Rolling Stone magazine published its list of the ’50 Greatest Albums of 2025′ in Spanish, with Mexican talent occupying two of the first three places, with ‘Ultra Sodade’ by young artist Kevin Kaarl in second place and ‘Cancionera’ by multi-award winning Natalia Lafourcade in third.
“With ‘Ultra Sodade’, his new 13-song album, the Mexican singer-songwriter explores the different stages of a love breakup with a heartbreaking sensitivity”, argued the music media about Kaarl (2000) who is also considered one of the “most honest voices of folk in Spanish”.
Rolling Stone features Natalia Lafourcade
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In a “supremely interesting year for music” produced in the second most spoken language in the world by releases that exceed millions of listeners – such as Rosalía’s ‘Lux‘ or Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí tirar más fotos’ – there is also a special place for Lafourcade’s “organic warmth”, describes the magazine.
“Between the sweet savoriness of ‘El palomo y la negra’ and the melancholy of ‘Cómo quisiera quererte’, ‘Cancionera’ -with its craftsmanship of the heart-, feels like a comforting embrace while the rain comes,” states the review of the most recent musical work of the singer-songwriter, winner of more than 20 Latin Grammys.
And it highlights as a unique quality of the album “motherhood and the entry into a new decade” of the 41-year-old songwriter, who will soon become a mother.
At number seven on the list we also read the name of Mexican Silvana Estrada with ‘Vendrán suaves lluvias’, a studio album that translates her most intimate thoughts into ten songs.
The list prepared by the U.S. media, in its Spanish version, includes other Mexican musical projects such as ‘Pa’l Cora – EP. 02’ by Christian Nodal; ‘Musas en mí’ by Arath Herce; ‘La montaña encendida’ by Café Tacvba member Meme del Real; ‘El show’ by Leonel García; ‘Indómita’ by Belinda and ‘Au’ by Paloma Morphy.
This selection has a wide geographical scope, recognizing music from Spain, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Argentina.
The latter is at the top of the list with the representation of Milo J, who with 19 years and his album ‘La vida era más corta’ has surprised audiences of all ages, especially for bringing to the microphone the voice of Silvio Rodríguez and the emblematic Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009).
Also included from this country is ‘Novela’, the 25-track album by Fito Paez.
Rolling Stone’s ’50 Great Spanish-language Albums of 2025′ is a review of “the great pieces that continue to showcase enormous diversity while projecting Spanish-language music to the entire planet”.
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With information from EFE
