Taylor Swift released an album so bad we won’t even talk about it. FKA twigs fucked around with EUSEXUA and found out… it got even better? Rosalía let her hair down from the Tower of Babel. Addison Rae went mainstream; Justin Bieber went indie. We all fell in love with Oklou and wore some big, big shoes. Here are 30 of the best pop albums of 2025, ranked by us with a little help from some of our favorite critics. –Anna Gaca & Walden Green Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here .