Tina Knowles’ ‘Matriarch’ Named Top Music Memoir in Spotify Wrapped 2025
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Tina Knowles has captured the spotlight, with her memoir Matriarch being recognized as the most-listened music memoir on Spotify for 2025, as exclusively reported by Billboard.
This announcement coincides with Spotify’s annual Wrapped event, held on December 3, where the platform unveiled user-specific summaries of listening habits, highlighting the most-streamed artists and podcasters of the past year. This year marks the inclusion of audiobooks for the first time in the Wrapped summaries.
In addition to Matriarch taking the top spot, Fahrenheit-182 by Mark Hoppus and Dan Ozzi, along with Night People: How to Be a DJ in ‘90s New York City by Mark Ronson, secured the second and third places, respectively. The list continues with Bread of Angels by Patti Smith, Only God Can Judge Me by Jeff Pearlman, Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne, Truly by Lionel Richie, Cudi by Kid Cudi, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You by Neko Case, and Heartbreaker by Mike Campbell.
Overall, the top books on the platform were led by novels, including Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, Lights Out by Navessa Allen, and Iron Flame, also by Yarros.
Released in April, Matriarch details Knowles’ experiences raising daughters Beyoncé and Solange, two of the most prominent figures in the music industry, as well as her personal journey through a recent battle with breast cancer. She reflects on her diagnosis and subsequent successful surgery to remove the tumor.
Following its success, which included reaching the top of The New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestsellers list, Beyoncé expressed her pride on Instagram, stating, “The Mama T was that good?? Ha … You deserve it, I’m so proud!”
Shortly thereafter, Beyoncé brought Knowles on stage during a performance of the Cowboy Carter Tour, allowing fans to celebrate the author’s achievement together.
