INYIM Media x INYIM Radio: The Best Albums of 2025

Perfection From Beginning to End —

In an era where full-length albums had nearly vanished — replaced by single-track drops designed to “test the algorithm” — 2025 became a renaissance. These artists reminded us what our musical forefathers and foremothers taught long ago: true art is a complete work, a full era, a world you step into.

These albums aren’t here because they went viral. They’re here because they are original, visionary, impeccably produced, and perfect from beginning to end.

And yes — we don’t say that lightly. Between INYIM Media and INYIM Radio, these albums are picked and reviewed out of over 1,600 tracks/albums a month, because we genuinely love new artists, new music, and the thrill of discovery — especially through our Musique Digs Playlist world where the digging never stops.

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Here is INYIM Media and INYIM Radio’s definitive list of The Best Albums of 2025 — created by what we can now confidently say are also the best artists of the year.

Allie X — Happiness Is Going To Get You

Release Date: November 7, 2025
Producers: Allie X, Bastian Langebæk, Bram Inscore & 1 more
Writers: Allie X, Bastian Langebæk, Bram Inscore & 1 more
Website: Allie X | Happiness Is Going to Get You

Allie X has built her world on art-pop precision — the kind of artist who treats an album like a full visual universe, not a playlist dump.

She rises from the ashes of public turmoil with a clarity and confidence that proves she deserves to be seen. Happiness Is Going To Get You is emotional architecture built in neon — sharp, theatrical, and defiantly alive. A kaleidoscope of avant-pop brilliance, it turns existential spirals into shimmering synth-pop catharsis.

BØRNS — Honeybee

Release Date: January 17, 2025
Producers: BØRNS & Steve Weisberg
Writers: BØRNS & Steve Weisberg
Instagram: BØRNS (@bornsmusic) • Instagram photos and videos

BØRNS has always had that rare gift: dreamy, sunlit songwriting that feels like California heat trapped inside a melody.

He faced criticism for his private life, but Honeybee is the behemoth that reminds the world of the artistry inside him. A future classic — warm, psychedelic, sun-drenched, and destined to be revered. A California dreamscape that glows from within.

Celeste — Woman Of Faces

Release Date: November 14, 2025
Producers: Beach Noise, David Andrew Sitek, Jeff Bhasker & 1 more Writers: Celeste, Dahi, David Andrew Sitek & 12 more
Website: Celeste Official | Official website for tickets, news, music, more

Celeste is one of those once-in-a-generation vocalists — not just a singer, but a storyteller who can make one line feel like a whole lifetime.

She’s a new breed of what we call “Cheer-Up Anthems” — sad songs that somehow make us feel better. Woman Of Faces is velvet-toned soul stitched with hope, heartbreak, and healing. Intimate, orchestral, and emotionally seismic.

(Timely note: the era has been tied to late-2025 rollout coverage and press, so the “album world” is very much a full moment — not a quiet drop.)

cupcakKe — The BakKery

Release Date: October 24, 2025
Producers: 99LA, BMTJ, Elevated & 14 more
Writers: cupcakKe
TikTok: CupcakKe | Official Site

cupcakKe is a true original — a rapper who can go viral in five seconds, then turn around and out-write half the room with the same breath.

She remains fearlessly herself — unapologetic, unfiltered, and exactly how a true artist should be. The BakKery is sharp, witty, socially charged, and iced with brilliance. A sugar-rush of bars, beats, and boldness.

Estelle — Stay Alta

Release Date: May 23, 2025
Producers: Keith Harris
Writers: Andre Bowman, Chelton Grey, D-Nice & 7 more
Website: ESTELLE

Estelle has always had the kind of voice and presence that doesn’t age — it upgrades.

Call her a one-hit wonder or an oldie if you want — Estelle has always delivered A-plus songs and albums. Stay Alta is one of her best, proving she never needed “American Boy” to validate her. She is everything. A radiant reinvention blending R&B warmth, UK swagger, and grown-woman clarity.

Franz Ferdinand — The Human Fear (Double LP Version)

Release Date: January 10, 2025
Producers: Mark Ralph
Writers: Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Dino Bardot & 1 more
Website: Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand are architects of modern indie rock — the kind of band that understands groove just as much as grit.

They remind us they are no 2000s indie-rock stalemate. The Human Fear is fresh, forward, and miles away from the flashback-tour circuit. A true rock band still reinventing — angular guitars, existential lyrics, and dance-punk electricity.

Jessica Simpson — Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1/2

Release Date: March 21, 2025
Producers: JD McPherson
Writers: Ashley Ray, JD McPherson, Jessica Simpson & 3 more Website: Nashville Canyon – Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson returning isn’t nostalgia — it’s a reminder that a voice can evolve, deepen, and come back sharper than ever when it’s finally allowed to be free.

She finally returns — and she returns as her truest self. Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1 is lusciously sincere, original, and free of pop-tart expectations. A grown woman’s masterpiece of canyon-folk textures and sun-kissed Americana.

Kevin AMF — Richland

Release Date: November 7, 2024
Producers: Aylo Aramburo, Cortess, Dan Soberanis & 9 more
Writers: Adahir Salazar, Anthony Rocha, Bb trickz & 9 more
Instagram: KEVIN AMF Instagram

Kevin AMF is from Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Born November 21, 2007, he’s gained popularity for his unique blend of regional Mexican music with urban influences.

This teen phenom delivers a full album of rancho-to-the-club anthems, even flirting with 60s pop textures. Now 18, he’s been crafting music since he could hold a smartphone — and it shows. Richland is neon-lit, genre-fluid, and hypnotically cool.

(And yes, we’re treating this late-2024 release like 2025, because culturally? That’s exactly how it landed.)

Lambrini Girls — Who Let the Dogs Out

Release Date: January 10, 2025
Producers: Daniel Fox, Phoebe Lunny & Selin Macieira-Boşgelmez Writers: Jack Looker, Phoebe Lunny & Selin Macieira-Boşgelmez Website: Lambrini Girls

Lambrini Girls operate like a live wire — punk as protest, punk as truth serum, punk as a full-body reaction.

Fierce, furious, and fueled by purpose — they are not your record-label-manufactured girl group. Who Let the Dogs Out is in-your-face activism wrapped in punk chaos. A riotous, cheeky, hyper-charged explosion with a cause.

Lily Allen — West End Girl

Release Date: October 24, 2025
Producers: Lily Allen, Alessandro Buccellati, Blue May & 8 more Website: Lily Allen | Official Site

Lily Allen has always been a master of saying the quiet part out loud — witty, sharp, painfully human, and never afraid to look you dead in the eye while doing it.

After romantic betrayal, she isn’t here for pity or anxiety. She returns with sharpened attitude and London-soaked cinematic swagger. West End Girl is her boldest reinvention yet — witty, nostalgic, and unmistakably hers.

ROSALÍA — LUX

Release Date: November 7, 2025
Producers: Caroline Shaw, Carter Lang, David Rodríguez & 13 more Writers: Andrew Wyatt, Armando Machado, Björk & 26 more
Website: :ROSALÍA:LUX:

ROSALÍA is a cultural shapeshifter — she doesn’t “switch eras,” she rebuilds the entire room and changes the lighting while you’re still standing in it.

She’s left the club and put on her art hat. LUX reinvents her once again — a daring fusion that makes opera cool, modern, and magnetic. A luminous, experimental leap into flamenco futurism.

Rose Gray — Louder, Please (& Deluxe)

Release Date: January 17, 2025
Producers: Pat Alvarez, Zhone, Sur Back & 8 more
Instagram: Rose Gray Music | Official Site

Rose Gray is that rare pop artist who feels like a scene — equal parts nightlife, heart, sweat, and glitter, with the stamina to turn constant gigs into an actual takeover.

She proves that club gigs and relentless touring can still take you to the top. The new Pop Dance Queen arrives with a torch so bright it blinds — the future is hers. Louder, Please is a rave-pop manifesto dripping with 90s euphoria.

Yazmin Lacey — Teal Dreams

Release Date: October 24, 2025
Producers: Barney Lister, Eg White, Jonny Lattimer & 1 more
Instagram: Yazmin Lacey – Instagram

Yazmin Lacey is the kind of modern soul artist who doesn’t chase the moment — she builds the mood, then invites you inside it.

Comparing her to older contemporaries would be a mistake — she is the new era. Teal Dreams is smoky, soulful, and quietly revolutionary. A late-night record for thinkers, lovers, and wanderers.

Zara Larsson — Midnight Sun

Release Date: September 26, 2025
Producers: A$AP P On The Boards, Jon Shave, Margo XS & 2 more Writers: A$AP P On The Boards, Helena Gao, Jon Shave & 8 more Website: zaralarssonofficial.com

Zara Larsson has always been built for the big stage — not just a pop singer, but a true performer with arena instincts in her bloodstream.

She released one of the best albums and live performances of the pandemic — tragically overlooked. Now she finally gets her shine. Midnight Sun proves it with stadium-ready clarity.

JADE — THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY!

Release Date: September 12, 2025
Producers: Cirkut, Dave Hamelin, Goldfingers & 10 more
Writers: Aryay, Bill Martin, Brian Holland & 27 more
Website: JADE – Official website

JADE stepping out solo isn’t a “new chapter.” It’s a full arrival — the kind that makes the industry snap its neck and pay attention.

She does something immensely hard after leaving a group — she catapults herself to the top. How? With TALENT. Natural talent, guts, and a vision that refuses to shrink. A theatrical, high-gloss pop spectacle.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Perimenopop

Release Date: September 12, 2025
Producers: Baz Kaye, Chris Greatti, David Wrench & 9 more
Writers: Baz Kaye, Caroline Ailin, Clementine Douglas & 18 more Website: Sophie Ellis Bextor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is living proof that pop doesn’t expire — it evolves, it sharpens, and it gets more dangerous when the artist stops apologizing for existing.

She shows you can have many kids, be in your 40s, be married, and still drop a standout dance album — then get home in time to do the laundry. She now stands alongside Kylie and Sylvester. A disco dance goddess.

Bad Bunny — DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

Release Date: January 5, 2025
Producers: Aidan J Cullen, BASSYY, Big Jay & 35 more
Writers: Adrián López Soto, Bad Bunny, Dei V & 13 more
Website: DTMF

Bad Bunny is more than a global star — he’s a cultural engine, pushing Spanish-language music forward while pulling whole worlds of tradition into the future.

He went from being featured on a Becky G track to being featured worldwide. Creativity reigns — and he did it all in Spanish, reintroducing salsa to the world and proving that unstoppable artistry needs no translation.

The Final Word

These albums aren’t just the soundtrack of 2025 — they’re the standard. Original. Visionary. Impeccably produced. Perfect from beginning to end.

In previous years when full albums felt like an endangered species, these artists reminded us of what music can be: a complete work, a full era, a world.

The best albums of the year from the best artists of the year.

What did we miss? What did we nail? Drop your thoughts below and tell us which albums carried your 2025. We’re always digging — and we want to hear what you’re spinning.