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Albums Of The Year 2025

Here’s the albums that have shaped 2025. We’re blessed to be around all this new music, and oftentimes, around the people who make it. Olivia Dean has been a real shop favourite, and has sold us thousands of records. But it’s not all about the biggest popstars on the planet… Our 25 of ’25 takes in smaller indie artists to massive arena acts. From pop-punk to electronic, hardcore to hip hop. From down the road to the other side of the world. This is Banquet in 2025, and this is the soundtrack to it.

Hundreds of thousands of online orders across tens of thousands of albums (and singles). Thousands of over the counter sales. Countless great records. We're blessed to be around new music and around you lot. Here's the twenty-five that defined '25.

5 Seconds Of Summer - Everyone's A Star
Daniel Avery - Tremor
Barry Can't Swim - Loner
Biffy Clyro - Futique
Brogeal - Tuesday Paper Club
CMAT - Euro-Country
Lucy Dacus - Forever Is A Feeling
Dave - The Boy Who Played The Harp
Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving
Sam Fender - People Watching
Geese - Getting Killed
Home Counties - Humdrum
Hot Mulligan - The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still
Little Simz - Lotus
PinkPantheress - Fancy That
PUP - Who Will Look After The Dogs
Royel Otis - Hickey
The Royston Club - Songs For The Spine
Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman
Antony Szmierek - Service Station At The End Of The Universe
Turnstile - Never Enough
Twenty One Pilots - Breach
Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Wolf Alice - The Clearing
YUNGBLUD - Idols

And last but not least, here are the picks of the year from some of our staff: