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On June 5, 2025, American media and entertainment platform Complex published its list of "The Best Albums Of 2025 (So Far)." The list features Playboi Carti's MUSIC in the first position, and Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd on number 10.
Furthermore, the other records featured in the top 10 on the list, alongside their respective positions, include:
- 2. Bad Bunny — DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
- 3. PinkPantheress — Fancy That
- 4. Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR — $$$4U
- 5. Mac Miller — Balloonerism
- 6. SZA — SOS Deluxe: Lana
- 7. Ken Carson — More Chaos
- 8. Central Cee — Can't Rush Greatness
- 9. Saba & No I.D. — From The Private Collection of Saba and No I.D.
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Netizens subsequently took to X to express their opinions on Complex's list of top 10 albums of 2025 to date, as one user disagreed with Drake's $$$4U being placed above Mac Miller's Balloonerism.
"Having $$$4U over Balloonerism is INSANE," the user wrote.
More such disagreements and opinions followed on the social media platform.
"This list is so trash. Saba & Mac’s albums are the only ones I’d have top 10. (I haven’t listened to all of The Weeknd’s album)," an X user commented.
"Complex rivalling pitchfork for worst media outlet," another user wrote.
"The weekend 10? They should fire everyone who worked on this list and the ones who approved it," an internet user stated.
"No Durk on this list is so disrespectful," one netizen said.
On the other hand, some internet users also put forth their suggestions for the list:
"Putting Hurry Up Tomorrow as number 10 is crazy. Absolutely number 1," an X user tweeted.
"Benito and Abel should be #1 & #2," a netizen suggested.
"Saba & NoID have the best album this year so far, followed by Mereba, TheWeeknd and Deante’ Hitchcock. Complex opinion on these things means nothing," another netizen remarked.
More about the media and entertainment platform Complex, explored
Complex Media was established in 2002 as a print magazine focusing on hip-hop and streetwear. Then, in 2007, the media and entertainment platform expanded to have an online presence by launching a network of websites. These sites covered a wide range of topics, from sneakers to music, and also indulged in live events and videos over the decade that followed.
In a March 2012 compilation of its history, Complex founder Marc Ecko, who had also founded the clothing brand Ecko Unltd., shared what the media platform was initially supposed to be called, along with the concept behind it.
“The mag was just a dream. We initially wanted to call it Climate. I had these two pet projects—'Climate' and the video game 'Getting Up'—that I used as a way to medicate myself when we were going through some difficult times with the clothing brand. The initial concept for Climate was slightly heady and intellectual,” Ecko said.
Further, as per Billboard's July 2016 report, Complex decided to put an end to publishing its print editions that year, 14 years after its inception. The publication cited an international staff announcement, wherein it was mentioned that the December 2016/January 2017 issue, with Pusha T and Sofia Richie on the cover, would be the magazine's last print copy.
Moreover, in February 2024, news broke out about BuzzFeed selling Complex for around $109 million after previously having bought it for $294 million in 2021. At the time, Variety's February 21 report also mentioned that BuzzFeed was going to dismiss 16% of its remaining staff members in a restructuring model to get the firm back on financial track.
BuzzFeed had announced that it sold Complex to an e-commerce platform called Ntwrk for $108.6 million in an all-cash deal. Meanwhile, Ntwrk mentioned that they aimed to build a "next-generation content and shopping experience" via the buyout. Investors in the newly merged company comprised Main Street Advisors, Jimmy Iovine, Universal Music Group, and Goldman Sachs.
The media and entertainment platform's latest list of the best albums of 2025 so far featured a total of 25 projects, including Jennie's Ruby on number 25, Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco's I Said I Love You First on number 22, and Kali Uchis' Sincerely on number 17, among others.
