Alex Warren And Taylor Swift Lead ARIA’s 2025 End-Of-Year Charts

Alex Warren & Taylor Swift(Credit: Jack Dytrych; Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott/MCA Nashville)

ARIA have unveiled their end-of-year charts for 2025, revealing which acts dominated in terms of albums and singles over the past calendar year.

On the singles front, the year belonged to Alex Warren, whose Ordinary spent a total of 17 consecutive weeks in the top spot from March until July, being certified 5x Platinum in the process. 

Meanwhile, fellow chart-topper Golden by Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters outfit HUNTR/X follows at No. 2, while Rosé & Bruno Mars’ APT., Gracie Abrams’ That’s So True, and Lady Gaga & Mars’ Die With A Smile round out the top five.

The remainder of the top ten is a batch of familiar faces from 2024, including Billie Eilish’s Birds Of A Feather, Benson Boone’s Beautiful Things, Lola Young’s Messy, Shaboozey’s A Bar Song (Tipsy), and Chrystal’s The Days (Notion Remix).

There’s also a batch of repeat offenders featuring in the top 100 as well, with the likes of Sabrina Carpenter and Tate McRae both featuring five times, while Boone, Warren, Kendrick Lamar, and Luke Combs all appear four times.

Over on the end-of-year albums chart, one could have correctly assumed that the year belongs to Taylor Swift, whose The Life Of A Showgirl album tops the chart, having spent seven weeks in the top spot following its late-2025 release. 

Like the singles chart, the Silver medal belongs to Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters Soundtrack. Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet features at No. 3, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft, and Tate McRae’s So Close To What close out the top five. 

Carpenter also appears at No. 6 with Man’s Best Friend, while Gracie Abrams’ The Secret Of Us follows closely behind, joined by Alex Warren’s You’ll Be Alright, Kid, Olivia Dean’s The Art Of Loving, and SZA’s SOS, to round out the top ten.

On the Aussie front, there’s not a whole lot of representation going on, though it’s markedly better than last year. For 2025, both charts feature just five local acts in the top 100, an increase on the three in the 2024 singles chart, and two in the albums chart.

On the 2025 singles chart, the Aussie representation doesn’t begin until No. 62, where Sonny Fodera, D.O.D, and Jazzy’s Somedays appears, closely followed by perennial favourite Riptide, by Vance Joy at No. 68. Royel Otis’ cover of The Cranberries’ Linger sits at No. 91, with Cyril’s Stumblin’ In featuring at No. 93, and Crowded House’s global chart-topper Don’t Dream It’s Over just sneaking in at No. 98.

In the albums chart, Cold Chisel nabbed the Aussie peak with their 50 Years – The Best Of compilation sitting at No. 59, with Spacey Jane’s If That Makes Sense featuring at No. 68. The Hilltop Hoods’ Fall From The Light appears at No. 77, INXS’ enduring The Very Best compilation sits at No. 87, and The Kid LAROI’s The First Time scores a respectable No. 92.

The 2025 end-of-year charts are also the first to be released since ARIA brought in new rules for its Singles and Albums charts, alongside the addition of the nascent On Repeat chart. 

Announced in June and launched on September 1st, the changes saw an updating to the calculation methodology of ARIA’s Singles and Albums to focus exclusively on music released within the last two years, while the On Repeat Charts (previously called the Catalogue Chart) now feature titles released more than two years ago.

These changes are reflected in the new charts, though ARIA acknowledges that while they have “seen a marked increase in the number of Australian acts appearing on the charts,” they point out the “full effects of this change will not be clear until the 2026 EOY chart, which will count the current chart rules across all 12 months.”

ARIA’s End-Of-Year Singles Chart – Top 25

1. Alex Warren – Ordinary
2. Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna – Golden
3. Rosé, Bruno Mars – APT.
4. Gracie Abrams – That’s So True
5. Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile
6. Billie Eilish – Birds Of A Feather
7. Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
8. Lola Young – Messy
9. Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy)
10. Chrystal – The Days – Notion Remix
11. Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not
12. Sombr – Back To Friends
13. Kendrick Lamar – Luther
14. sombr – Undressed
15. Olivia Dean – Man I Need
16. Post Malone Feat. Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help
17. Disco Lines, Tinashe – No Broke Boys
18. Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
19. Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
20. Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club
21. Gigi Perez – Sailor Song
22. Tate McRae – Sports Car
23. Sabrina Carpenter – Taste
24. Teddy Swims – Lose Control
25. Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us

ARIA’s End-Of-Year Albums Chart – Top 25

1. Taylor Swift – The Life Of A Showgirl
2. Soundtrack – KPop Demon Hunters (From The Netflix Film)
3. Sabrina Carpenter – Short N’ Sweet
4. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft
5. Tate McRae – So Close To What
6. Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend
7. Gracie Abrams – The Secret Of Us
8. Alex Warren – You’ll Be Alright, Kid
9. Olivia Dean – The Art Of Loving
10. SZA – SOS
11. Ed Sheeran – +-=÷× (Tour Collection)
12. Morgan Wallen – I’m The Problem
13. Charli XCX – Brat
14. The Weeknd – The Highlights
15. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
16. Kendrick Lamar – GNX
17. Chappell Roan – The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
18. Lady Gaga – Mayhem
19. Sleep Token – Even In Arcadia
20. Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine
21. Luke Combs – This One’s For You
22. The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow
23. Pitbull – Greatest Hits
24. Maroon 5 – Singles Collection
25. Post Malone – The Diamond Collection