MMI 2025 Listeners' Picks Poll
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The annual MMI Listeners' Picks poll aims to establish the top favourite releases of the year among the weekly Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast listeners.
A list of music from Maltese recording artists released in 2025 was compiled by Toni Sant for his twentieth annual MMI Listeners' Picks poll. This is not a fully comprehensive list of 2025 releases; Toni Sant has always maintained, through his podcast and blog, that he is somewhat selective - but the scope has always been to include as many titles as possible at the nomination stage.
Nominations
Here is the list of nominations for 2025...
| ARTIST | RELEASE NAME | CATEGORY |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Year Later | Żifna f'Ħolma | Single |
| 5 Years from Now | Bank Punk | Album |
| 5 Years From Now | Jekk Taqa' Nkompli Ntik | Video (bil-Malti) |
| A Broken Design | Sun in the Gutter | Video |
| Aicha Xixa | Illejla | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Aidan | 2x2 | Video |
| Aidan | Taste | Video |
| Alexandra Alden | Stonefruit | Overseas |
| Alexandra Alden | Big Sky | Overseas |
| Alwyn Borg Myatt | Kelma Ħielsa | Lyric video |
| Andre Camilleri | Hank Rules | Overseas |
| Andre Camilleri | Evil Gnome of Doom Vol.3 | Overseas |
| Andre Camilleri | Songs | Overseas |
| Andre Camilleri | Punky Tonk | Overseas |
| Andre Camilleri | Mariana From Tijuana | Overseas |
| Andre Camilleri | No Tears Left To Cry | Overseas |
| Andre Camilleri | Make America Great Again? | Single |
| Andrew Cauchi | Ward Ifuħ (Ċelebrazzjoni tal-Ħajja) | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Andrew Zammit | Will We Survive? | Lyric video |
| Andrew Zammit | Will We Survive? | Single |
| Angelcrypt | Through Blackened Waters | Single |
| Artisti Varji | L-Għanja tal-Poplu 2025 | Album |
| Bahjat | Loco | Overseas |
| Bahjat | Maybe I'm the Villain | Overseas |
| Bahjat | Ma Maa Salama | Overseas |
| Banjo Lucia | Cartwheel | Overseas |
| Bard | Farfett Blu | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Bee | Two Sugars Less | Video |
| Beheaded | Għadam | Album |
| Beheaded | Il-Kittieb | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Beheaded | Għadam | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Ben Mifsud Joslin | Plunge (A Live EP) | EP |
| Ben Miller feat. Abire | 99 | Video |
| Benji Cachia | Akshara | Album |
| Bila | Beżżalart | Album |
| Bila | A Thousand Wolves | Video |
| Bruda | Nisa Tal-Lejl | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Bużu | Onestament | Album |
| Carlo Gerada + Kevin Paul + Matthew James | Out Of This World | Video |
| Charlene Farrugia | Melita: Maltese Piano Music | Album |
| Chasing Pandora | Ticket to the Moon | Video |
| Chellcy Reitsma | Carpe Diem | Single |
| Chess Galea | Boogeyman (piano acoustic version) | Overseas |
| Chess Galea | Falling Knives | Overseas |
| Chiara | Kuljum | Single |
| Child | Dyż-Location | Overseas |
| Christabelle Scerri | Festin għad-Dakkara | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Claire Cordina | Do Trees Tire of Standing Still? | EP |
| Claire Marante | Gravity | Single |
| Claire Tonna | Held | EP |
| Colourblind | Jekyll & Hyde | Video |
| Cosette Baldacchino | Misunderstood | Single |
| Cyberia | Demel tal-Pakkett | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Cyberia | Kaxxa | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Dario Genovese | Burgundy | EP |
| Dario Genovese | Two | Single |
| David Sammut il-Buggly | Il-Protesta | Video (bil-Malti) |
| David Schembri | Għidli Int Ja Mara / Il-Ballata tax-Xagħri | Single |
| Davinia | Capri | Single |
| Dean Muscat | Lazarene | EP |
| Deborah C | Workout Dance | Lyric Video |
| Digby | Irmied u Ġebel | Video |
| Divine Sinners | So What | Video |
| Divine Sinners | Revenge of the Hedgehog | Video |
| Dizzy Goku | Letter to You | Video |
| El Ferr | Peaches & Cream | Single |
| Eleanor Cassar | Fl-Eternità | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Empire of the Ants | Seven Rays | Album |
| Explicit | FN | Single |
| Eyes to Argus | Reboot | EP |
| Faddi | Midnight Pill | Album |
| Fake Ophelia | Rest, Sir Snock | Overseas |
| Fake Ophelia | Out of Time | Overseas |
| Gaia Gambuzza | Sugar Rush | Single |
| Gaia Gambuzza | Dancing with a Danger | Video |
| ĠENN | Reverberations | Video |
| Haley | Roses and Thorns | Lyric video |
| Hanging by Threads | No More | EP |
| Hanging by Threads | The Fall | Lyric video |
| Hanging by Threads | Talking to Ghosts | Single |
| Hanging By Threads | Talking to Ghosts | Video |
| Hooli feat. Patrick Gaffiero | Biża' | Single |
| Ira Losco | Monster After Midnight | Video |
| Ivan Grech | Picture on the Wall | Video |
| James Dratta | No Need To Be Alone | Single |
| James Dratta | Another Yesterday | Video |
| Jamie Cardona | Stajna Konna Aħna | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Jamie Cardona | Ħames Minuti | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Jamie Cardona | Mandy | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Jas Rolyn | Waiting on Me | Video |
| Jay Zinga + Bee | Cookin' It Up | Single |
| Johann Caruana | Dance to the Sound | Video |
| K.A.R.R. | Weenhollow | Single |
| K.A.R.R. feat JJ Mist | Runaway Heart | Single |
| Kapitlu Tlettax | F'Għanejn Xulxin | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Kapitlu Tlettax feat. Debbie Scerri | Imsaħħar f'Għajnejk | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Kapitlu Tlettax feat. Liston | Tibqax Tgħix fil-Passat | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Kapitlu Tlettax feat. Reanue | Hawn Għalik | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Kapitlu Tlettax Ft . Yanika & Federica | Tiftakar | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Kapitlu Tlettax ft. Ema Vella + Liston | Ħsibijiet | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Karhys | Peace of Mind | Single |
| Karm Debattista mssp | Shalom | Lyric video |
| Karmaġenn | Maqsuma | Album |
| Kayati | Happier | Lyric video |
| Kayati | Tell Your Mama | Single |
| Kayati | I Hate It | Video |
| Kersten Graham | Int Kollox Għalija | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Kevin Borg | Ground Zero | Single |
| Kevin Borg | X'Għandi Bik | Single |
| Kevin Paul & Midnight | Miegħek Jien (għal Dar Bjorn) | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Kiita C | No Defeat | Video |
| Kiita C feat. Majċa | Mera tal-Passat | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Kiita-C | Always Mine | Video |
| Kill the Action feat. Moira Stafrace | The Fall | Video |
| Kill The Action feat. Myles, Funky Monkey & DJ Mac | Ġaħan | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Klikka | Żmien Ieħor | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Klingande & Shaun Farrugia | Feelings for You | Overseas |
| Klinsmann | Chaos & Cadence | Album |
| Klinsmann | Unknown | Single |
| Klinsmann | Unknown | Video |
| Kristijan Volchev & Dylan De Bono | Beautiful Waste | Video |
| Kyl0 | Stella Maris | Single |
| Lapes | Cypher Verse (Vers Twil) | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Lara Zammit | Ma' Nżul ix-Xemx | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Lighthouse | Don't Forget Me | Video |
| Lokko | Minn Għajnejja | Single |
| Lokko | Ma Jejdu Xejn | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Lord Adder | Ozzy Forever | Lyric video |
| Luke Chappell | House on Fire | Album |
| Luke Chappell | Turn on the Light | Video |
| Luke Chappell | If ur leavin' | Video |
| Luke Vella | Too Much | Single |
| Lyndsay | Lullaby | Video |
| Manwel T | Africa | Album |
| Manwel T | Zulu Drum | EP |
| Manwel T | Capricorn | Single |
| Maria Zahra Brincat | Dak Li Hemm Fil-Qalb | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Mariah Gerada | Double Crossed | Single |
| Mariah Mangion | Supersonic | Single |
| Marija Bellia | Nixtieq Kont Banana | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Mark Anthony Bartolo | Sweet Little Bird | Single |
| Martina Cutajar | Crying on the Dance Floor | Single |
| Martina Cutajar | Un Giorno | Video |
| Martina Fenech | Don't Slip Away | Lyric video |
| Mat Rosales | Ejja Minn Hemm | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Matthew James | Ashes to Ashes | Album |
| Matthew James | If I Ever Lose You | Lyric video |
| Megan May | Love Me | Video |
| Melbourne Ska Orchestra | The Ballad Of Monte Loco | Overseas |
| Melbourne Ska Orchestra | Walls of Jerico | Overseas |
| Melchior Sultana | Back With The Phonk | Album |
| Melchior Sultana & Janelle Pulo | Slave of the Machine | Album |
| Michael Azzopardi | Tfal tax-Xemx | Album |
| Michael Azzopardi | Malju | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Michela Agius | If I Could | Single |
| Mik il-Malti | Illum Illum | Album |
| Mirana Conte | Napolitana | Video |
| Miriana Conte | Għajjejt (i8) | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Mistura | Il-Ħadd Filgħaxija | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Moira feat. Avenue Sky | More Than Love | Video |
| Morena | Leħħa Dawl | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Music Boy & Victis Tempo | Burning Out | Lyric video |
| Muxu | Beautifully Lost | Album |
| Muxu | Honeymoon | Video |
| Myles | L-Innu tal-Bikkej | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Myles | Lil Din L-Art Ħelwa | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Myles | Lil Din l-Art Ħelwa (acoustic) | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Myles feat. Funky Monkey + DJ Mac | Issir Sinjur | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Nate Rope | e ve ry th ing i am | Single |
| Nate Rope + Ember Skky | Falling | Single |
| Nathan | Down | Video |
| Nedx | My Time | Video |
| Neo-X feat. Cher Camilleri | Il-Ħajja | Lyric video |
| Nick Morales | Imħabbatħabbat | Album |
| Nick Morales | State of Mind | Video |
| Niko Jay | Ascending | EP |
| ONE11 | Xemx Tiela | Single |
| ONE11 | Qum Minn Hemm | Video (bil-Malti) |
| ONE11 | Ittra Lil Tfuliti | Video (bil-Malti) |
| OutBound | Nothing Comes Easy | Video |
| Pamela Bezzina | Perfett | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Peach Talk | Collidescope | Overseas |
| Philip Vella | Taħfirli? | Video (bil-Malti) |
| RawgħaDawgħa | X' kopp għandek sieħbi | Single |
| Red Electric feat. Chasing Pandora | Fragile | Video |
| Rita Pace + Renè Mamo | Illum | Lyric video |
| Robert Farrugia | Natura Maltija [official sountrack] | Album |
| Robert Farrugia | midday | Album |
| Saħħar, Mnajdra | MDLXV - Fidi, Vendetta | Album |
| Sandro Zerafa | Serendipity | Overseas |
| Sarah Bonnici | Is This How It Ends? | Video |
| Saydon Studio | Il-Kazin tal-Imqarbin | Album |
| Scar | Dancing in the Sun | Lyric video |
| Spooky Monkey | Neon Funk | Video |
| Stephanie Sant | Ikaru | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Stephen Spiteri | The Sound of Tinkering | Album |
| Stjanu | Lament Kuntent | Single |
| Tara Formosa | Confessional | Overseas |
| That bb | The Words Are Stuck In My Throat | EP |
| The Bride | Opium | Single |
| The Busker | Something in My Head | Video |
| The Busker | my Oh my | Video |
| The Crowns X Jimmy Tyrrell | Amy | Video |
| The JoyGivers | Għawdex Tiegħi | Album |
| The Travellers | Dawn il-Widien | Video (bil-Malti) |
| The Travellers | Ġmiel | Video (bil-Malti) |
| The Travellers | Sbejħa | Video (bil-Malti) |
| Toby Farrugia | Where Are You Now | Lyric video |
| Toby Farrugia feat. Sean Kamati | You | Video |
| Toby Farrugia ft. Noor | Somebody | Single |
| Tom Caruana | Salsa Verde | Overseas |
| Tricia Dawn Williams | Tiny Keys Big Sound | Album |
| Various artists | BB27 - Homegrown EP | Album |
| Victorio Gauci | Higher | Single |
| Vinyl Paradise | Sold My Soul | Video |
| Warren Galea | Twelve-Tone Suite | Album |
Top Picks
Voting was open throughout the month of January 2026 at ToniSant.com. Votes were submitted across these seven categories:
- Top Album
- Top EP
- Top Music Video (bil-Malti)
- Top Music Video (non-Maltese language)
- Top Lyric Video
- Top Single
- Top Overseas-based Artist
The top 5 vote receivers in each category are indicated below :
Top Album
- Benji Cachia - Akshara - 73 votes (38.6%)
- The JoyGivers - Għawdex Tiegħi - 18 (9.5%)
- Bila - Beżżalart - 14 (7.4%)
- Beheaded - Għadam - 9 (4.8%)
- Michael Azzopardi - Tfal tax-Xemx - 7 (3.7%)
- Empire of Ants - Seven Rays - 7 (3.7%)
- Beheaded - Għadam - 9 (4.8%)
- Bila - Beżżalart - 14 (7.4%)
- The JoyGivers - Għawdex Tiegħi - 18 (9.5%)
Top EP
- Eyes to Argus - Reboot - 47 votes (24.9%)
- Claire Tonna - Held - 29 (15.3%)
- Manwel T - Zulu Drum - 21 (11.1%)
- Dario Genovese - Burgandy - 20 (10.6%)
- Dean Muscat - Lazarene - 17 (9%)
- Hanging By Threads - No More - 17 (9%)
- Dario Genovese - Burgandy - 20 (10.6%)
- Manwel T - Zulu Drum - 21 (11.1%)
- Claire Tonna - Held - 29 (15.3%)
Top Music Video (bil-Malti)
- Beheaded - Għadam / Il-Kittieb - 21 votes (11.1%)
- Jamie Cardona - Stajna Konna Aħna - 17 (9%)
- 5 Years Later - Jekk Taqa' Nkompli Ntik - 16 (8.5%)
- Bruda - Nisa tal-Lejl - 14 (7.4%)
- Pamela Bezzina - Perfett - 11 (5.8%)
- Bruda - Nisa tal-Lejl - 14 (7.4%)
- 5 Years Later - Jekk Taqa' Nkompli Ntik - 16 (8.5%)
- Jamie Cardona - Stajna Konna Aħna - 17 (9%)
Top Music Video (non-Maltese language)
- Bila - A Thousand Wolves - 60 votes (31.7%)
- Lyndsay - Lullaby - 27 (14.3%)
- Chasing Pandora - Ticket to the Moon - 9 (4.8%)
- ĠENN - Reverberations - 9 (4.8%)
- Ira Losco - Monster After Midnight - 7 (3.7%)
- Lyndsay - Lullaby - 27 (14.3%)
Top Lyric Video
- Scar - Dancing in the Sun - 29 votes (15.3%)
- Matthew James - If I Ever Lose You - 23 (12.2%)
- Toby Farrugia - Where Are You Now? - 23 (12.2%)
- Andrew Zammit - Will We Survive? - 18 (9.5%)
- Alwyn Borg Myatt - Kelma Ħielsa - 17 (9%)
- Lord Adder - Ozzy Forever - 17 (9%)
- Andrew Zammit - Will We Survive? - 18 (9.5%)
Top Single
- Chellcy Reitsma - Carpe Diem - 24 votes (12.7%)
- Angelcrypt - Through Blackened Waters - 16 (8.5%)
- Stjanu - Lament Kuntent - 12 (6.3%)
- Chiara - Kuljum - 11 (5.8%)
- 13 Years Later - Żifna f'Ħolma - 10 (5.3%)
- Victorio Gauci - Higher - 10 (5.3%)
- Chiara - Kuljum - 11 (5.8%)
- Stjanu - Lament Kuntent - 12 (6.3%)
- Angelcrypt - Through Blackened Waters - 16 (8.5%)
Top Overseas-based Artist
- Alexandra Alden - 38 votes (20.1%)
- Shaun Farrugia - 21 (11.1%)
- Chess Galea - 21 (11.1%)
- Sandro Zerafa - 20 (10.6%)
- Fake Ophelia - 18 (9.5%)
- Sandro Zerafa - 20 (10.6%)
Survey Maker by AYS Pro Plugins was used for voting on this poll.
Results were announced in early February 2026 through Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast 757.
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