BBC Radio 1 has announced its Top 100 Biggest Songs of 2025, with the rundown broadcast on the network (December 4) and available on BBC Sounds.
Olivia Dean’s Man I Need is No.1 on the Radio 1 rankings in a year defined by the rise of UK talent and a surge in female-led releases.
This year’s list features 48% UK artists, 46% female artists, and highlights the strength of emerging UK talent, with six of the Top 10 being British. US artists represent 32% of the Top 100, while international artists make up the remaining 20%.
Radio 1’s Biggest Songs of 2025 Top 10:
Olivia Dean – Man I Need
Lola Young – Messy
Raye – Where Is My Husband!
Sam Fender – People Watching
Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club
Taylor Swift – The Fate of Ophelia
Calvin Harris feat. Clementine Douglas – Blessings
Alex Warren – Ordinary
Doechii – Denial Is A River
PinkPantheress – Illegal
There’s a significant presence of breakthrough British acts in the chart, including Lola Young, Olivia Dean, PinkPantheress, Chrystal, Sammy Virji and Skye Newman. See the full Top 100 with UK talent highlighted below.
The Top 100 tracks were compiled with chart success, audience engagement and cultural relevance in mind, in order to represent the Radio 1 audience’s soundtrack to the year. To create the ultimate ranking, Radio 1 presenters and staff were asked to select their personal Top 10s.
Olivia Dean has the most tracks with four, Sam Fender, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Tate McRae all have three tracks.
Olivia Dean recently secured the chart double with the single Man I Need and second album The Art Of Loving. The album is pushing for a return to No.1 this week.
BBC Radio 1 and BBC Introducing championed Olivia Dean from early in her career. She won BBC Introducing Artist Of The Year in 2023 and was named on BBC Radio 1’s Brit List in 2025, the station’s initiative celebrating the UK’s most promising emerging talent.
The list also features a significant number of debut entries from new UK and international acts.
Radio 1’s Biggest Songs of 2025 Top 100:
*UK artists highlighted in green
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