Where Data Tells the Story
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If your Spotify listening age made you feel a little less relevant than you’d once thought yourself, maybe recognizing some of the year’s biggest songs, a handful of which were also some of last year’s biggest songs, might put a bit of pep in your step.
Indeed, more than 50% of the year’s top 20 chart hits so far weren’t released in 2025, while only three of the top 10 songs of 2025 are from this year. For instance, “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims, the sixth-biggest song of 2025, came out in June 2023 — meanwhile, Kendrick Lamar’s “Luther,” currently in the second spot and thought by some to be in the running for Song of the Year at the 2026 Grammys, was released last November.
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