The 50 Best Dance Tracks of 2025: Staff Picks

The past 12 months of dance music contained some both strange and exciting moments. One of the biggest moments in fact began in the last few days of 2024, when Anyma brought his technological feat of a show at Las Vegas’ technological feat of a venue, Sphere, a run that brought the producer to new heights of fame and put the genre into the most hyped new venue in the world.

Late May brought two events on opposite ends of the celebratory spectrum, when Ibiza’s latest mega-club [UNVRS] opened its doors, setting a new precedent for high-production clubbing on the island. And around the same time this venue opened, The Brooklyn Mirage stayed closed, as the space experienced zoning issue after zoning issue after a highly-touted remodel that ultimately was for nothing, as the space never opened its doors to fans this year. Its owners filed for demolition permits in October.

Equally shocking were the photos that came out of Boom, Belgium on July 16, when the fantastical stage of Tomorrowland proved to be equally as flammable, largely burning to the crowd just a day before the festival was scheduled to open. Incredibly, organizers were able to erect a makeshift stage and open for the weekend on time, in a valiant hustle applauded by fans, artists and industry folks around the world.

Meanwhile, clubs kept clubbing, festivals kept bumping, dance artists, agents and promoters pushed into new spaces, dance events set new standards for sustainability, we celebrated the classics, huge acts put on record-setting tours and electronic music lived across myriad Billboard charts as producers both huge and emerging released the music that powered the entire operation.

Many of these year-defining tracks, along with some of the more under-the-radar releases that resonated, are below as part of our staff’s picks for the 50 best dance tracks of 2015.