Unofficial 2025 new music winner

[Mort]

I am not the official vote counter, but I was curious so here's what I analyzed from the 2025 Music Discovery Award thread.

I only counted items from 2025!

The bad news: Damn many of you don't know how to follow basic directions. Black Sabbath?!! Nat King Cole?

The good news: A variety of genres. We have metal, pop, Latin and classical in the top 5!

And the results...

#1 44 Rosalia
#2 27 Mark Ronson & RAYE
#3 23 RAYE
#4 22 Rivers of Nihil
#5 21 Steven Wilson

Feel free to recount an correct my counts.

 

[eddantes]

Other than Rosalia (for it's sheer audacity, though I hate when lyrics use swear words) none of these are my speed. But - it was interesting to explore with you all.

 

[IsaacOscar]

I am not the official vote counter, but I was curious so here's what I analyzed from the 2025 Music Discovery Award thread.

I only counted items from 2025!

The bad news: Damn many of you don't know how to follow basic directions. Black Sabbath?!! Nat King Cole?

The good news: A variety of genres. We have metal, pop, Latin and classical in the top 5!

And the results...

#1 44 Rosalia
#2 27 Mark Ronson & RAYE
#3 23 RAYE
#4 22 Rivers of Nihil
#5 21 Steven Wilson

Feel free to recount an correct my counts.

Actually the #1 is Emilio Piano, with 98 votes

 

[Mort]

Actually the #1 is Emilio Piano, with 98 votes

Yes that was @amirm and I'm sure he disqualified himself. Smarty pants

 

[DanielT]

Worthy number 1. Even though I really like the third place, RAYE - Where Is My Husband!, first place is a given for Rosalia's Berghain.

Here is one, among many, music critics who praise Rosalia's Berghain.

Spanish madness in three different languages is the song of the year

A symphony orchestra, opera in German and the world's best tree as a guest, for starters.

The competition for the song of the year may be over.

In less than three minutes, Rosalía does more than other artists usually manage to do in three albums

Spansk galenskap på tre olika språk är årets låt

En symfoniorkester, opera på tyska och världens bästa träd som gäst, till att börja med. Tävlingen om årets låt kan vara över. På mindre än tre minuter gör Ro

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It will be exciting to hear RAYE's second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope, when it is released later this year (set for release on March 27, 2026).
I hope it has songs in the same style, quality and musicality as "Where Is My Husband!