“Billboard” Names Kendrick Lamar No. 4 Greatest Pop Star Of 2025

2025 was one more large 12 months for Kendrick Lamar. In addition to topping the charts, the Compton rapper toured the world with SZA, gained 5 Grammy awards, and extra. He even took the stage on the Super Bowl Halftime present again in February. He carried out a medley of his largest hits.

Of course, this included “Not Like Us,” the diss monitor that prompted Drake to sue Universal Music Group. Now, Kendrick is being acknowledged for his contributions on Billboard’s listing of the ten Greatest Pop Stars of 2025. He got here in at No. 4. This places him simply forward of Sabrina Carpenter, the forged of OkayPop Demon Hunters, and Tate McRae, amongst others.

News of Kendrick’s newest feat comes simply a few weeks after it was revealed that he is within the working for several iHeartRadio Music Awards this 12 months. He’s nominated for 5 awards, to be precise, together with Artist of the Year and Hip-Hop Artist of the Year.

He and SZA’s GNX monitor “luther” can be nominated for Song of the Year, Best Collaboration, and Hip-Hop Song of the Year. He’s competing with heavy hitters like Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, and extra.

The information additionally comes shortly after it was revealed that Kendrick’s album GNX was the most-streamed rap album of 2025 on Spotify. It topped Playboi Carti’s MUSIC, Tyler The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA, Kanye West‘s Graduation, Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal, Travis Scott‘s UTOPIA, and extra. Reportedly, it managed to rack up a powerful 2.98 billion streams whole.