# 2025 in American music

The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2025 in music in the United States.

## Notable events
### January

* 10 – Tremonti released their first studio album in four years, The End Will Show Us How.
* 17 – Balloonerism, the second posthumous Mac Miller album in five years, was released.
* 20 – Coco Jones performed the national anthem and Travis Scott performed the halftime show at the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
* 25 – Bowling for Soup co-founder and lead guitarist Chris Burney announced his retirement from the band after playing with them for over 30 years.
* 28 – Singer Chase Lawrence announced the breakup of his band, Coin, following allegations of misconduct against drummer Ryan Winnen and guitarist Joe Memmel.
* 31 – All That Remains released their first studio album in almost seven years, Antifragile. It is also the band's first album to not feature original guitarist Oli Herbert following Herbert's death in 2018.
** Grayscale released their first studio album in four years, The Hart.
** Moe released their first studio album in five years, Circle of Giants.
** Pentagram released their first studio album in ten years, Lightning in a Bottle.

### February

* 2 – The 67th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Beyoncé won Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter, Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Not Like Us" and Chappell Roan won Best New Artist.
* 5 – Record producer and Murder Inc. Records co-founder Irv Gotti died from a stroke at the age of 54.
* 7 – Dream Theater released their first studio album in over three years, Parasomnia. It is also the band's first album with original drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009.
** Tyga released his first studio album in nearly six years, NSFW.
* 9 – Jon Batiste performed the national anthem and Kendrick Lamar and SZA performed the halftime show during Super Bowl LIX at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
* 18 – A Day to Remember released their first studio album in nearly four years, Big Ole Album Vol. 1. It is also the band's first album to not feature founding bassist Joshua Woodard following Woodard's departure in 2021.
* 21 – Killswitch Engage released their first studio album in six years, This Consequence.
** Nardo Wick released his first studio album in nearly four years, Wick.
** Mike Posner released his first solo album in nearly five years, The Beginning.
* 24 – Legendary R&B singer Roberta Flack died from cardiac arrest stemming from complications of ALS at the age of 88.
* 28 – New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen, the band's last surviving original member, died from cancer at the age of 75.

### March

* 1 – R&B and soul singer Angie Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 63.
* 7 – Bob Mould released his first studio album in five years, Here We Go Crazy.
** Lady Gaga released her first solo album in nearly five years, Mayhem.
** Whitechapel released their first studio album in four years, Hymns in Dissonance.
** Mastodon co-founder and lead guitarist Brent Hinds announced his mutual departure from the band after 25 years.
* 14 – Clipping released their first studio album in five years, Dead Channel Sky.
** Warbringer released their first studio album in five years, Wrath and Ruin.
** Playboi Carti released his first studio album in nearly five years, Music.
* 21 – Japanese Breakfast will release their first studio album in almost four years, For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women).
** Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco will release their collborative studio album, I Said I Love You First. It will be Gomez's first album in five years and Blanco's first in seven years.
** My Morning Jacket will release their first studio album in four years, Is.
* 28 – Will Smith will release his first studio album in twenty years, Based on a True Story.
** Lucy Dacus will release her first solo album in nearly four years, Forever Is a Feeling.
** Deafheaven will release their first studio album in four years, Lonely People with Power.

### April

* 11 – Spin Doctors will release their first studio album in twelve years, Face Full of Cake.
** OK Go will release their first studio album in nearly eleven years, And the Adjacent Possible.
** Bon Iver will release their first studio album in six years, Sable, Fable.
** Sleigh Bells will release their first studio album in four years, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy.
* 12 – Wu-Tang Clan and Mathematics will release their collaborative studio album, Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman. It will be the Wu-Tang Clan's first studio album in ten years, their first to be publicly available in eleven years and their first group project in seven years.
* 18 – Tunde Adebimpe will release his debut solo album, Thee Black Boltz, which will also be his first album in nearly eleven years following the release of Seeds by his band, TV on the Radio, in November 2014.
** Superheaven will release their self-titled studio album, their first in ten years.
* 25 – Mayday Parade will release their first studio album in nearly four years, Sweet, which will be the first of a planned three-part album.
** Roddy Ricch will release his first studio album in nearly four years, The Navy Album.

### May

* 2 – Car Seat Headrest will release their first studio album in five years, The Scholars.
** Suzanne Vega will release her first studio album in nine years, Flying with Angels.
** Maddie & Tae will release their first studio album in five years, Love & Light.
* 9 – Counting Crows will release their first studio album in eleven years, Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!.
** Tetrarch will release their first studio album in four years, The Ugly Side of Me.
* 16 – Tune-Yards will release their first studio album in four years, Better Dreaming.
** Pelican will release their first studio album in six years, Flickering Resonance.
* 30 – Ben Kweller will release his first studio album in four years, Cover the Mirrors.
** Garbage will release their first studio album in four years, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light.
** Anderson East will release his first studio album in four years, Worthy.

### June

* 6 – The Doobie Brothers will release their first studio album in four years, Walk This Road.
** Lil Wayne will release his first solo album in five years, Tha Carter VI.
** Rascal Flatts will release their first studio album in eight years, Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets.
** Black Moth Super Rainbow will release their first studio album in seven years, Soft New Magic Dream.

### First quarter

* Biohazard will release their first studio album in thirteen years.

### Fourth quarter

* Crimson Glory will release their first studio album in twenty-six years.

### Unknown date

* Armored Saint will release their first studio album in five years.
* ASAP Rocky will release his first studio album in seven years, Don't Be Dumb.
* Blondie will release their first studio album in eight years.
* Cake will release their first studio album in fourteen years.
* Cardi B will release her first studio album in seven years.
* Chevelle will release their first studio album in four years.
* Clipse will release their first studio album in fifteen years.
* Dark Angel will release their first studio album in thirty-four years.
* Death Angel will release their first studio album in six years.
* Exodus will release their first studio album in four years. It will be the band's first album in fifteen years to feature returning vocalist Rob Dukes, following Steve "Zetro" Souza's second departure in January.
* Fear Factory will release their first studio album in four years. It will be the band's first album with current lead vocalist Milo Silvestro and current drummer Pete Webber, both of whom joined in 2023.
* Forbidden will release their first studio album in fifteen years.
* LCD Soundsystem will release their first studio album in eight years.
* Mastodon will release their first studio album in four years. It will be the band's first album since the departure of founding lead guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds in March.
* Mötley Crüe will release their first studio album in seventeen years.
* Nine Inch Nails will release their first studio album in five years.
* Primus will release their first studio album in eight years.
* Testament will release their first studio album in five years.
* Trouble will release their first studio album in twelve years.
* Whiplash will release their first studio album in sixteen years, Old School American Way.

## Bands reformed

* The Click Five
* Fountains of Wayne
* Rilo Kiley
* Spineshank

## Bands disbanded

* Coin
* REO Speedwagon

## List of albums released
### January

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 3 | WHAM | Lil Baby | Hip-hop |
| 8 | Perverts | Ethel Cain | Alternative rockindie rockambient |
| 10 | The End Will Show Us How | Tremonti | Alternative metalrock |
| 16 | Dyed (2008-2023) | The Maine | Indie rockalternative rock |
| 17 | Mend | Eidola | Rock |
| 17 | Balloonerism | Mac Miller | Hip-hop |
| 24 | The High Road | Kane Brown | CountryR&B |
| 24 | Burnout Days | Flipturn | Indie rockalternative rock |
| 24 | NGL (EP) | JoJo | PopR&B |
| 24 | I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) | Teddy Swims | PopR&B |
| 31 | Antifragile | All That Remains | Metalcoreheavy metal |
| 31 | The Hart | Grayscale | Pop-punkalternative rock |
| 31 | Violet | L.S. Dunes | Post-hardcorealternative rockemo |
| 31 | Circle of Giants | Moe | Progressive rockrock |
| 31 | Lightning in a Bottle | Pentagram | Doom metal |

### February

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 7 | Parasomnia | Dream Theater | Progressive metal |
| 7 | Universe Room | Guided by Voices | Indie rock |
| 7 | NSFW | Tyga | Hip-hop |
| 7 | Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory | Sharon Van Etten | Rock |
| 14 | New Dawn | Marshall Allen | Jazz |
| 14 | Satisfied Soul (EP) | Brother Ali and Ant | Hip-hop |
| 14 | Phonetics On and On | Horsegirl | Post-punkindie rock |
| 14 | Automatic | The Lumineers | Indie folkindie pop |
| 14 | Saint Motel & the Symphony in the Sky | Saint Motel | Indie pop |
| 14 | Welcome to Your Funeral | Twiztid | Horrorcorehip-hoprap rock |
| 14 | Ghostholding | Venturing | Indie rockemo |
| 14 | Plus One | The War and Treaty | AmericanaSouthern soul |
| 18 | Big Ole Album Vol. 1 | A Day to Remember | Metalcorepop-punk |
| 21 | This Consequence | Killswitch Engage | Metalcoreheavy metal |
| 21 | The Beginning | Mike Posner | Pop |
| 21 | Wick | Nardo Wick | Hip-hop |
| 28 | The Music of Tori and the Muses | Tori Amos | Pop |
| 28 | Off With Her Head | Banks | Poppop rock |
| 28 | I Had a Name | Eric Bass | Rock |
| 28 | Billboard Heart | Deep Sea Diver | Indie rockindie pop |

### March

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 7 | Foxes in the Snow | Jason Isbell | Americanafolkcountry rock |
| 7 | Mayhem | Lady Gaga | Synth-popdance-popindustrial |
| 7 | Here We Go Crazy | Bob Mould | Alternative rockrock |
| 7 | Hymns in Dissonance | Whitechapel | Deathcoreprogressive metal |
| 14 | Dead Channel Sky | Clipping | Alternative hip-hop |
| 14 | Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe | Coheed and Cambria | Progressive rockalternative rock |
| 14 | Quitter | Giovannie and the Hired Guns | Rockcountry rockalternative rock |
| 14 | Music | Playboi Carti | Hip-hop |
| 14 | Wrath and Ruin | Warbringer | Thrash metal |

## List of albums set to be released
### March

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 21 | I Said I Love You First | Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco | Pop |
| 21 | For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) | Japanese Breakfast | Indie popindie rock |
| 21 | Is | My Morning Jacket | Indie rockalternative rock |
| 28 | Forever Is a Feeling | Lucy Dacus | Indie rockindie folk |
| 28 | Lonely People with Power | Deafheaven | Black metalheavy metal |
| 28 | Deep Thoughts | Lil Durk | Hip-hop |
| 28 | Glory | Perfume Genius | Art popindie popindie rock |
| 28 | Based on a True Story | Will Smith | Hip-hop |

### April

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 4 | The Crux | Djo | Synth-popindie popneo-psychedelia |
| 4 | Welcome to My Blue Sky | Momma | Indie rockindie pop |
| 4 | Are We All Angels | Scowl | Punk rockpop-punkalternative rock |
| 11 | Sable, Fable | Bon Iver | Indie folkindie rock |
| 11 | And the Adjacent Possible | OK Go | Alternative rockpop rock |
| 11 | Bunky Becky Birthday Boy | Sleigh Bells | Indie popalternative rock |
| 11 | Face Full of Cake | Spin Doctors | Alternative rockrock |
| 12 | Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman | Wu-Tang Clan and Mathematics | Hip-hop |
| 18 | Thee Black Boltz | Tunde Adebimpe | Indie rockalternative rock |
| 18 | Superheaven | Superheaven | Alternative rock |
| 25 | Sweet | Mayday Parade | Pop-punkemo |
| 25 | The Navy Album | Roddy Ricch | Hip-hop |
| 25 | Mortal Primetime | Sunflower Bean | Indie popindie rock |

### May

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 2 | The Scholars | Car Seat Headrest | Indie rock |
| 2 | Love & Light | Maddie & Tae | Country |
| 2 | Flying with Angels | Suzanne Vega | Alternative rockfolk rock |
| 9 | Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! | Counting Crows | Alternative rockrock |
| 9 | Aperture | The Head and the Heart | Indie folkindie rock |
| 9 | For Recreational Use Only | Blake Shelton | Country |
| 9 | The Ugly Side of Me | Tetrarch | Nu metalheavy metal |
| 16 | Flickering Resonance | Pelican | Post-metal |
| 16 | Better Dreaming | Tune-Yards | Art popindie pop |
| 21 | The Right Person Will Stay | Lana Del Rey | Americanacountry |
| 30 | Worthy | Anderson East | Americanaroots rock |
| 30 | Let All That We Imagine Be the Light | Garbage | Alternative rockrock |
| 30 | Cover the Mirrors | Ben Kweller | Indie rockalternative rock |

### June

| Date | Album | Artist | Genre(s) |
| 6 | Soft New Magic Dream | Black Moth Super Rainbow | Psychedelic popindie rock |
| 6 | Walk This Road | The Doobie Brothers | Rock |
| 6 | Tha Carter VI | Lil Wayne | Hip-hop |
| 6 | Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets | Rascal Flatts | Country |
| 15 | Bully | Kanye West | Hip-hop |

## Unknown date
### First quarter

* TBA by Biohazard

### Fourth quarter

* TBA by Crimson Glory

### TBA

* TBA by Armored Saint
* TBA by Cake
* Something Beautiful by Miley Cyrus
* TBA by Dark Angel
* TBA by Death Angel
* TBA by Exodus
* TBA by Fitz and the Tantrums
* TBA by Forbidden
* TBA by Good Charlotte
* TBA by Kesha
* TBA by LCD Soundsystem
* TBA by Megadeth
* TBA by Metal Church
* TBA by Mötley Crüe
* TBA by Nine Inch Nails
* TBA by Overkill
* TBA by Primus
* TBA by Puscifer
* TBA by Rise Against
* TBA by Testament
* TBA by Trouble
* I'm the Problem by Morgan Wallen
* Old School American Way by Whiplash

## Top songs on record
### Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

* "4x4" – Travis Scott (1 week)
* "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (2 weeks in 2019, 2 weeks in 2020, 2 weeks in 2021, 5 weeks in 2022, 3 weeks in 2023, 3 weeks in 2024, 1 week in 2025)
* "Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars (5 weeks)
* "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (4 weeks so far)
* "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (2 weeks in 2024, 1 week in 2025)

### Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.
* "4x4" – Travis Scott (#1)
* "30 for 30" – SZA and Kendrick Lamar (#10)
* "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" – Shaboozey (#1 in 2024, #2 in 2025)
* "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#4 in 2020, #6 in 2025)
* "Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga (#13)
* "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#1)
* "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (#7 in 2018, #14 in 2025)
* "Anxiety" – Doechii (#13)
* "Apt." – Rosé and Bruno Mars (#3)
* "Baile Inolvidable" – Bad Bunny (#3)
* "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone (#2 in 2024, #9 in 2025)
* "Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish (#2 in 2024, #3 in 2025)
* "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" – Darlene Love (#15)
* "CN Tower" – PartyNextDoor and Drake (#18)
* "Cry for Me" – The Weeknd (#12)
* "Deck the Halls" – Nat King Cole (#16 in 2022, #20 in 2025)
* "Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars (#1)
* "DTMF" – Bad Bunny (#2)
* "Dum, Dumb, and Dumber" – Lil Baby, Young Thug and Future (#16)
* "Espresso" – Sabrina Carpenter (#3 in 2024, #9 in 2025)
* "Fat Juicy & Wet" – Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars (#17)
* "Feliz Navidad" – José Feliciano (#6 in 2021, #11 in 2025)
* "Gimme a Hug" – Drake (#6)
* "Good Luck, Babe!" – Chappell Roan (#4 in 2024, #17 in 2025)
* "I Had Some Help" – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen (#1 in 2024, #8 in 2025)
* "I'm the Problem" – Morgan Wallen (#2)
* "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Michael Bublé (#12)
* "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (#12 in 2020, #16 in 2025)
* "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams (#5 in 2021, #7 in 2025)
* "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#3 in 2020, #4 in 2025)
* "Jingle Bells" – Frank Sinatra (#16 in 2023, #18 in 2025)
* "Last Christmas" – Wham! (#3)
* "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" – Dean Martin (#7 in 2024, #8 in 2025)
* "Lose Control" – Teddy Swims (#1 in 2024, #4 in 2025)
* "Love Somebody" – Morgan Wallen (#1 in 2024, #10 in 2025)
* "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (#1)
* "Messy" – Lola Young (#14)
* "Nokia" – Drake (#8)
* "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (#1)
* "Nuevayol" – Bad Bunny (#8)
* "Pink Pony Club" – Chappell Roan (#7)
* "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#1 in 2023, #2 in 2025)
* "Run Rudolph Run" – Chuck Berry (#10 in 2021, #14 in 2025)
* "Santa Tell Me" – Ariana Grande (#5)
* "Sleigh Ride" – The Ronettes (#8 in 2023, #13 in 2025)
* "Smile" – Morgan Wallen (#4)
* "Sports Car" – Tate McRae (#16)
* "Squabble Up" – Kendrick Lamar (#1 in 2024, #5 in 2025)
* "Stargazing" – Myles Smith (#19)
* "Sticky" – Tyler, the Creator feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne (#10 in 2024, #18 in 2025)
* "Taste" – Sabrina Carpenter (#2 in 2024, #10 in 2025)
* "That's So True" – Gracie Abrams (#6)
* "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#9 in 2023, #10 in 2025)
* "Timeless" – The Weeknd and Playboi Carti (#3 in 2024, #7 in 2025)
* "Too Sweet" – Hozier (#1 in 2024, #14 in 2025)
* "TV Off" – Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay (#2 in 2024, #3 in 2025)
* "Underneath the Tree" – Kelly Clarkson (#9)
* "Voy a Llevarte Pa' PR" – Bad Bunny (#17)
* "White Christmas" – Bing Crosby (#12 in 1962, #19 in 2025)

## Deaths

* February 5 – Irv Gotti, 54, hip-hop & R&B record producer (Murder Inc. Records)
* February 24 – Roberta Flack, 88, R&B & soul singer and pianist
* February 28 – David Johansen, 75, proto-punk & rock singer/songwriter (New York Dolls)
* March 1 – Angie Stone, 63, R&B & soul singer, songwriter and record producer
* March 4 – Roy Ayers, 84, post-bop & acid jazz vibraphonist and composer