American Top 40 Top 40 of 2023 (Re-Air)

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

American Top 40 Top 40 of 2023 (Re-Air)
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On AT40 this week, we took a look at the 40 biggest hits of 2023!

This year, with the pandemic well behind us, music is back to normal, especially in terms of concerts by artists like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Post Malone, Jelly Roll and etc. Also we saw old tunes are getting reused in a way in hit tunes like "Blue Da Be Dee" by Eiffel 65 (used in "I'm Good (Blue)"), "What is Love" by Haddaway (used in "Baby Don't Hurt Me"), "Walk On By" by Dionne Warwick (used in "Paint The Town Red"), "The Best Of My Love" by The Emotions (used in "Lil Boo Thang") and of course "Barbie Girl" by Aqua (used in "Barbie World").

"Calm Down" by REMA featuring Selena Gomez will be only the 2nd song ever on AT40 countdown to appear in 3 different calendar years (22-24), joining "Levitating" by Dua Lipa (former featuring Da Baby) (20-22) on that exclusive club ... It was also the slowest song to reach the top as it took 24 weeks .. While "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus took only 5 weeks to become this year's fastest to hit #1

The highest debut of the year going to "Dance The Night" by Dua LIpa and "Better Place" by *NSYNC, both debuted at #15 .. the latter is also the biggest drop-off at #19

The largest riser of 2023 belongs to "Kill Bill" by SZA as she moves up 19. . While "Single Soon" by Selena Gomez was 2023's greatest fall as she drop 19

The artist that had the most hits this year was Taylor Swift as she put 7 tunes on AT40: "Anti-Hero", "Lavender Haze", "All Of The Girls You Loved Before", "Karma", "Cruel Summer", "Slut!", and "Is It Over Now?'

And the Top 3 songs of 2023 are, *drumroll*

- Coming in at #3 is "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus, which spent 46 weeks, 9 weeks at #1

- At # 2 is "Calm Down" by REMA featuring Selena Gomez, which spent 56 weeks and still counting, 3 weeks at #1

- And the #1 of 2023 goes to The Weeknd's "Die For You" which spent 56 weeks, 2 weeks at #1

***COUNTDOWN***
40 Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary
39 Jax - Victoria's Secret
38 Sabrina Capenter - Nonsense
EX Latto/Lu Kala - Lottery*

37 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red (6 weeks at #1 and still counting)
36 JVKE - Golden Hour
35 FIFTY FIFTY - Cupid
34 Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy)
EX Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best*

33 Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You
32 PinkPantheress/Ice Spice - Boy's a liar pt 2
31 Post Malone - Chemical
EX Tiësto/Tate McRae - 10:35*

Optional Extra #1: Sam Smith – I’m Not Here To Make Friends*

30 Chris Brown - Under The Influence
29 Luke Combs - Fast Car
28 Coi Leray - Players
EX Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang

27 Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World (1 week at #1)
26 Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed
25 Beyoncé - CUFF IT
24 Meghan Trainor - Make You Look
EX Jonas Brothers - Waffle House*

23 RAYE/070 Shake - Escapism.
22 Nicky Youre/dazy - SUNROOF (3 weeks at #1)
21 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire (2 weeks at #1)
EX Elton John/Britney Spears - Hold Me Closer

Optional Extra #2: Miley Cyrus - River*

20 Doja Cat - Vegas (3 weeks at #1)
19 Taylor Swift - Lavender Haze
18 Morgan Wallen - Last Night
EX Harry Styles - Satellite*

17 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit (1 week at #1)
16 Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl
15 SZA - Snooze (1 week at #1)
EX The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular*

14 Taylor Swift - Karma (3 weeks at #1)
13 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (1 week at #1)
12 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (7 weeks at #1)
11 Post Malone/Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song) (3 weeks at #1)

Optional Extra #3: *NSYNC – Better Place*

10 Harry Styles - As It Was (6 weeks at #1)
09 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (3 weeks at #1)
08 Sam Smith/Kim Petras - Unholy (6 weeks at #1)
EX Tate McRae - greedy*

07 Miguel - Sure Thing (7 weeks at #1)
06 David Guetta/Bebe Rehxa - I'm Good (Blue) (3 weeks at #1)
EX Ava Max - Million Dollar Baby*

05 SZA - Kill Bill (1 week at #1)
04 Metro Boomin/The Weeknd/21 Savage - Creepin'
EX Dominke Fike - Mona Lisa*

Optional Extra #4: Avril Lavigne/YUNGBLUD - I'm A Mess*

03 Miley Cyrus - Flowers (9 weeks at #1)
02 REMA/Selena Gomez - Calm Down (3 weeks at #1)
01 The Weeknd - Die For You (2 weeks at #1)

* -  extra replaced for the re-air

Number #1s of 2023 in other genres
#1 Mainstream Rock: Linkin Park - Lost
#1 Alternative: Linkin Park - Lost
#1 Hip Hop: TEMS - Free Mind
#1 Country: Bailey Zimmerman - Rock and A Hard Place
#1 Dance: Tiësto/Tate McRae - 10:35

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PS: if anyone hears an extra in the 14-11 segment, IM me and i'll correct it

[johnnywest]

As noted, Madonna joins Cher as the only 2 solo women to chart in 5 different decades.

[pmbeditor]

Taylor Swift I believe is the first artist since Justin Timberlake in 2007 to land a number one with "summer" in the title. Other artists to have that word were either only top 40, top 30, top 20, top 10, top 5 or top 3/2 hits. Calvin Harris and Demi Lovato had theirs go to #3 while Lana Del Ray's went higher than their's, but not enough to be a #1.

[johnnywest]

Dec 29, 2023 20:22:34 GMT -5 pmbeditor said:

Taylor Swift I believe is the first artist since Justin Timberlake in 2007 to land a number one with "summer" in the title.

You are correct. But it's worth noting that 5 Seconds of Summer hit #1 in 2018.

You have to give AT40 credit for playing extras that truly reflect the past year. All the other current countdown shows, whether they're CHR, Hot AC or Country, play year-end extras from years ago, which seems like a total waste.

[upland1425]

If American Top 40 2023 Year-End CHR/Top 40 show should be broadcast in late January 2024 based on the total spins of the calendar year 2023 (January 1 - December 31, 2023) with the equivalent Year-End chart recurrent rule (i.e. songs must appear in the Mediabase published weekly chart (with recurrent rule) at least once during the survey period), it looks like this:

01. Calm Down
02. Flowers
03. Creepin'
04. Sure Thing
05. Die For You
06. Kill Bill
07. Cruel Summer
08. I'm Good (Blue)
09. Snooze
10. Dance The Night

11. Unholy
12. As It Was
13. Karma
14. Paint The Town Red
15. Anti-Hero
16. I Like You (A Happier Song)
17. What It Is (Block Boy)
18. Vampire
19. Last Night
20. Barbie World

21. Used To Be Young
22. Fast Car
23. Lavender Haze
24. Escapism
25. Eyes Closed
26. Players
27. Chemical
28. Greedy
29. Boy's A Liar
30. What Was I Made For?

31. Cupid
32. Lil Boo Thang
33. Bad Habit
34. Daylight
35. Under The Influence
36. Made You Look
37. Super Freaky Girl
38. Nonsense
39. Jaded
40. Cuff It

[colombia91]

This definitely shows that the charts go from November to November with Calm down by Rema featuring Selena Gomez is not number 1 for the year over Die for You by The Weeknd. It spent 40 weeks in the top 10 and counting, which is a new AT40 record.

[mkarns]

Paul Russell, with a hit in "Lil Boo Thang", will guest host next weekend, the first regular countdown of 2024.

[momzquotes]

Jan 4, 2024 22:14:38 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Paul Russell, with a hit in "Lil Boo Thang", will guest host next weekend, the first regular countdown of 2024.

...and the first celebrity guest host this year.

[Top 40 Tracker]

Jan 4, 2024 20:29:45 GMT -5 colombia91 said:

This definitely shows that the charts go from November to November with Calm down by Rema featuring Selena Gomez is not number 1 for the year over Die for You by The Weeknd. It spent 40 weeks in the top 10 and counting, which is a new AT40 record.

The AT40 year end chart is based off the official Mediabase chart which runs from early November to early November each year.

That chart is usually posted by mid November in various threads well before the AT40 chart is posted. One such thread is right here:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/222224/mediabase-mainstream-2023-year-chart

[†ealsünset]

I think I'd rather have a guest host. On the Year-End show, Ryan made the mistake of saying Bloody Mary had a resurgence because it was featured in the Wednesday show, but we know that it wasn't in the show, it was in Jenna Ortega's viral Tik Tok.

[eddieonair]

Paul Russell guest hosts the show for the weekend of January 6-7, 2024.

[pmbeditor]

Jan 5, 2024 3:26:13 GMT -5 †ealsünset said:

I think I'd rather have a guest host. On the Year-End show, Ryan made the mistake of saying Bloody Mary had a resurgence because it was featured in the Wednesday show, but we know that it wasn't in the show, it was in Jenna Ortega's viral Tik Tok.

I agree. When I watched the episode of Wednesday about the dance, it didn't even play in there, or in any of the episodes. As to your reason, now I know.