Spotify Wrapped has come and gone, so we all know what we listened to the most this year - but which albums were actually the best releases of 2025? The year started off strong right away, with Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos setting the bar high on January 5. (He just kept climbing as the months went on, landing the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show and unseating Taylor Swift as Spotify's most globally streamed artist of 2025.) As the year continued, artists including Clipse and Justin Bieber staged successful comebacks, while Sabrina Carpenter kept up her hot streak with the follow-up to 2024's Short n' Sweet. Whether you prefer the country twang of Tyler Childers or the rock stylings of The 1975, there's something for everyone in this year's crop of new albums. Keep scrolling to see Us Weekly's picks for the best albums of 2025 (in alphabetical order): The 1975, 'Still ... At Their Very Best (Live From the AO Arena, Manchester, 17.02.24)' Dirty Hit "Don't be nostalgic. ... Don't do it," Matty Healy warns before launching into the opening lines of The 1975's "A Change of Heart," but it's too late. Suddenly, I'm 18 and shivering outside of Terminal 5 in New York City, waiting to get up close and personal with my favorite band at the barricade. Those of us lucky enough to have seen a 1975 concert (or maybe 11, who's counting?) can confidently say that yes, they are at their very best - and keep getting better. Their latest live album, recorded during a hometown show, proves their influence and range goes beyond internet discourse from a certain ex's fan base. Healy leads the band through newer hits and old favorites - "Menswear" and "The Sound," to name a few - even throwing in the emotional deep cut "I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)." While nothing compares to dancing in general admission, this live album is enough to hold Us over until The 1975 is back on tour. - Meredith Nardino Standout Track: "Robbers," still chill-inducing more than 10 years after the first listen Lily Allen, 'West End Girl' Lily Allen/BMG When Lily Allen announced her first album in seven years with only four days' notice, no one could've predicted the wrecking ball she was about to unleash - especially not David Harbour ... or, uh, Madeline. Across 14 tracks, Allen laid bare her estranged husband's (alleged) dirtiest secrets, from his blasé reaction when she landed the lead role in a play to his "double life" as a "sex addict" with a tennis-playing mistress, all without ever uttering his name. Not that she had to. Sure, Allen has insisted the project is part "truth" and part "fantasy," but with dishy lyrics this brutal, surely she had to have known she was about to make the Stranger Things star the most hated man in Brooklyn, London and the Upside Down. - Nicholas Hautman Standout Track: "Dallas Major," an unassuming ditty in which a despondent Allen steps out on her partner after he's already gone "astray" for some much-deserved "fun" of her own The Best Movies of 2025 According to Us: 'Frankenstein' and More Bad Bunny, 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' Rimas The Puerto Rican superstar outdid himself once again with his nostalgic love letter to home, which reached so far beyond the Caribbean that, like it or not, it'll bring him to the Super Bowl halftime stage come February. To quote Beyoncé, "You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation." The deeply personal project tackled not only Puerto Rican culture but also politics, experimented with salsa as well as house music and saluted both the past and present. Perhaps its biggest achievement? Even if you don't speak Spanish, it's guaranteed to keep the party going until sunrise. - N.H. Standout Track: "Nuevayol," a thrilling opener that's just as much a rallying cry for San Juan as it is its namesake, New York Justin Bieber, 'Swag' JRC/ILH/Def Jam/UMG It's no secret that Justin Bieber has had a tough few years, at least professionally: He's seemingly given up touring forever after a series of health issues, and his last two albums never quite met the blissful pop heights of his earlier work. But the semi-surprise release of Swag this summer proved that Bieber's still got it. His voice is deeper and his lyrics are more introspective, but he's the pop whiz kid he always was, blending soulful lines about fatherhood with of-the-moment beats provided by buzzy collaborators like Dijon and Mk.gee. Most importantly, it sounds like Bieber's having fun again, and that's all his Beliebers have ever wanted. - Eliza Thompson Standout Track: "Yukon," perhaps the only pop song in history to convincingly name-drop Jimmy Neutron Sabrina Carpenter, 'Man's Best Friend' Island/UMG Just when our "Espresso" dependence finally wore off, Sabrina Carpenter dropped another fantastic collection of bops dripping with humor and innuendo. Its cover art - depicting the pop princess on all fours while a man grabs a fistful of her blonde hair - had mothers everywhere clutching their pearls and upgrading their kids' parent