Along with the biggest music of the year, Spotify shared its most successful podcasts, which topped the world for the sixth year in a row. Joe Rogan’s experience In the UK, the controversial host took second place, beaten only by Steven Bartlett’s podcast. Diary of a CEO with The Louis Theroux Podcast being third
Here’s Spotify Wrapped 2025, the top artists, albums, songs, podcasts and audiobooks in the US, UK and the world:
In England…
top artists
- Taylor Swift
- Derrick
- Sabrina Najjar
- the weekend
- Billie Eilish
- Kanye West
- Kendrick Lamar
- Rihanna
- Tate McRae
- Ariana Grande
top songs
- “Normal” by Alex Warren
- “It’s So True” by Gracie Abrams
- Messed Up by Lola Young
- “The Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Rowan
- “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
- “Don’t Love Me” by Ravin Lena
- “Back to Friends” by Sombr
- Sailor song by Gigi Perez
- “Die Smiling” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
- “Good luck baby!” by Chappell Roan
Top albums
- short and sweet By Sabrina Carpenter
- You’ll Be Alright Baby (Season 1) By Alex Warren
- KPop Demon Hunters (music from Netflix movie) By the cast of KPop Demon Hunters
- The rise and fall of a midwestern princess by Chappell Roan
- very close to what By Tate McRae
- our secret By Gracie Abrams
- Hit me hard and soft By Billie Eilish
- SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA
- the art of loving By Olivia Dean
- Steak season By Noah Kahan
Top audiobooks in Premium
- Business game By Gary Stevenson
- fourth wing By Rebecca Yaros
- Avocado Hotel By Bob Mortimer
- Friends of the circle by JRR Tolkien
- A court of thorns and roses By Sarah J. Moss
- iron flame By Rebecca Yaros
- Myths By Stephen Fry
- A court of fog and rage By Sarah J. Moss
- Thursday Murder Club By Richard Osman
- Game of Thrones By George RR Martin
Top podcasts
- Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett
- Joe Rogan’s experience
- The Louis Theroux Podcast
- The rest is politics
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- The rest is history
- We should talk to Paul C. Let’s talk Branson
- The Silent Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
- The rest is football
- The rest is entertainment
Global…
top artists
- bad rabbit
- Taylor Swift
- the weekend
- Derrick
- Billie Eilish
- Kendrick Lamar
- Bruno Mars
- Ariana Grande
- Arijit Singh
- Fuerza Regida
top songs
- “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
- “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
- “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars
- “Normal” by Alex Warren
- “DtMF” by Bad Bunny
- “Back to Friends” by sombr
- “Gold” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters
- “Luther (with credit)” by Kendrick Lamar
- “It’s So True” by Gracie Abrams
- “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish
Top albums
- Debi Tirar Moss photo by Bad Bunny
- KPop Demon Hunters By KPop actors Demon Hunters, HUNTR/X, Saja Boys
- Hit me hard and soft By Billie Eilish
- SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA
- short and sweet By Sabrina Carpenter
- MAYHEM by Lady Gaga
- you will be fine baby By Alex Warren
- I am the problem By Morgan Whalen
- GNX by Kendrick Lamar
- That Verano Sin T by Bad Bunny
Top podcasts
- Joe Rogan’s experience
- Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- Call his father
- Last weekend with Theo Von
- Huberman Laboratory
- criminal
- Modern wisdom
- On target with Jay Shetty
- The Tucker Carlson Show
Top audiobooks in Premium
- fourth wing By Rebecca Yaros
- light off By Navsa Allen
- iron flame By Rebecca Yaros
- A court of thorns and roses By Sarah J. Moss
- A court of fog and rage By Sarah J. Moss
- my mother’s house By Shari Franke
- wedding people By Alison Spatch
- A court of wings and ruins By Sarah J. Moss
- Quicksilver By Callie Hart
- Big big beautiful life By Emily Henry
In the United States…
top artists
- Taylor Swift
- Derrick
- Morgan Whalen
- Kendrick Lamar
- bad rabbit
- the weekend
- SZA
- zack brian
- Tyler, the Creator
- Kanye West
top songs
- “Luther (with Sza)” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA
- “Die Smiling” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
- “Normal” by Alex Warren
- “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
- “TV off (feat. lefty gunplay)” by Kendrick Lamar & Lefty Gunplay
- “Gold” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters
- “Back to Friends” by sombr
- “The Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Rowan
- “Timeless (Playboi Carti’s Masterpiece)” by The Weeknd & Playboi Carti
- “No One Noticed” by The Marías
Top albums
- I am the problem By Morgan Whalen
- SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA
- DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FToS by Bad Bunny
- KPop Demon Hunters By KPop actors Demon Hunters, HUNTR/X, Saja Boys
- GNX by Kendrick Lamar
- short and sweet By Sabrina Carpenter
- very close to what By Tate McRae
- The life of a showgirl By Taylor Swift
- One thing at a time By Morgan Whalen
- Hit me hard and soft By Billie Eilish
Top podcasts
- Joe Rogan’s experience
- Last weekend with Theo Von
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- Call his father
- criminal
- The Shawn Ryan Show
- The Tucker Carlson Show
- daily
- Huberman Laboratory
- Stay tuned with Amy Poehler
Top audiobooks in Premium
- fourth wing By Rebecca Yaros
- iron flame By Rebecca Yaros
- light off By Navsa Allen
- A court of thorns and roses By Sarah J. Moss
- Friends of the circle by JRR Tolkien
- Big big beautiful life By Emily Henry
- wedding people By Alison Spatch
- A court of fog and rage By Sarah J. Moss
- my mother’s house By Shari Franke
- Quicksilver By Callie Hart
Find everything you need to know about Spotify Wrapped 2025 here.
