It started as a semi-ironic app name, but has now entered the popular lexicon. Whenever we hear a new track playing out in public that makes our collective ears prick up, the option to 'just Shazam it' and discover that song's name and who made it, remains one of the 21st century's coolest innovations. And, as Shazam's user-base increases, all that data is getting logged. Shazam, then, has compiled trends based on this data (alongside editorial input) to spotlight what it predicts will be the biggest names in music in 2025.
But does this stand to reason? Can we really infer that the tracks that are being tagged on people's phones are safe bets to be the same figures that will be ascending the streaming charts over the coming months? After all, surely some of us Shazam stuff that we have no intention of listening to on a long-term basis…
Shazam's Fast Forward 2025 has collated 50 artists across five genre groupings that its data (and experts) indicates are set to go big over the coming year. The genres span dance music, latin, country/rock, pop and hip-hop/R&B.
