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Sunday Special: The Best Music of 2025
December 14, 2025·55 min·6-min readconversationalmusic
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2025 was a year of musical disappointment for some critics, marked by underwhelming blockbusters from major artists, yet it also offered space for deeper discoveries and unexpected gems beneath the mainstream. While Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen dominated charts, the conversation around mu
2025 was a year of musical disappointment for some critics, marked by underwhelming blockbusters from major artists, yet it also offered space for deeper discoveries and unexpected gems beneath the mainstream. While Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen dominated charts, the conversation around mu
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