2025 Power Rankings

Albums

Ranked albums of 2025 as rated by the committee of one.

RANK	ARTIST	ALBUM	GENRE	POWER INDEX	RATING
1	Bon Iver	SABLE, fABLE	Ambient Folk	89. 7
2	Mansionair	Some Kind Of Alchemy	Post-Rock	89. 2
3	Oklou	choke enough	Indie Electronic	81. 7
4	Amber Mark	Pretty Idea	Pop	78. 3
5	Hayley Williams	Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party	Alternative	75. 9
6	Blood Orange	Essex Honey	Alternative	75. 6
7	Victoria Canal	Slowly, It Dawns	Pop	75. 0
8	Paul Meany	FOREVER PHASE	Alternative	74. 8
T9	Nightly	songs to drive to	Pop	74. 2
T9	Gigi Perez	At The Beach, In Every Life	Folk Singer	74. 2
T11	Indigo De Souza	Precipice	Alternative	73. 6
T11	Youth Lagoon	Rarely Do I Dream	Alternative	73. 6
T13	Lily Allen	West End Girl	Pop	73. 4
T13	Yellow Ostrich	TRYING	Indie Rock	73. 4
15	Lucius	Lucius	Alternative	73. 3
16	Spacey Jane	If That Makes Sense	Alternative Pop/Rock	72. 2
T17	Nils Hoffmann	Everlight	Progressive House	72. 1
T17	Flock Of Dimes	The Life You Save	Indie Chamber Rock	72. 1
19	ROSALÍA	LUX	Art Pop	71. 8
T20	Shura	I Got Too Sad For My Friends	Indie Poptimism	71. 3
T20	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	Pop	71. 3
T20	Wisp	If Not Winter	Rock	71. 3
23	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	Alternative R&B	71. 2
24	Sharon Van Etten	Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory	Indie Rock	70. 8
T25	Maribou State	Hallucinating Love	Electropop	70. 6
T25	Electric Youth	North Of Normal \|Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\|	Original Score	70. 6
T25	Florist	Jellywish	Indie Folk	70. 6
T25	The Beths	Straight Line Was A Lie	Bedroom Pop	70. 6
29	De La Soul	Cabin In The Sky	Rap	70. 1
30	HAIM	I quit	Indie Poptimism	69. 9
T31	Luvcat	Vicious Delicious	Alternative	69. 8
T31	Saba & No ID	From The Private Collection Of Saba And No ID	Rap	69. 8
T33	Other Lives	Volume V	Indie Chamber Rock	69. 7
T33	Khruangbin	The Universe Smiles Upon You ii	Neo-Psychedelia	69. 7
T35	Yann Tiersen	Rathlin From A Distance	Classical	68. 9
T35	JADE	THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!	Pop	68. 9
T37	The Mars Volta	Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio	New Prog	68. 8
T37	Samia	Bloodless	Bedroom Pop	68. 8
T37	Emmit Fenn	The Last Dance, Pt 3	Dance	68. 8
T37	Tune-Yards	Better Dreaming	Progressive Indie	68. 8
41	Max Richter	Hamnet \|Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\|	Original Score	68. 7
T42	Little Simz	Lotus	Hip-Hop	68. 4
T42	Leith Ross	I Can See The Future	Folk	68. 4
44	King Princess	Girl Violence	Indie Poptimism	68. 0
T45	Biig Piig	11:11	Dark Pop	67. 8
T45	My Morning Jacket	is	Indie Rock	67. 8
T45	Great Grandpa	Patience, Moonbeam	Alt-Rock	67. 8
T45	Billie Marten	Dog Eared	Indie Chamber Rock	67. 8
T45	Dijon	Baby	Alternative R&B	67. 8
T45	Chloe Foy	Complete Fool	Chamber Folk	67. 8
T45	Dave	The Boy Who Played The Harp	Alternative Rap	67. 8
T45	McKinley Dixon	Magic, Alive!	Rap	67. 8
53	yeule	Evangelic Girl Is A Gun	Alternative	67. 6
54	Ethel Cain	Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You	Alternative	67. 5
T55	Blondshell	If You Asked For A Picture	Bedroom Pop	67. 4
T55	Tame Impala	Deadbeat	Alternative	67. 4
T57	Big Thief	Double Infinity	Alternative	67. 1
T57	Daniel Caesar	Son Of Spergy	Alternative R&B	67. 1
T57	Barry Can't Swim	Loner	Electronic	67. 1
60	Khalid	after the sun goes down	Pop	67. 0
61	Yndling	Time Time Time (I'm In The Palm Of Your Hand)	Alternative	66. 7
62	Loyle Carner	hopefully !	Rap	66. 3
63	Bonobo	Lazarus \|Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack\|	Electronic	66. 2
64	Coheed And Cambria	The Father Of Make Believe	New Prog	65. 6
T65	Heartworms	Glutton For Punishment	Alternative	65. 5
T65	Miami Horror	We Always Had Tomorrow	Electropop	65. 5
T65	Panama	Everything Begins Again	Electronic	65. 5
68	bdrmm	Microtonic	Electronic	65. 4
69	Joey Valence & Brae	HYPERYOUTH	Alternative Hip-Hop	65. 1
T70	Yuno	Blest	Shimmer Pop	65. 0
T70	Lorde	Virgin	Indie Poptimism	65. 0
T70	Matt Berninger	Get Sunk	Indie Chamber Rock	65. 0
T70	John Glacier	Like A Ribbon	Experimental Hip-Hop	65. 0
T70	Addison Rae	Addison	Pop	65. 0
T70	snuggle	Goodbyehouse	Dream Pop	65. 0
T76	Divorce	Drive To Goldenhammer	Alternative	64. 9
T76	Lights	A6	Pop	64. 9
T76	Say She She	Cut & Rewind	Funk-Soul	64. 9
79	Jessie Reyez	PAID IN MEMORIES	Pop	64. 5
80	Jim Legxacy	black british music (2025)	Experimental Hip-Hop	64. 3
T81	The Weather Station	Humanhood	Alternative	64. 0
T81	SOHN	Albadas (Dawn Songs)	Ambient	64. 0
83	Wild Party	Cheeky Giants	Alternative Indie Rock	63. 8
T84	FKA twigs	EUSEXUA	Art Pop	63. 6
T84	Perfume Genius	Glory	Alternative	63. 6
T84	Miya Folick	Erotica Veronica	Indie Chamber Rock	63. 6
T84	Khamari	To Dry A Tear	R&B	63. 6
T84	Hatchie	Liquorice	Bedroom Pop	63. 6
T89	Natalia Lafourcade	Cancionera	Mexican Pop	63. 3
T89	JID	God Does Like Ugly	Alternative Rap	63. 3
91	Kae Tempest	Self Titled	Alternative Rap	62. 9
T92	Lucy Dacus	Forever Is A Feeling	Indie Chamber Rock	62. 8
T92	Greentea Peng	TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY	Psychedelic Soul	62. 8
T92	Kali Uchis	Sincerely,	Pop	62. 8
T92	Sudan Archives	THE BPM	Alternative R&B	62. 8
96	Emma-Jean Thackray	Weirdo	Jazz Fusion	62. 4
T97	Bad Suns	Accelerator	Alternative Indie Rock	62. 2
T97	Cassandra Jenkins	My Light, My Massage Parlor	Ambient	62. 2
T99	jasmine.4.t	You Are The Morning	Alternative	62. 0
T99	Mogwai	The Bad Fire	Atmospheric Rock	62. 0
T99	Dove Ellis	Blizzard	Alternative	62. 0
T99	Emotional Oranges	Orenjii	Urban	62. 0
T99	Laura Itandehui	Si Me Ven Alegre	Mexican Pop	62. 0
T99	Mei Semones	Animaru	Alternative	62. 0
105	Los Tre	Taha Mu	African	61. 9
106	Connor Price	About Time	Pop-Rap	61. 6
T107	sombr	I Barely Know Her	Indie Rock	61. 5
T107	The Last Dinner Party	From The Pyre	Rock	61. 5
109	Michigander	Michigander	Folk-Rock	61. 4
110	SACRED PAWS	Jump Into Life	Sunshine Indie	61. 2
111	Good Neighbours	Blue Sky Mentality	Classic Indie	60. 9
T112	Foxwarren	2	Alternative	60. 7
T112	Boy & Bear	Tripping Over Time	Folk-Rock	60. 7
T112	KAMAUU	The Romantic Spirituals	R&B	60. 7
T112	Ray Vaughn	The Good The Bad The Dollar Menu	Alternative Rap	60. 7
116	Justin Bieber	SWAG	Pop	59. 8
T117	Purity Ring	purity ring	Poptron	59. 4
T117	Panda Bear	Sinister Grift	Neo-Psychedelia	59. 4
T117	Rose City Band	Sol Y Sombra	Neo-Psychedelic	59. 4
120	Jay Som	Belong	Alternative	58. 9
T121	Penny & Sparrow	Lefty	Alternative	58. 5
T121	Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist	Alfredo 2	Rap	58. 5
T121	Justin Bieber	SWAG II	Pop	58. 5
T124	Songhoy Blues	Héritage	African	58. 3
T124	CMAT	EURO-COUNTRY	Alternative	58. 3
T124	Curtis Harding	Departures & Arrivals: Adventures Of Captain Curt	Soul	58. 3
T124	Geese	Getting Killed	Art Rock	58. 3
T124	Smerz	Big City Life	Alternative	58. 3
T129	Ben Reilly	SAVE!	Rap	57. 9
T129	D Smoke	Wake Up Supa	Rap	57. 9
131	Iona Zajac	Bang	Alternative	57. 8
T132	Self Esteem	A Complicated Woman	Art Pop	57. 4
T132	Lola Young	I’m Only Fucking Myself	Alternative	57. 4
134	Keri Hilson	WE NEED TO TALK: LOVE	Urban	56. 9
135	Olly Alexander	Polari	Pop	56. 8
T136	SYML	Nobody Lives Here	Folk Singer	55. 6
T136	Tourist	Music Is Invisible	Trance	55. 6
138	Wolf Alice	The Clearing	Alt-Rock	55. 2
T139	Laufey	A Matter Of Time	Pop	53. 8
T139	Daniel Avery	Tremor	Electronic	53. 8
T141	Japanese Breakfast	For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)	Alternative	52. 7
T141	Mulatu Astatke	Mulatu Plays Mulatu	Jazz	52. 7
T143	clipping.	Dead Channel Sky	Experimental Hip-Hop	52. 6
T143	Miguel	CAOS	Alternative R&B	52. 6
145	TURQUOISEDEATH	Guardian	Breakbeat	52. 2
T146	Black Country, New Road	Forever Howlong	Alternative	52. 0
T146	Ninajirachi	I Love My Computer	Electronic	52. 0
148	Wet Leg	moisturizer	Rock	51. 4
149	james K	Friend	Electronic	50. 8
150	Sabrina Carpenter	Man’s Best Friend	Pop	50. 6
151	Arcade Fire	Pink Elephant	Alternative	50. 4
T152	Highasakite	Testament	Alternative	50. 3
T152	Nourished by Time	The Passionate Ones	Alternative R&B	50. 3
154	Joy Crookes	Juniper	Pop	48. 9
155	billy woods	GOLLIWOG	Experimental Hip-Hop	46. 4
156	Mdou Moctar	Tears Of Injustice	African	41. 8
157	Logic	SIDEQUEST	Rap	38. 4
158	Viagra Boys	viagr aboys	Punk Rock	34. 9
159	Yann Tiersen	The Liquid Hour	Electronic	33. 5

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The Fine Print

The aFIREintheattic Power Index formula is top secret… but here’s a frivolous hint since we like you: It’s sort of like a logarithmic function on the weighted mean of the committee’s song ratings, which is then standardized-ish and scaled from 0 to 100. Talk nerdy to me.
All songs on an album or EP are rated and contribute to its Power Index. As a result, releases that are cohesive and consistently good, with fewer filler tracks, will invariably score higher than those with only a handful of great songs and a bunch of throwaways. Here, a release cannot be greater than the sum of its parts. For rankings that take that phenomenon into account, look to the aFIREintheattic Awards at the end of each year.
Note that EPs can tend toward higher scores than albums because sometimes an EP is a precursor to a full album and that album will contain the songs from the EP but with the addition of filler tracks that drag the Power Index score down.
Albums with a Power Index of 80 or higher and EPs with a Power Index of 70 or higher are a solid bet for a top 10 finish. The two highest scoring albums of all-time are Radiohead’s Kid A at 100.0 and OK Computer at 99.9 and the highest scoring EPs are Vancouver Sleep Clinic’s Winter at 96.7 and James Bay’s The Dark Of The Morning at 94.7. And we’ll be forthright: they probably always will be.
If a release is in the power rankings but is not in the playlist above, it’s not available on Spotify. The playlist is made up of the most popular song from each album in order based on its current power ranking.

EPs

Ranked EPs of 2025 as rated by the committee of one.

RANK	ARTIST	EP	GENRE	POWER INDEX	RATING
1	Cautious Clay	The Hours: Morning	Neo-R&B	72. 9
2	In Color	Snow Day	Alternative Pop/Rock	72. 1
3	Nils Frahm	Night	Classical	70. 2
T4	Shallou	25, winter	Electronic	69. 6
T4	Andrew Belle	Solstices EP	Electronic Pop	69. 6
T4	Another Sky	Mirror	Art Rock	69. 6
T7	SAGES, Ólafur Arnalds, & Loreen	SAGES	Ambient Folk	69. 0
T7	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	CURSE	Alternative	69. 0
9	Annika Bennett	Triple Shooting Star	Pop	68. 8
T10	Dustin Tebbutt	A Bend In The Light	Folk Singer	66. 7
T10	Rachel Chinouriri	Little House	Alternative	66. 7
T12	Emma Harner	Taking My Side	Pop	65. 3
T12	Bleach Lab	Close To The Flame	Indie Rock	65. 3
T14	Ólafur Arnalds & Talos	A Dawning	Ambient Folk	64. 0
T14	EMBRZ	Find Your Light	Dance	64. 0
T16	Utah	Outlaw	Dance	63. 4
T16	Bay Ledges	Cloud Archives Vol. 1	Sunshine Indie	63. 4
T16	Shallou	25, spring	Electronic	63. 4
19	CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso	PAPOTA	Pop	63. 0
20	Cautious Clay	The Hours: Night	Neo-R&B	62. 3
T21	Anna Of The North	Girl In A Bottle	Pop	62. 2
T21	RIP Swirl & Ydegirl	Emo Regulation	Alternative	62. 2
23	The Maine	Dyed (2008 - 2023)	Indie Anthem Power Pop	60. 2
24	Foreign Fields	Small Sessions, Vol. 1	Ambient Folk	59. 9
25	Nightly	THE VOID	Pop	59. 5
26	Until The Ribbon Breaks	King In The Corner	Dark Pop	58. 9
27	Nala Sinephro	The Smashing Machine \|Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\|	Original Score	58. 1
T28	Soccer Mommy	Evergreen	Bedroom Pop	57. 4
T28	Jaylon Ashaun	Where Do We Go From Here?	Urban	57. 4
T28	TWO LANES	No Feeling Is Final	Electronic	57. 4
T28	Florence Road	Fall Back	Alt-Rock	57. 4
T32	Random Forest	Reverie	Atmospheric Rock	56. 6
T32	Winona Oak	Salt	Pop	56. 6
T32	S. Carey	Watercress	Ambient Folk	56. 6
T32	Katie Pruitt	The Pleasantville Sessions	Pop	56. 6
36	ODESZA	Music To Refine To: A Remix Companion To Severance	Chillbeat	56. 0
37	Cavetown	SONGS I LIKE IN 2025	Alternative	54. 3
T38	Michael Marcagi	Midwest Kid	Folk-Pop	54. 0
T38	The Dear Hunter	North American EP	Post-Rock	54. 0
T38	Annika Bennett & Olivia Barton	Whale Songz, Vol. 1	Pop	54. 0
41	Σtella	Adagio	Alternative	53. 6
T42	Jaylon Ashaun & Jesse Leprotti	Yours Truly	Urban	50. 9
T42	PinkPantheress	Fancy That	Indie Electronic	50. 9
44	Bear's Den & Ciaran Lavery	Promiser	Folk-Rock	49. 2
45	Tune-Yards	Tell The Future With Your Body	Progressive Indie	49. 0
46	Annie & The Caldwells	Can't Lose My (Soul)	Soul	41. 6
47	Thomas Azier	Power To The People Who Don't Want It	Experimental	41. 4
48	Logic	Aquarius III	Rap	40. 8
49	JID	GDLU (Preluxe)	Alternative Rap	21. 7

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The Fine Print

The aFIREintheattic Power Index formula is top secret… but here’s a frivolous hint since we like you: It’s sort of like a logarithmic function on the weighted mean of the committee’s song ratings, which is then standardized-ish and scaled from 0 to 100. Talk nerdy to me.
All songs on an album or EP are rated and contribute to its Power Index. As a result, releases that are cohesive and consistently good, with fewer filler tracks, will invariably score higher than those with only a handful of great songs and a bunch of throwaways. Here, a release cannot be greater than the sum of its parts. For rankings that take that phenomenon into account, look to the aFIREintheattic Awards at the end of each year.
Note that EPs can tend toward higher scores than albums because sometimes an EP is a precursor to a full album and that album will contain the songs from the EP but with the addition of filler tracks that drag the Power Index score down.
Albums with a Power Index of 80 or higher and EPs with a Power Index of 70 or higher are a solid bet for a top 10 finish. The two highest scoring albums of all-time are Radiohead’s Kid A at 100.0 and OK Computer at 99.9 and the highest scoring EPs are Vancouver Sleep Clinic’s Winter at 96.7 and James Bay’s The Dark Of The Morning at 94.7. And we’ll be forthright: they probably always will be.
If a release is in the power rankings but is not in the playlist above, it’s not available on Spotify. The playlist is made up of the most popular song from each album in order based on its current power ranking.