Dec 3, 2025 - Music

Kendrick and SZA top Pittsburgh's 2025 Spotify

Animated illustration of a pair of rotating headphones. The year 2025 is in between the earpieces, and is being distorted with a rippling wave pattern. — Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios

Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "luther" was Pittsburgh's most-streamed song on Spotify this year.

Why it matters: The Grammy-winning artists are on a hot streak, powered by Lamar's hit 2024 album, SZA's album reissue, a record-breaking tour and Lamar's legendary rap feud with Drake that made its way to the Super Bowl.

Zoom in: Pittsburgh's most-streamed Spotify tracks of 2025 were:

"luther," by Kendrick Lamar & SZA
"Pink Pony Club," by Chappell Roan
"Ordinary," by Alex Warren
"I'm the Problem," by Morgan Wallen
"I Had Some Help," by Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

Spotify hasn't released local data for top artists yet.

Zoom out: Bad Bunny was Spotify's top global artist this year, breaking Taylor Swift's two-year streak.

Men, including Drake and The Weeknd, returned to the audio platform's annual Spotify Wrapped after a top-five absence in 2024. Billie Eilish came in fifth globally.
Spotify's top U.S. artists of 2025 were Taylor Swift, Drake and Morgan Wallen — and its most-streamed song was also "luther."

The bottom line: Spotify users can find their personal 2025 Wrapped Experience in the mobile app now.

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Kendrick and SZA top Pittsburgh's 2025 Spotify

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