Frank Ude
Genre Standout Albums of 2025
Doth Music | December 31, 2025Here are our picks for the Genre Standout Albums of 2025, highlighting the efforts of the performing artists, composers, lyricists, producers, and engineers on the albums.
TBI
African
Éclairer le monde – Youssou N'Dour
Rough Trade
Alternative
caroline 2 – caroline
Sähkö
Ambient
Sysivalo – Ø
Otherland
Asian
There Is Beauty, There Already – Sarathy Korwar
Silvertone
Blues
Ain't Done With The Blues – Buddy Guy
Independent
Classical
Gabriela Ortiz: Yanga – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Alisa Weilerstein
Dead Oceans
Country
Bleeds – Wednesday
NLV
Dance
I Love My Computer – Ninajirachi
AD 93
Folk
Blurrr – Joanne Robertson
Gumbo / Tyscot
Gospel
Heart of Mine – Darrel Walls & PJ Morton
hermine
Jazz
Luminescent Creatures – Ichiko Aoba
Rimas
Latin
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Bad Bunny
Columbia
Pop
LUX – ROSALÍA
Warner
R&B
Baby – Dijon
Apollo's Crotch
Rap
pilostyles wildflower – Tall Can
Forever Living Originals
Reggae
Exile – Chronixx
Partisan / Play It Again Sam
Rock
Getting Killed – Geese
Invada