From j-hope, BLACKPINK and ATEEZ's Billboard Hot 100 hits to career-defining tracks from HWASA, DAY6, JENNIE, JUSTB, DAYOUNG, NMIXX and beyond.

A glance at some of those chart-toppers in 2025, including Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” Sabrina Carpenter ’s “Manchild,” Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” Huntrix’s “Golden” and Taylor Swift ’s “The Fate of Ophelia,” suggest a year of pop dominance (with “Luther” also commandeering the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and hitting the Dance Airplay chart).

The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 highlight by either me or my colleague Jon Caramanica — and, shockingly, a few that were even selected by us both.

The first solo album in three years from the New York rapper (and his first release since his twin 2023 stunners, the Kenny Segal collab Maps, which landed on our 2023 year-end list, and Armand Hammer's We Buy Diabetic Test Strips) features production from Ant, El-P, The Alchemist, and more.

2024 in K-pop was a whirlwind, to say the least — unexpected collabs, discussions of artist rights, idols swapping labels or creating their own, and solo efforts from the biggest stars all dominated headlines. Through all of the discourse, however, arose ...

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, pop-reggaeton, backpack hip-hop, cosplay rock, metalcore and more. The sound of K-pop collapsing? This symphony of skronks and whirs is about experimentation, globalization, decimation and celebration.

In the midst of all the political turmoil of 2025, there came a song that gave us hope. “Golden,” released in early July off the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack, debuted at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and shot to No. 1 in just six weeks, becoming the breakout hit of 2025.

De Los recently did a team huddle to determine our personal list of best albums, as well as our favorite songs released in 2025. This is not another garden variety Latin genre list, but a highlight reel of 2025 releases that showcases artists from Latin America and the diaspora.