2025 Tyler's Choice Music Awards ~ Official Nominations

This took way longer than expected, but I finally decided on what I consider to be the best of music for 2025 before the year is up.

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

• "Big Money" - Jon Batiste
• "Cry for Me" - The Weeknd
• "DTMF" - Bad Bunny
• "In Plain Sight" - Khalid
• "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
• "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" - Benson Boone
  (Honourable Mentions: "Back to Friends" - Sombr, "Open Hearts" - The Weeknd, "Petrichor" - Jon Batiste, "Stargazing" - Myles Smith)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
• "Autumn Nocturne" - Samara Joy
• "Bluebird" - Lana Del Rey
• "Fresh Out the Slammer" - Taylor Swift
• "The Subway" - Chappell Roan
• "That's So True" - Gracie Abrams
  (Honourable Mentions: "End of the World" - Miley Cyrus, "Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter, "Wildflower" - Billie Eilish, "You're Ain't the Only One" - Mary J. Blige)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

• "All My Love" - Coldplay
• "Blink Twice" - Shaboozey, ft. Myles Smith
• "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  
• "Relationships" - Haim
• "Timeless" - The Weeknd, ft. Playboi Carti
• "Who Believes in Angels?" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  (Honourable Mentions: "Bloodline" - Alex Warren, ft. Jelly Roll, "The Contract" - Twenty One Pilots, "Defying Gravity" - Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande, "The Emptiness Machine" - Linkin Park)

Best Album

• Big Money - Jon Batiste
• Debí Tirar Más Fotos - Bad Bunny
• GNX - Kendrick Lamar
• Hurry Up Tomorrow - The Weeknd
• Mayhem - Lady Gaga
• Portrait - Samara Joy
• Who Believes in Angels? - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  (Honourable Mentions: Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse, Moon Music - Coldplay, Wicked: The Soundtrack - various artists)

Best Music Video

• "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
• "All My Love" - Coldplay
• "Love" - OK Go
• "Manchild" - Sabrina Carpenter
• "Year of the Snake" - Arcade Fire
• "Young Lion" - Sade
  (Honourable Mentions: "Big Money" - Jon Batiste, "Denial is a River" - Doechii, "From" - Bon Iver, "Squabble Up" - Kendrick Lamar)

Best Country/Americana Song

• "Bitin' List" - Tyler Childers
• "Good News" - Shaboozey
• "Looks Like the End of the Road" - Alison Krauss & The Union Station
• "Oh What a Beautiful World" - Willie Nelson, ft. Rodney Crowell
• "Petrichor" - Jon Batiste
• "Somewhere Over Laredo" - Lainey Wilson
  (Honourable Mentions: "Amen" - Shaboozey & Jelly Roll, "Bad As I Used to Be" - Chris Stapleton, "If You Hadn't Been Here" - Dolly Parton, "Winning Streak" - Jelly Roll)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga
• "Forever Young" - David Guetta, ft. Ava Max & Alphaville
• "Midnight Sun" - Zara Larsson
• "Space Invader" - Kaytranada
• "Thick of It All" - Alan Walker, ft. Joe Jonas & Julia Michaels
• "Walk of Fame" - Miley Cyrus, ft. Brittany Howard
  (Honourable Mentions: "Aeterna" - Coldplay, "Beautiful People" - David Guetta, ft. Sia, "Let's Ride Away" - Avicii, ft. Elle King, "When I Got You" - Cash Cash, ft. lovelytheband)

Best Pop Song

• "APT." - Rosé, ft. Bruno Mars
• "Back to Friends" - Sombr
• "Defying Gravity" - Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
• "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
• "Sunshine in the Room" - James Bay, ft. Jon Batiste
• "Who Believes in Angels?" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
  (Honourable Mentions: "Blowin' in the Wind" - Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro, "DTMF" - Bad Bunny, "The Subway" - Chappell Roan, "That's So True" - Gracie Abrams)

Best Rap Song

• "The Birds Don't Sing" - Clipse, ft. John Legend & Voices of Fire
• "Clouds" - J. Cole
• "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
  
• "Notes from My Future Self" - Jon Batiste
• "Timeless" - The Weeknd, ft. Playboi Carti
• "TV Off" - Kendrick Lamar, ft. Lefty Gunplay
  (Honourable Mentions: "Ace Trumpets" - Clipse, "Anxiety" - Doechii, "Bodies" - Offset, ft. JID, "Sticky" - Tyler the Creator, ft. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)

Best Rock/Alternative Song

• "Caramel" - Sleep Token
• "The Contract" - Twenty One Pilots
• "The Emptiness Machine" - Linkin Park
• "Gods of Rock N Roll" - Billy Morrison & Ozzy Osbourne, ft. Steve Stevens
• "My Mind is a Mountain" - Deftones
• "Never Enough" - Turnstile
  (Honourable Mentions: "Another Life" - Alabama Shakes, "Little Richard's Bible" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile, "Rushmere" - Mumford and Sons, "Unraveling" - Muse)

Best Songwriting

• "All My Love" - Coldplay
• "Bad Dreams" - Teddy Swims
• "Lean On My Love" - Jon Batiste, ft. Andra Day
• "Luther" - Kendrick Lamar & SZA
• "Never Too Late" - Elton John & Brandi Carlile
• "Ordinary" - Alex Warren
  (Honourable Mentions: "Abracadabra" - Lady Gaga, "DTMF" - Bad Bunny, "Golden" - HUNTR/X, "Stargazing" - Myles Smith)

Best Original Score

• The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Lorien Testard)
• Saturday Night (Jon Batiste)
• Severance (Theodore Shapiro)
• Wicked (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
• The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)
  (Honourable Mentions: Death Stranding 2: On the Breach (Ludvig Forssell & Woodkid), Sinners (Ludwig Göransson), The Studio (Antonio Sánchez))

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the Animated Series)
• A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
• F1: The Album
  
• Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
• Wicked: The Soundtrack
  (Honourable Mentions: Better Man, Godfather of Harlem: Season 4, Kpop Demon Hunters, Piece by Piece, Spellbound)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "As Alive As You Need Me to Be" - TRON: Ares
• "Drive" - F1
• "Forbidden Road" - Better Man
• "Golden" - Kpop Demon Hunters
• "I Lied to You" - Sinners
• "Never Too Late" - Elton John: Never Too Late
  (Honourable Mentions: "I Always Wanted a Brother" - Mufasa: The Lion King, "The Line" - Arcane, "Mi Camino" - Emilia Pérez, "Winter Coat" - Blitz)

Best New Artist

• Alex Warren
  
• Jessie Murph
• Leon Thomas
• Myles Smith
• Sleep Token
• Sombr
  (Honourable Mentions: Katseye, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, Renee Rapp)