Feed.fm, the Unified Music System for leading fitness and wellness apps, today released its 2025 Year in Music for Fitness & Wellness report. The data tells a clear story: genre walls are falling, and the artists willing to cross them are winning.
Beyoncé’s “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” claimed the number one spot. Eric “Stens” Stensvaag, Feed.fm’s Director of Curation, broke down why the country single worked across workout formats: “It’s poppy enough for non-country fans, country enough for non-pop fans, and quintessential Beyoncé.”
Highlights from the report:
- Top artists: Sabrina Carpenter led, followed by Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa. Myles Smith was the only male artist in the top ten.
- Instructor favorites: Taylor Swift topped requests, with Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance also cracking the list, proof that 2000s pop punk is back in heavy rotation.
- R&B’s breakthrough: Artists like Tyla, Kehlani, and Daniel Caesar showed up across every workout format, not just cool-downs.
Why it matters: For fitness apps, music has become a retention lever. The platforms that stayed close to culture outperformed the ones still programming by genre tag alone. In 2025, Feed.fm supported a wide range of fitness apps by delivering nearly 200 new stations across curated, seasonal, artist-driven, and custom categories to help brands keep up.
Looking ahead: The curation team predicts legacy artist tours will drive 80s and 90s catalog demand, UK women like RAYE and Olivia Dean will break bigger stateside, and visual media will become a primary discovery channel.
Read the full report: https://www.feed.fm/2025-year-in-music
Feed.fm is a unified music system for fitness, wellness, and digital health apps. The platform handles music licensing, curation, and integration so brands can focus on building experiences. Learn more at Feed.fm.
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