The Top 50 Songs of 2025

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Songs of 2025

These are the top 50 songs for the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists and charts. Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here. DMDB Top 2%: Alex Warren “Ordinary” Huntr/x “Golden” DMDB Top 5%: Taylor Swift “The Fate of Ophelia” Lady Gaga “Abracadabra” DMDB Top 10%: Sabrina Carpenter “Manchild” Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae “What I Want” Chappell Roan “The Subway” Olivia Dean “Man I Need” Tate McRae “Sports Car” Justin Bieber “Daisies” Bad Bunny “DTMF” Drake “Nokia” DMDB Top 20%: Sombr “Undressed” Kehlani “Folded” Tame Impala “Dracula” Benson Boone “Mystical Magical” Benson Boone “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else” Morgan Wallen “I’m the Problem” Bad Bunny “Baile Inolvidable” The Weeknd “Cry fo Me” Lorde “What Was That” Pink Pantheress “Illegal” Role Model “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” Raye “Where Is My Husband!” Chappell Roan “The Giver” Somb “12 to 12” Bad Bunny “NuevaYol” Justin Bieber “Yukon” Ed Sheeran “Azizam” Taylor Swift “Opalite” Morgan Wallen “Just in Case” Tyler the Creator “Sugar on My Tongue” Disco Lines with Tinashe “No Broke Boys” Moliy with Silent Addy, Shenseea, & Skillibeng “Shake It to the Max (Fly)” Sabrina Carpenter “Tears” Alex Warren & Jelly Roll “Bloodline” Saja Boys “Soda Pop” Lil Tecca “Dark Thoughts” Doechii “Denial Is a River” Mumford & Sons “Rushmere” Sleep Token “Caramel” Saja Boys “Your Idol” Taylor Swift & Sabrina Carpenter “The Life of a Showgirl” SZA “BMF” Lady Gaga “The Dead Dance” Sleep Token Emergence” Playboi Carti & The Weeknd “Rather Lie” Tate McRae “Revolving Door” Russell Dickerson “Happen to Me” Linkin Park “Up from the Bottom” Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: Top Songs and Albums by Year lists Dave’s Music Database: Songs of the Decade lists First posted 1/21/2026.

Sabrina Carpenter “Manchild” debuted at #1

Manchild Sabrina Carpenter

Writer(s): Sabrina Carpenter, Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff (see lyrics here) Released: June 5, 2025 First Charted: June 18, 2025 Peak: 11 BB, 11 ST, 11 RR, 13 AC, 3 A40, 12 UK, 2 CN, 2 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.4 UK, 1.47 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 174.93 video, 655.51 streaming

Awards: Click on award for more details.

About the Song: Singer/songwriter Sabrina Carpenter found success as a teenager on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World before embarking on a music career. She hit the big time with her sixth album, Short n’ Sweet, in 2024. The album reached #1 in the U.S. and many other markets around the world and was certified four times platinum. The album was fueled by three top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the #1 “Please Please Please.” Her next album, 2025’s Man’s Best Friend, landed Carpenter her second chart-topper with “Manchild.” The “country-tingled” BB’25 song “feels like a sequel to 2024’s ‘Please Please Please’ – in which she’s begging her love interest not to embarrass her – but this time, Sabrina knows exactly what she’s dealing with and still can’t seem to stay away.” BB’25 The “cheeky single” NP is “upbeat and playful,” BB’25 “a glimpse inside the deeply hilarious and very sharp mind of Sabrina Carpenter.” RS’25 She had “built a reputation for her tongue-in-cheek songwriting, and she puts her winking chops to excellent use” BB’25 on what Rolling Stone called an “ABBA rodeo jam.” RS’25 She “writes with characteristic wit about…knowing a man is emotionally stunted but still caring enough to sing a whole song about him.” PF “Manchild” “cemented her position in the pop penthouse.” BB’25 It “proved the success of Short n’ Sweet wasn’t just a one-off, and that this five-foot-tall innuendo-loving pop star will be here for a while.” RS’25 The song received Grammy nominations for Song and Record of the Year. Resources: BB’25 Billboard (12/11/2025). “The 100 Best Songs of 2025: Staff Picks” NP New York Post (12/29/2025). “The 10 best songs of 2025…” by Connor Surmonte PF Pitchfork.com (12/1/2025). “The 100 Best Songs of 2025” RS’25 Rolling Stone (12/4/2025). “The 100 Best Songs of 2025” Related Links: First posted 1/19/2026.