2025 Top Print Titles

As another year comes to a close, the print music sector offers a clear snapshot of what inspired musicians and drove sales for MI retailers across the industry. In this summary, we break down the top 10 bestselling titles from leading print music publishers, revealing the trends, tastes, and timeless favorites that defined the year.

Hal Leonard

1. Essential Elements for Strings
2. Essential Elements for Band
3. Wicked – Piano Vocal
4. HL Guitar Method
5. Taylor Swift Really EZ Piano 
6. Chord Wheel Ultimate Tool for All Musicians
7. KPop Demon Hunters
8. First 50 Songs for Acoustic Guitar
9. Bill Evans Omnibook
10. First 50 Popular Songs for Piano

Alfred Music

1. Adult All-In-One Book 1 by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco
2. Suzuki Violin School Book 1 by Shinichi Suzuki
3. Sound Innovations String Orchestra Violin Book 1 by Bob Phillips, Peter Boonshaft, and Robert Sheldon
4. Sound Innovations Concert Band Trumpet Book 1 by Robert Sheldon, Peter Boonshaft, Dave Black, and Bob Phillips
5. Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone
6. Rolling Stone Easy Piano Sheet Music Classics, Volume 1 by Dan Coates
7. Accent on Achievement, Book 1 by John O’Reilly and Mark Williams
8. The Great Locomotive Chase by Robert W. Smith
9. Northern Lights by Andy Beck
10. Saga Land by Elizabeth Swift

Excelcia Music Publishing

1. Better by Sight
2. The Complete Warm-Up for Band
3. Squirrel Chase
4. Zig Zag
5. Aliens in the Attic
6. Who Has Seen the Wind
7. The Star-Spangled Banner
8. Hey, Elephant!
9. Colorful Sunrise
10. Subatomic

Wingert-Jones Publications

1. United System for Winds and Percussion
2. Jerry West SR Series
3. GrooVE!
4. Always
5. Adventure March
6. Axiom
7. Intensity
8. Legends of Glory
9. Waltz of the Wicked
10. Perilous

Kendor Music Publishing

1. Kendor Recital Solos
2. Kendor Concert Favorites, Vol. 1
3. Timeline
4. Bounce
5. Samantha
6. String Theory
7. Wicked Vow
8. Precipice
9. Spring Fest
10. Sequential Warm-ups for Intermediate Jazz Ensemble

RBC Publications

1. Texas Prep Band
2. Texas Prep Choral
3. Texas Prep Orchestra
4. Debt
5. Balcones Canyon
6. Flatrock Creek
7. Block Party
8. Tag You’re It!
9. The Invincibles

10. sBeautiful River