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CFBX Top 100 Albums of 2025

Here are the most loved albums of 2025, as based on airplay from our volunteers at CFBX.
* is Canadian Content
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CFBX Top 100 Albums for 2025

Artist – Title (Label)

  1. Destroyer* – Dan’s Boogie (Merge)
  2. Art D’Ecco* – Serene Demon (Paper Bag)
  3. Sister Ray* – Believer (Royal Mountain)
  4. Bells Larsen* – Blurring Time (Royal Mountain)
  5. Ribbon Skirt* – Bite Down (Mint)
  6. Spoils of Grace** – Suffer/Long (Independent)
  7. Empanadas Illegales* – Sancocho Trifasico (We Are Time)
  8. Foxwarren* – 2 (Anti)
  9. Georgia Harmer* – Eye of the Storm (Arts and Crafts)
  10. Steve Marriner* – Hear My Heart (Cordova Bay)
  11. U.S. Girls* – Scratch It (4AD)
  12. Sugar Brown* – Toronto Bound (Independent)
  13. The Hausplants* – Into Equillibrium (Independent)
  14. Marie Davidson* – City of Clowns (Because)
  15. The Weather Station* – Humanhood (Next Door)
  16. PIQSIQ* – Legends (Independent)
  17. Marlaena Moore* – Because You Love Everything (Independent)
  18. Charlie Musselwhite – Look Out Highway (Forty Below)
  19. Frog Eyes* – The Open Up (Paper Bag)
  20. PyPy* – Sacred Times (Goner)
  21. Mac DeMarco* – Guitar (Independent)
  22. Mother Sun** – Meadow 6 Earth (Libraries)
  23. Motherhood* – Thunder Perfect Mind (Forward)
  24. Saya Gray* – Saya (Dirty Hit)
  25. Muncho* – Is This Something? (We Are Busy Bodies)
  26. The Soundwriters** – Better Than Before (Independent)
  27. Lia Bennett** – Remain (Independent)
  28. Afternoon Bike Ride* – Running with Scissors (Friends of Friends)
  29. Bria Salmena* – Big Dog (Royal Mountain)
  30. Born Ruffians* – Beauty’s Pride (Warp)
  31. OMBIIGIZI* – Shame (Arts and Crafts)
  32. Men I Trust* – Equus Asinus (Independent)
  33. Ada Lea* – When I Paint My Masterpiece (Next Door)
  34. Class Action* – That Fleeting Feeling (Independent)
  35. Maddie Jay* – I Can Change Your Mind (Independent)
  36. Jennifer Castle* – Camelot (Paradise of Bachelors)
  37. Caleb Hart* – Emancipation (Independent)
  38. Alien Boys* – Live at Rain City Recorders (Independent)
  39. Fox Big Band and Benny Benack III* – Live at the Ironwood (Cellar)
  40. Jeremie Albino* – Our Time in the Sun (Good People)
  41. No Joy* – Bugland (Hand Drawn Dracula)
  42. Andrew Duncanson – California Trap (Run it Back)
  43. The Vicious Cycles** – Get Wrecked (Pirates Press)
  44. Bonnie Trash* – Mourning You (Hand Drawn Dracula)
  45. EKKSTACY* – Forever (Dine Alone)
  46. Maria Muldaur – One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue)
  47. Clara Cloud* – The Woods (Independent)
  48. Penny and the Pits* – Liquid Compactor (Forward)
  49. PUP* – Who Will Look After the Dogs? (Little Dipper)
  50. Joni Void* – Every Life a Light (Constellation)
  51. R Sheaves* – Mary Spins (Milltown)
  52. Debby Friday* – The Starrr of the Queen of Life (Sub Pop)
  53. Minor Sine Project* – CBD Only EP (Bellissima!)
  54. Coco Rose* – Cuddle Funk (Les Disques Passeport)
  55. N NAO* – Nouveau Langage (Mothland)
  56. Rapallo* – Merger (Unbelievably Spectacular)
  57. Marcus Trummer Band* – From the Start (Gypsy Soul)
  58. Imagine If* – Great Expectations (Gypsy Soul)
  59. Judy Singh* – A Time for Love (Royalty)
  60. No Big D* – Thieves (Independent)
  61. SHEBAD* – Music is the Answer (Lovetown)
  62. Top Ropes* – 2 Lock City (Independent)
  63. William Prince* – Further from the Country (Six Shooter)
  64. Devours* – Sports Car Era (STG)
  65. Chambers Deslauriers* – Our Time to Ride (Forty Below)
  66. Gloin* – All of Your Anger is Really Shame (And I Bet That Makes You Angry) (Mothland)
  67. Holly Cole* – Dark Moon (Rumpus)
  68. June Body* – Last Everything (Independent)
  69. Rose Cousins* – Conditions of Love, Vol. 1 (Nettwerk)
  70. The Planet Smashers* – On the Dancefloor (Stomp)
  71. The Meringues* – Pavlova’s Dog (Independent)
  72. Verttigo* – Fade Into You EP (Independent)
  73. Men I Trust* – Equus Caballus (Independent)
  74. Sam Lynch* – Outline (Birthday Cake)
  75. Holy Void* – All Will Be Revealed in Time (Independent)
  76. Sean Poluk* – Romanticism (Independent)
  77. Absolute Losers* – In the Crowd (Having Fun)
  78. Pixie Moonshine* – Ocean (Independent)
  79. Blue Moon Marquee* – New Orleans Sessions (Independent)
  80. Sarah Sokal* – Twisted Games (Independent)
  81. Emily Millard* – Hazy Blue (Independent)
  82. Peter Dreams* – Peter Dreams and MOONRIIVR (Six Shooter)
  83. Caribou* – Honey (Merge)
  84. Ribbon Skirt* – Pensacola EP (Mint)
  85. The Riptides* – Burn After Listening (Pirates Press)
  86. The Knocks and Dragonette* – Revelation (Neon Gold)
  87. New Age Dolls* – Dip-Dyed and Bedazzled (Independent)
  88. Heavyweights Brass Band* – Knockout (Independent)
  89. Jon Hines* – Memphis Sun (Independent)
  90. Michael Slumber* – Nightmare Coloured Clouds (Independent)
  91. Shuffle Demons* – Are You Really Real? (Alma)
  92. The Horsenecks – In the West (Tiki Parlour)
  93. Hildegard* – Jour 1596 (Chivi Chivi)
  94. Olivia Barrett* – Elsewhere (Independent)
  95. Propagandhi* – At Peace (Epitaph)
  96. Rich Aucoin* – Synthetic: Season 3 (We Are Busy Bodies)
  97. Alix Fernz* – Bizou (Mothland)
  98. Brad Turner Trio Plus One* – It’s All So (Cellar)
  99. Gus Englehorn* – The Hornbook (Secret City)
  100. Nathalie King* – PTSD EP (Independent)

CFBX Top 25 Jazz Albums for 2025

  1. Holly Cole* – Dark Moon (Rumpus)
  2. Tanya Wills* – She (Independent)
  3. Benjamin Sigerson* – The Forest for the Trees (Cellar)
  4. Shuffle Demons* – Are You Really Real? (Alma)
  5. Joel Jeschke* – Time and Place (Independent)
  6. Rachel Therrien* – Mi Hogar II (Lulaworld)
  7. Nancy Kelly – Be Cool (Origin)
  8. Neil Swainson Sextet* – Here for a While (Cellar)
  9. David Occhipinti* – Camera Lucida (Elastic)
  10. Heavyweights Brass Band* – Knockout (Independent)
  11. Fox Big Band and Benny Benack III* – Live at the Ironwood (Cellar)
  12. Anthony D’Alessandro* – City Lights (Independent)
  13. Judy Singh* – A Time for Love (Royalty)
  14. Cinephonic* – Refuge (Marlow)
  15. Renee Rosnes* – Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions)
  16. Jeremy Ledbetter Trio* – Gravity (Canefire)
  17. Brad Turner Trio Plus One* – It’s All So (Cellar)
  18. Astrocolor* – Stargazing: Astrojazz Vol. 2 (Independent)
  19. Joshua Banks* – Para Sayo (Independent)
  20. Righteous Rooster – Fowl Play (Shifting Paradigm)
  21. Araine Racicot* – Danser avec le Feu (Independent)
  22. JP Meldrum* – Practice Losing Further, Losing Faster (Independent)
  23. Kate Wyatt Trio* – Murmurations (Independent)
  24. Mike LeDonne Groover Quartet – Turn it Up! Live at the Sidedoor (Cellar)
  25. Shradda Pai and the Prismaticks* – Into the Moonlight EP (Independent)

CFBX Top 25 Worldbeat/International Albums for 2025

  1. Empanadas Illegales* – Sancocho Trifasico (We Are Time)
  2. PIQSIQ* – Legends (Independent)
  3. Caleb Hart* – Emancipation (Independent)
  4. Boogat* – Del Horizonte (Norte)
  5. Lida Pimienta* – La Belleza (Anti)
  6. SANAM – Sametou Sawtan (Constellation)
  7. The Human Rights* – One People (Independent)
  8. Francois Couture* – Mandolin Travel (Boghei)
  9. El Balcon* – El Errante (Independent)
  10. Pierre Kwenders* – Tears on the Dancefloor (Moonshine)
  11. Dubmatix* – Rock and Steady (Independent)
  12. Total Gadjos** – Total Gadjos (Independent)
  13. Raf Reza* – Ekbar (Telephone Explosion)
  14. Various Artists – Reggae Routes (Putumayo)
  15. Tamar Ilana and Ventanas* – Azadi (Lulaworld)
  16. Naila Keleta-Mae* – Grateful (Independent)
  17. Various Artists – King Size Dub 24 (Echo Beach)
  18. Milton Smalling – Ideas Park (Shuttle International)
  19. Sophie Lukacs* – Bamako (Independent)
  20. The Dwarfs of East Agouza* – Sasquatch Landslide (Constellation)
  21. Montuno West* – Raices (Bent River)
  22. Joaquin Nunez and Habana Safari* – Ruta de la Clave (Lulaworld)
  23. G-Bolo* – Dreams in Motion (Independent)
  24. Locarno* – Colibri Calliope (Independent)
  25. Sonova* – Frequent Flyer (Big Mind)

CFBX Top 25 Loud/Metal Albums for 2025

  1. Slug Rust** – The Pressure to Be Cool EP (Ulusulu)
  2. PyPy* – Sacred Times (Goner)
  3. No Brainer* – Dead Weight EP (Outhouse)
  4. Derev* – Troubled Mind (Independent)
  5. The Vicious Cycles** – Get Wrecked (Pirates Press)
  6. Propagandhi* – At Peace (Epitaph)
  7. Absolute Losers* – In the Crowd (Having Fun)
  8. Night Court* – $hit Machine (Recess)
  9. PUP* – Who Will Look After the Dogs? (Little Dipper)
  10. Autonomous Apes* – Blame Me (Independent)
  11. Shiv and the Carvers* – Physical Capital EP (Hate Paper)
  12. Malled* – Eye Heards EP (Independent)
  13. Various Artists* – Zoo 9 (Slam Disques)
  14. Various Artists* – D.O.A.: No Escape from What You Are (Sudden Death)
  15. Bonnie Trash* – Mourning You (Hand Drawn Dracula)
  16. Circle the Wolves* – Mirror Mirror (Independent)
  17. No Big D* – Thieves (Independent)
  18. The Discarded* – The Green Door (Independent)
  19. Chinese Medicine* – Die Aspora EP (Independent)
  20. Class Action* – That Fleeting Feeling (Independent)
  21. Alien Boys* – Live at Rain City Recorders EP (Independent)
  22. Prisoner* – Kill the King (Independent)
  23. The Meringues* – Pavlova’s Dog (Independent)
  24. Love Life* – Demo (Independent)
  25. Real Sickies* – Under a Plastic Bag (Stomp)

CFBX Top 25 Electronic Albums for 2025

  1. Marie Davidson* – City of Clowns (Because)
  2. Spoils of Grace** – Suffer//Long (Independent)
  3. Lights* – A6 (Universal)
  4. Devours* – Sports Car Era (STG)
  5. Fleur de Peau* – Contre-Sans (Indica)
  6. Joni Void* – Every Life a Light (Constellation)
  7. Debby Friday* – The Starrr of the Queen of Life (Sub Pop)
  8. The Knocks and Dragonette* – Revelation (Neon Gold)
  9. Hildegard* – Jour 1596 (Chivi Chivi)
  10. Mark Pharrow* – RNDR 032 EP (Render)
  11. Caribou* – Honey (Merge)
  12. Andrew Corbin* – Through the Veil (FiloFX)
  13. Megafauna* – I Owe This Land a Body (Syrup Moose)
  14. Jordan Astra* – Far Deeper (Mind of a Genius)
  15. Kumubu* – Double Dutch Duality EP (Independent)
  16. Grand Public* – Sensations Diversions (Lisbon Lux)
  17. Molly Pocket* – DSF6862 2.JPG (Independent)
  18. Jesse Mac Cormack* – Grip EP (Secret City)
  19. Ghostly Kisses* – Darkroom (Akira)
  20. Cut Cult* – First Three EP (Independent)
  21. Sanford* – Violet Gave Willingly (Noise Machine)
  22. Rich Aucoin* – Synthetic: Season 3 (We Are Busy Bodies)
  23. Primary Phase Principle* – Collapse of the Sightless Age (Independent)
  24. Buildings and Food* – Provincial Park (Independent)
  25. Multivitamines* – Temperature Piece OST (Popop)

CFBX Top 25 Rap/Urban Albums for 2025

  1. Waahli* – Se7en Bubbles (Independent)
  2. Maeesha B* – If Only U Knew (Independent)
  3. Toxic Gold* – Betty White Boom Bap Vol. 1 (Independent)
  4. Naya Ali* – We Did the Damn Thing (Bonsound)
  5. Merkules* – Survivor’s Guilt (Death Row)
  6. Mattmac* – All Eyes on Us (Independent)
  7. Charlie Houston* – Big After I Die (Arts and Crafts)
  8. Sammy B the Micafella* – Take Caution (Independent)
  9. Danny Miles* – Beautiful Music (The Ruined Version) (Urbnet)
  10. SOJIII* – Alive (Independent)
  11. Wolf Castle* – Waiting for the Dawn (Forward)
  12. DJ Unknown* – Leaving Earth (Urbnet)
  13. Potatohead People and Slippery Elm* – Emerald Tablet (Mysterybox)
  14. Shad and 14KT* – Reel Speakers EP (Secret City)
  15. Fernie* – Hopeless Dreams (Secret City)
  16. Micky O’Biren* – Orebody – The Remix Album (Hand’Solo)
  17. Various Artists* – On the Road: Wemotaci (Musique Nomade)
  18. Sargent x Comrade* – Power, Vol. 1 (Mo Gravy)
  19. Planet Giza* – The Sky is Recording Me, 100 Years Later, Parts 1 & 2 (Quiet Note)
  20. Saukrates* – Bad Addiction (Frostbyte)
  21. Jay Jay* – X Freestyle (Disques 7ieme Ciel)
  22. JayWood* – Leo Negro EP (Royal Mountain)
  23. Adonis Bosso* – Wait Till Summer (Moonshine)
  24. Ghost Cartridge* – Ghost Cartridge (30/30)
  25. The Dirty Sample* – Beats to Murder Rappers To, Vol. 2 (Hand’Solo)

CFBX Top 25 Folk/Roots Albums for 2025

  1. The Horsenecks – In the West (Tiki Parlour)
  2. The Grid Pickers* – Heck Yes’m (Independent)
  3. Emily Triggs* – The Great Escape (Independent)
  4. The Mighty Frasers** – Scarlett’s Guitar (Independent)
  5. The Soundwriters** – Better Than Before (Independent)
  6. Tami Neilson* – Neon Cowgirl (Outside)
  7. Skinny Dyck* – Easygoing (Victory Pool)
  8. The Karls** – Salt (Independent)
  9. Olivia Barrett* – Elsewhere (Independent)
  10. Morgan Toney* – Heal the Divide (Ishkode)
  11. Petunia and the Vipers* – Callin’ Me Back (Independent)
  12. Rose Cousins* – Conditions of Love, Vol. 1 (Nettwerk)
  13. Jake Vaadeland* – Retro Man… More and More (Arts and Crafts)
  14. Jed and the Valentine* – Awake! (Independent)
  15. Jade the Babe** – Live at Skreagfest EP (Independent)
  16. HuDost* – The Monkey in the Crown (Independent)
  17. Eli West – The Shape of a Sway (Tender and Mild)
  18. Suzie Ungerlieder* – Among the Evergreens (Stella)
  19. Gordie Tentrees/Jaxson Haldane* – Double Takes (Independent)
  20. Sara Trunzo – Better Than I Was (Independent)
  21. Deanna Knight* – Every Little Spark (Independent)
  22. Judy Kass – New Skin (Independent)
  23. Clara Cloud* – The Woods (Independent)
  24. William Prince* – Further from the County (Six Shooter)
  25. Carter Felker* – Loser (Dept. Store)

CFBX Top 25 Blues Albums for 2025

  1. Sugar Brown* – Toronto Bound (Independent)
  2. Steve Marriner* – Hear My Heart (Cordova Bay)
  3. Ollee Owens* – Nowhere to Hide (Independent)
  4. Imagine If* – Great Expectations (Gypsy Soul)
  5. Charlie Musselwhite – Look Out Highway (Forty Below)
  6. Cat Wells Blues Band** – Brand New Shoes EP (Independent)
  7. Marcus Trummer Band* – From the Stars (Gypsy Soul)
  8. Roomful of Blues – Steppin’ Out! (Alligator)
  9. Angelique Francis* – Not Defeated (Independent)
  10. Jon Hines* – Memphis Sun (Independent)
  11. Andrew Duncanson – California Trap (Run it Down)
  12. Secondhand Dreamcar* – Answer the Call (Independent)
  13. Candice Ivory – New Southern Vintage (Nola Blue)
  14. Sean Poluk* – Romanticism (Independent)
  15. Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ – Room on the Porch (Concord)
  16. Chambers Deslauriers* – Our Time to Ride (Forty Below)
  17. Tony D* – Electric Delta (Cordova Bay)
  18. Maria Muldaur – One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey (Nola Blue)
  19. Garry Burnside – It’s My Time Now (Strolling Bones)
  20. Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Young Fashioned Ways (Thirty Tigers)
  21. Billy Branch – The Blues is My Biography (Rosa’s Lounge)
  22. Buddy Guy – Ain’t Done with the Blues (Silvertone)
  23. Kent Burnside – Hill Country Blood (Strolling Bones)
  24. Thee Sacred Souls – Got a Story to Tell (Daptone)
  25. Jeremie Albino* – Our Time in the Sun (Good People)

CFBX Top 10 Classical Albums for 2025

  1. PAN Project* – Borderless Flows (Neuma)
  2. Tanya Ekanayaka – 16 Sri Lankan Piano Isles (Naxos)
  3. Scott Brickman – Baltic Sketches (Navona)
  4. Anna Rubin – Powehi (Neuma)
  5. Melissa Fortin* – Prismacolore (Popop)
  6. Frederick Lawton – Cancionetta: Works for Guitar (Navona)
  7. Percussia – Plucked and Struck (Neuma)
  8. Rebecca Foon/Aliyta Foon-Dancoes* – Reveries (Constellation)
  9. Kirstina Marinova – The Bus Came By and I Got On (Navona)
  10. Mark Molnar* – EXO (Constellation)

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