The Best Albums of 2025

The Best Albums of 2025

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just super. These were a few of the Variety music staff’s favorite things in 2025, which was an annus horribilis in […]

The 13 best LGBTQ+ albums of 2025

Queer artists have been defining music for years, and 2026 was no different. With legends like Lady Gaga, Cardi B, and Tyler, the Creator releasing new albums, and rising artists like Lambrini Girls, Rebecca Black, and Lola Young combining, there's great queer music this year for lovers of just about every genre.These are the 13 albums by LGBTQ+ artists that the Out.com editors loved most in 2025.Related: Ranking the top 10 albums released by LG…

The 25 Best Albums of 2025

From Geese’s wild ascent to Clipse’s immaculate return, here are the records that defined a year in which the only constant was change

The 32 Best Rap Albums of 2025

Featuring projects from Earl Sweatshirt, Che, BunnaB, Monaleo, and, uh, HappyDranker

The best albums of 2025

The 10 Best Hardcore Albums Of 2025

One band absolutely dominated the hardcore conversation this year, and they did it by working way, way harder than anyone else. Affable Boston bruisers Haywire spent 2025 playing sweaty, cathartic, extremely fun live shows in every VFW Hall and skate park from sea to shining sea. Within 12 months, they rocked venues in all 50…