The Current’s managing director David Safar shares his favorite songs of 2025. 

On Thursday evening, in front of a sold-out crowd at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Alan Sparhawk played the entire show in lockstep with the six members of Trampled by Turtles.

Your Smith played a jubilant hometown show at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Thursday, Dec. 11. The show was in support of her 2025 album, The Rub.

Sheila E. was born, Nirvana bandmates and Courtney Love go toe to toe, The Doors played their last show with Jim Morrison, The Rolling Stones started working with Ronnie Wood and Devo hit gold.

Host Isabel Zacharias shares her favorite music of 2025. 

Associate digital producer John Kueppers shares his favorite music of 2025. 

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what favorite songs from the year would you like to hear?

Kiss the Tiger and Wolf Alice both end their 10-week runs in the top 5 as they enter The Chart Show Hall of Fame.

When a song stays on The Chart Show's chart for more than 10 weeks, we retire it from the poll and it enters the Chart Show Hall of Fame.

The Jam played their last gig; Aretha Franklin made her New York stage debut; Elvis Presley started a 20-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Blue Hawaii; R&B/pop singer Sam Cooke died; The Marvelettes went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Please Mr. Postman", and Big Mama Thornton was born, Today in Music History.