By Kayla Harper (and all of you)!

2025 Off The Record Awards Results

Last year we created the annual tradition of the Off The Record Music Awards, which is my way of including your feedback in my yearly review. I believe in constructive criticism to better myself so I appreciate hearing opinions from the people who read my blog on the content they liked the most. It helps me to curate next year’s content to be even better!

The first half is more or less something that a couple of followers from last year and I created as a fun way to reflect on the music we talked about on the page this year. The list of nominations was created entirely by you and what was submitted most for each category. The second half is more specifically focused on the way this content was delivered.

The full list of nominations for the Off The Record Music Awards can be found here. Thank you to everyone who participated, I’m overwhelmed with the amount of people who were invested and supported my page this year, your feedback is greatly appreciated. The results are listed below:

2025 Album Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

Breach – twenty øne piløts

Virgin – Lorde

GNX – Kendrick Lamar

Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter

Never Enough – Turnstile

Winner

twenty øne piløts: Breach (72.7%)

Second

Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend (27.3%)

2025 Pop Album Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

Mayhem – Lady Gaga

Virgin – Lorde

The Art Of Loving – Olivia Dean

Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter

Who’s The Clown? – Audrey Hobert

Winner

Sabrina Carpenter: Man’s Best Friend (63.6%)

Second

Lady Gaga: Mayhem (18.2%)

2025 Alternative/Rock Album Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

Portal – Balu Brigada

Getting Killed – Geese

Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party – Hayley Williams

Never Enough – Turnstile

Breach – twenty øne piløts

Winner

twenty øne piløts: Breach (81.8%)

Second

Hayley Williams: Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party (18.2%)

2025 Indie/Alternative Album Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You – Ethel Cain

sable, fAble – Bon Iver

Chasing The Chimera – Del Water Gap

The Clearing – Wolf Alice

Moisturizer – Wet Leg

Winner

Del Water Gap: Chasing The Chimera (63.6%)

Second

Ethel Cain: Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You (18.2%)

2025 Song Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

“The Contract” – twenty øne piløts

“Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter

“What Was That?” – Lorde

“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga

“Squabble Up” – Kendrick Lamar

Winner

twenty øne piløts: “The Contract” (54.5%)

Second

Sabrina Carpenter: “Manchild” (27.3%)

2025 Pop Song Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

“How Do Bad U Want Me” – Lady Gaga

“Tears” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Favourite Daughter” – Lorde

“The Fate Of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift

“Sue Me” – Audrey Hobert

Winner

Sabrina Carpenter: “Tears” (54.5%)

Second

Taylor Swift: “The Fate Of Ophelia” (27.3%)

2025 Alternative Song Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

“Backseat” – Balu Brigada

“LOOK OUT FOR ME” – Turnstile

“Drum Show” – twenty øne piløts

“Two Girls” – Wolf Alice

“How To Live” – Del Water Gap

Winner

twenty øne piløts: “Drum Show” (72.7%)

Second

Del Water Gap: “How To Live” (18.2%)

2025 Artist Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

Gracie Abrams

twenty øne piløts

Sabrina Carpenter

Lorde

Del Water Gap

Winner

twenty øne piløts (72.7%)

Second

Sabrina Carpenter (18.2%)

2025 Best New Artist

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

Dora Jar

Wet Leg

Audrey Hobert

WANTS

Del Water Gap

Winner

Del Water Gap (52%)

Second

Audrey Hobert (28%)

2025 Concert Tour Of The Year

*Nominations are based on music that was most prominent/requested/posted on the site and released this year (November 1, 2024 -December 1, 2025).

Nominations

Gracie Abrams – The Secret Of Us Deluxe Tour (Toronto July 26)

twenty øne piløts – The Clancy Tour: Breach (Toronto September 20 and 21)

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet Tour (Toronto September 25, 2024 and Nov. 1o and 11 2025)

Del Water Gap – Calgary Stampede (Calgary July 11)

Bleachers – Calgary Stampede (Calgary July 11)

Winner

twenty øne piløts –The Clancy Tour: Breach (72.7%)

Second

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet Tour (27.3%)

Articles/Blogs/Content

This year you guys loved in-depth track-by-track album reviews and journal style concert reviews. You enjoyed the fan interviews and community involvement in articles like the twenty øne piløts Breach Tour and Blurryface Ten Year articles and hope to see more of that in the new year. You absolutely loved the Breach Tour reels/Tik Toks… like wow…based on the amount of you that mentioned those in the form I will definitely try and create more of that content in the new year. Lastly your favourite articles were the Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us Deluxe Tour Concert Review, Two Years Of Good Riddance, and the Breach Tour concert review.

As for all of your comments, suggestions and advice for next year thank you all so much, I am taking everything into consideration, I can’t wait to see how next year goes and to show you everything I’ve been working on and have planned!

I wanted to express my gratitude and appreciation for everyone who continues to read every article, like and reshare my posts, and especially those who’ve reached out to tell me I’m doing a good job, that they liked a certain article, etc. It truly means so much to me and is the sole reason that Off The Record continues to exist. There are days where it overwhelms me and I wonder what I’m even doing, it’s people like you, your kindness and generosity that keeps me going! If you are, or have ever been one of these people, thank you so so so so so so much <3