Billboard 2023 yearend charts

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Christian songs

1 Gratitude, Brandon Lake
2 Thank God I Do, Lauren Daigle
3 This Is Our God, Phil Wickham
4 Holy Forever, Chris Tomlin
5 Love Me Like I Am, for KING + COUNTRY With Jordin Sparks
6 Ain't Nobody, Cody Carnes
7 Build A Boat, Colton Dixon
8 Cornerstone, tobyMac Featuring Zach Williams
9 I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus), Jon Reddick
10 I'm So Blessed, CAIN
11 First Things First, Consumed By Fire
12 Same God, Elevation Worship Featuring Jonsal Barrientes
13 Hold On, Katy Nichole
14 I See Grace, Micah Tyler
15 Then Christ Came, MercyMe
16 Perfectly Loved, Rachael Lampa Featuring tobyMac
17 Praise You Anywhere, Brandon Lake
18 Trust In God, Elevation Worship Featuring Chris Brown
19 The Lord's Prayer (It's Yours), Matt Maher
20 Believe, Blessing Offor
21 You Will Be Found, Natalie Grant & Cory Asbury
22 God Is In This Story, Katy Nichole + Big Daddy Weave
23 More Than Able, Elevation Worship Featuring Chandler Moore & Tiffany Hudson
24 Running Home, Cochren & Co.
25 Jesus Does, We The Kingdom
26 God Really Loves Us, Crowder & Dante Bowe Featuring Maverick City Music
27 For The Love Of God, Andrew Ripp
28 To Not Worship You, MercyMe
29 Heaven Changes Everything, Big Daddy Weave
30 Anxious Heart, Jeremy Camp
31 In Jesus Name (God Of Possible), Katy Nichole
32 Praise, Elevation Worship Featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore
33 Something Better, Blanca
34 My Story Your Glory, Matthew West
35 Heart Of God, Zach Williams
36 What Are We Waiting For?, for KING + COUNTRY
37 Desert Road, Casting Crowns & CAIN
38 Fear Is Not My Future, Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin Featuring Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore
39 New Creation, Mac Powell
40 Firm Foundation (He Won't), Cody Carnes
41 That's The Thing About Praise, Benjamin William Hastings Featuring Blessing Offer
42 Praise The Lord, Micah Tyler
43 My Light, Colton Dixon
44 No Longer Bound, Forrest Frank & Hulvey
45 Who I Am, Ben Fuller
46 Fingerprints, Dan Bremnes
47 If The Lord Builds The House, Hope Darst
48 Sunday Is Coming, Phil Wickham
49 Gratitude, I AM THEY Featuring Cheyenne Mitchell
50 I Thank God, Housefires & JWLKRS Worship Featuring Blake Wiggins & Ryan Ellis
51 Don't Lose Heart, Steven Curtis Chapman
52 God's Eyes, Dax
53 Altar, Hulvey & Forrest Frank
54 Rest In The Father, Stephen Stanley
55 Wholehearted, We Are Messengers
56 Somebody To You, Rachael Lampa Featuring Andrew Ripp
57 How Can You Not, Leanna Crawford
58 Any More, CAIN
59 You've Already Won, Shane & Shane
60 Jesus At A Distance, Casting Crowns
61 Big God, Terrian
62 Fight On My Knees, Evan Craft
63 God Problems, Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine
64 Monday Morning Faith, SEU Worship & Chelsea Plank
65 The King Is Alive, Jordan Feliz
66 Miracle Power, We The Kingdom
67 Been So Good, Elevation Worship Featuring Tiffany Hudson
68 Jehovah, Elevation Worship Featuring Chris Brown
69 Arms Of Jesus, Cade Thompson
70 The Goodness, tobyMac Featuring Blessing Offor
71 Up, Tauren Wells
72 Please, Katy Nichole
73 No Longer Bound (I'm Free), Chandler Moore, Forrest Frank & Maverick City Music
74 Goodness Of God, CeCe Winans
75 Kind, Cory Asbury
76 Destroy Myself Just For You, Montell Fish
77 Every Hour, David Leonard & Josh Baldwin
78 Authority (In The Name Of Jesus), Stars Go Dim
79 That's Enough, Brandon Heath
80 I Believe, Phil Wickham
81 Psycho In My Head, Skillet
82 Son Of David, Ryan Ellis Featuring Brandon Lake
83 You Changed My Name, Matthew West
84 Hallelujah Feeling, Caleb & John
85 This Is How I Thank The Lord, Mosaic MSC
86 Sunday's Comin', Zach Williams
87 Good Lord, David Leonard
88 These Are The Days, Lauren Daigle
89 Hermoso Momento, Kairo Worship
90 Yet, the King will come
91 Good Plans, Red Rocks Worship
92 Back To Life, Bethel Music & Zahriya Zachary
93 Jesus Can, Austin French
94 Never, Tasha Layton
95 Rollin', Blessing Offor
96 Living Water, Anne Wilson
97 Loved By You, Riley Clemmons
98 Count 'Em, Brandon Lake
99 If I Could Have Anything, Housefires Featuring Blake Wiggins & Ahjah Walls
100 Worthy Of It All, CeCe Winans

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Christian airplay

1 This Is Our God, Phil Wickham
2 Gratitude, Brandon Lake
3 The Lord's Prayer (It's Yours), Matt Maher
4 I See Grace, Micah Tyler
5 Cornerstone, tobyMac Featuring Zach Williams
6 Love Me Like I Am, for KING + COUNTRY With Jordin Sparks
7 Ain't Nobody, Cody Carnes
8 Running Home, Cochren & Co.
9 Holy Forever, Chris Tomlin
10 Thank God I Do, Lauren Daigle
11 First Things First, Consumed By Fire
12 I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus), Jon Reddick
13 God Really Loves Us, Crowder & Dante Bowe Featuring Maverick City Music
14 Same God, Elevation Worship Featuring Jonsal Barrientes
15 Heaven Changes Everything, Big Daddy Weave
16 Build A Boat, Colton Dixon
17 Perfectly Loved, Rachael Lampa Featuring tobyMac
18 Then Christ Came, MercyMe
19 To Not Worship You, MercyMe
20 Hold On, Katy Nichole
21 You Will Be Found, Natalie Grant & Cory Asbury
22 My Story Your Glory, Matthew West
23 New Creation, Mac Powell
24 Anxious Heart, Jeremy Camp
25 Don't Lose Heart, Steven Curtis Chapman
26 Praise You Anywhere, Brandon Lake
27 Jesus Does, We The Kingdom
28 What Are We Waiting For?, for KING + COUNTRY
29 God Is In This Story, Katy Nichole + Big Daddy Weave
30 I'm So Blessed, CAIN
31 Praise The Lord, Micah Tyler
32 That's The Thing About Praise, Benjamin William Hastings Featuring Blessing Offer
33 Fear Is Not My Future, Maverick City Music F/Brandon Lake & ChandlerMoore
34 For The Love Of God, Andrew Ripp
35 Believe, Blessing Offor
36 Who I Am, Ben Fuller
37 Rest In The Father, Stephen Stanley
38 Joy In The Morning, Tauren Wells
39 Heart Of God, Zach Williams
40 The King Is Alive, Jordan Feliz
41 Trust In God, Elevation Worship Featuring Chris Brown
42 My Light, Colton Dixon
43 That's Enough, Brandon Heath
44 Hallelujah Feeling, Caleb & John
45 Somebody To You, Rachael Lampa Featuring Andrew Ripp
46 Firm Foundation (He Won't), Cody Carnes
47 Wholehearted, We Are Messengers
48 Something Better, Blanca
49 I Thank God, Housefires & JWLKRS Worship Featuring Blake Wiggins & Ryan Ellis
50 Fight On My Knees, Evan Craft

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Gospel songs

1 Jireh, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine
2 Goodness Of God, CeCe Winans
3 God Really Loves Us, Crowder & Dante Bowe Featuring Maverick City Music
4 Fear Is Not My Future, Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin Featuring Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore
5 More Than Able, Elevation Worship Featuring Chandler Moore & Tiffany Hudson
6 Lord Do It For Me (Live In Memphis), Zacardi Cortez
7 Kingdom, Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin Featuring Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore
8 Hurricane, Kanye West
9 We All Need Jesus, Danny Gokey With Koryn Hawthorne
10 All Things, Kirk Franklin
11 Your World, Jonathan McReynolds
12 Miracles, Kierra Sheard Featuring Pastor Mike Jr.
13 Bless Me, Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin
14 Impossible, Pastor Mike Jr. Featuring James Fortune
15 Feel Alright (Blessed), Erica Campbell
16 Praise God, Kanye West
17 I've Got Joy, CeCe Winans
18 Up, Tauren Wells & Erica Campbell
19 Jireh (My Provider) (Remix), Limoblaze, Lecrae & Happi
20 Tent Revival, Travis Greene & Forward City Featuring D'Nar
21 I Still Have You, Smokie Norful
22 God Problems, Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine
23 Worthy Of It All, CeCe Winans
24 No Longer Bound (I'm Free), Chandler Moore, Forrest Frank & Maverick City Music
25 For Myself, Jonathan McReynolds & Chandler Moore
26 When I Pray, DOE
27 You've Been Good To Me, Zacardi Cortez
28 Your Power, Lecrae Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard
29 I Need You, The Walls Group
30 Beautiful Day, Prinz X Rushawn X Jermaine Edwards
31 Joy (Unspeakable), Voices Of Fire Featuring Pharrell Williams
32 One Name (Live From New York), Naomi Raine
33 Here Comes The Joy, Deitrick Haddon
34 The Moment, Tasha Cobbs Leonard
35 The Better Benediction, PJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers & Darrel "MusiqCity" Walls
36 New, Tye Tribbett
37 I Believe God, Jekalyn Carr
38 Only One Night Tho, Tye Tribbett
39 WOW (Walk On Water), Lena Byrd Miles
40 Better Than Good To Me, Lady Harmony
41 Promises, Maverick City Music Featuring Joe L. Barnes & Naomi Raine
42 Daily Bread, Otis Kemp
43 Thankful, JJ Hairston
44 Always, Jovonta Patton
45 Able, Jonathan McReynolds Featuring Marvin Winans
46 Call, Jor'dan Armstrong x Erica Campbell
47 Cry, Koryn Hawthorne
48 Nothing Else Matters (Instead of Complaining, Praise Him), Brent Jones
49 Always Peace, Brian Courtney Wilson
50 Jesus!, Tim Bowman Jr. & Faith City Music & Le'Andria Johnson

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Gospel air

1 Feel Alright (Blessed), Erica Campbell
2 I Still Have You, Smokie Norful
3 Miracles, Kierra Sheard Featuring Pastor Mike Jr.
4 Always Peace, Brian Courtney Wilson
5 Goodness Of God, CeCe Winans
6 Daily Bread, Otis Kemp
7 The Moment, Tasha Cobbs Leonard
8 I Wanna Say Thank You, James Grear & Company Featuring Maurette Brown Clark
9 WOW (Walk On Water), Lena Byrd Miles
10 The Better Benediction, PJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers & Darrel "MusiqCity" Walls
11 Jesus!, Tim Bowman Jr. & Faith City Music & Le'Andria Johnson
12 Tent Revival, Travis Greene & Forward City Featuring D'Nar
13 Impossible, Pastor Mike Jr. Featuring James Fortune
14 Great God, Demetrius West And The Jesus Promoters Featuring Lisa Carter-Cork
15 Always, Jovonta Patton
16 Nothing Else Matters (Instead of Complaining, Praise Him), Brent Jones
17 All Things, Kirk Franklin
18 I Believe God, Jekalyn Carr
19 Finished, Tamela Mann
20 New, Tye Tribbett
21 Heaven, Anthony David & Algebra Blessett
22 Revival, Jules Juda Featuring Leek Spence & TASHA
23 I Believe, Fred Jerkins Featuring Bishop Paul S. Morton
24 Speak, Angel Taylor
25 Lord Do It For Me (Live In Memphis), Zacardi Cortez
26 Your World, Jonathan McReynolds
27 Call On The Name, Marcus Jordan
28 I Will Rejoice, Isabel Davis
29 Here Comes The Joy, Deitrick Haddon
30 It's Working, Todd Dulaney + Bishop Hezekiah Walker
31 No Stressing, Damon Little Featuring Angie Stone
32 The Promise, The Mississippi Mass Choir Featuring Stan Jones & Myron Butler
33 Lord, I Hear You!, Lucinda Moore
34 You Kept Me, Marvin Sapp
35 Speak Your Name, Anthony Brown & group therAPy
36 Thankful, JJ Hairston
37 Call, Jor'dan Armstrong x Erica Campbell
38 Closet, Half Mile Home
39 Only One Night Tho, Tye Tribbett
40 Jesus I'll Never Forget, Zak Williams & 1/Akord Featuring Lowell Pye
41 You've Been Good To Me, Zacardi Cortez
42 Anything But Fail, The Group Fire
43 My Mind's Made Up, Darius Brooks & The Tommies Reunion
44 I'm In Love (Live), Nia Allen
45 Alright, Melvin Crispell, III
46 Live Again, Kelontae Gavin
47 Kingdom, Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin Featuring Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore
48 I Rely, SEMAJE
49 Let Go, Let God, Erica Reed Featuring Mark Kibble
50 Reminder, JJ Hairston Featuring Deon Kipping

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Smooth Jazz airplay

1 Ridin' The Wave, Vincent Ingala
2 Nujazzy, Bobby Lyle Featuring Nathan East
3 100% Cotton, Nathan Mitchell Featuring Marcus Anderson
4 Lovers Melody, Ryan La Valette Featuring Nicholas Cole
5 Missing You, Jackiem Joyner
6 Easy, Tim Bowman
7 Turkish, Rick Braun
8 It's Personal, Jimmy B.
9 Groove Central, Lemek Featuring Ryan La Valette
10 Stone Cold, Pamela Williams
11 Detour, Boney James
12 Right On, Right On, Adam Hawley Featuring Julian Vaughan
13 For The Cool In You, Cindy Bradley
14 After Party, David P Stevens
15 Open Road, Paula Atherton
16 Off The Top, Kim Scott
17 Undulation, Kayla Waters
18 Groove Factor, Skinny Hightower
19 Night In The Algarve, Nils
20 How I Feel With You, Jeff Ryan
21 Taboo, Damien Escobar
22 Dance With Me Tonight, Brian Culbertson
23 Everlasting, Darren Rahn
24 Perfect Timing, Lisa Addeo
25 Piermont Nights, Jazz Holdouts
26 The One, Greg Manning Featuring Julian Vaughn
27 Let It Breathe, Michael Broening
28 Moon Goddess, Michael Lington
29 Static, Mo Louis
30 After We Play, Johnny Britt Featuring Peter White
31 On A Roll, Quintin Gerard W.
32 Ride With Me, JJ Sansaverino
33 Full Court Press, Ragan Whiteside
34 Double Down, The Rahn Brothers
35 Skyway, Steve Oliver
36 Magic Mirror, Carol Albert
37 Just Like That, Nick Colionne
38 Eddie's Groove, Gerald Albright
39 Solid, Lin Rountree Featuring Ryan La Valette
40 Stand Up, Roberto Restuccia
41 Joy Dance, Kim Waters
42 Convergency, Candy Dulfer Featurng Nile Rodgers
43 Hustle, Jazz Funk Soul
44 Liquid Soul (Lovers Remix), Chris Standring
45 Crush, Blake Aaron
46 Happy, Jeffery Smith
47 Talk To Me, Michael Broening Featuring Marion Meadows
48 Forecast, Jazz Funk Soul
49 That Special Touch, Kim Waters
50 On My Way, Phylicia Rae Featuring Gerald Albright

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Soundtrack albums

1 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack
2 Moana, Soundtrack
3 Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse: Metro Boomin Presents (Metro Boomin), Soundtrack
4 Encanto (Highlights), Soundtrack
5 Top Gun: Maverick, Soundtrack
6 The Greatest Showman, Soundtrack
7 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio), Soundtrack
8 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Music From And Inspired By, Soundtrack
9 Purple Rain (Prince And The Revolution), Soundtrack
10 Frozen II, Soundtrack
11 A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper), Soundtrack
12 K-12 (Melanie Martinez), Soundtrack
13 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By, Soundtrack
14 Trolls, Soundtrack
15 Elvis (Elvis Presley), Soundtrack
16 Frozen, Soundtrack
17 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack
18 Sing 2, Soundtrack
19 TANGLED, Soundtrack
20 Look At Me: The Album. (XXXTENTACION), Soundtrack
21 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol.3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack
22 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack
23 The Little Mermaid, Soundtrack
24 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Soundtrack
25 Minecraft: Volume Alpha (Soundtrack), C418

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Canada Hot 100

1 Flowers, Miley Cyrus
2 Calm Down, Rema & Selena Gomez
3 Last Night, Morgan Wallen
4 I'm Good (Blue), David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
5 Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift
6 Kill Bill, SZA
7 Unholy, Sam Smith & Kim Petras
8 Creepin', Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage
9 Fast Car, Luke Combs
10 As It Was, Harry Styles
11 Die For You, The Weeknd & Ariana Grande
12 Escapism, RAYE Featuring 070 Shake
13 Cruel Summer, Taylor Swift
14 Karma, Taylor Swift
15 Something In The Orange, Zach Bryan
16 Made You Look, Meghan Trainor
17 Eyes Closed, Ed Sheeran
18 Rich Flex, Drake & 21 Savage
19 Dance The Night, Dua Lipa
20 I Ain't Worried, OneRepublic
21 Chemical, Post Malone
22 Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2, PinkPantheress & Ice Spice
23 Run Away To Mars, TALK
24 Fukumean, Gunna
25 Sure Thing, Miguel
26 Flowers Need Rain, Preston deleted & Banx + Ranx
27 Vampire, Olivia Rodrigo
28 Lavender Haze, Taylor Swift
29 Confetti, Charlotte Cardin
30 Players, Coi Leray
31 Thinkin' Bout Me, Morgan Wallen
32 Until I Found You, Stephen Sanchez
33 Cupid, Fifty Fifty
34 Daylight, David Kushner
35 Sprinter, Dave & Central Cee
36 Forget Me, Lewis Capaldi
37 Rock And A Hard Place, Bailey Zimmerman
38 Golden Hour, JVKE
39 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen
40 Paint The Town Red, Doja Cat
41 0.440972222222222, Tiesto Featuring Tate McRae
42 Superhero (Heroes & Villains), Metro Boomin, Future & Chris Brown
43 Snooze, SZA
44 Just Wanna Rock, Lil Uzi Vert
45 Barbie World, Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice With Aqua
46 Search & Rescue, Drake
47 Baby Don't Hurt Me, David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray
48 Trustfall, P!nk
49 All My Life, Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole
50 Another Love, Tom Odell
51 Hold Me Closer, Elton John & Britney Spears
52 Jaded, Miley Cyrus
53 Thought You Should Know, Morgan Wallen
54 If Anything's Left, Jamie Fine
55 Dial Drunk, Noah Kahan With Post Malone
56 Religiously, Bailey Zimmerman
57 All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey
58 Popular, The Weeknd, Playboi Carti & Madonna
59 Lift Me Up, Rihanna
60 Cuff It, Beyonce
61 Star Walkin' (League Of Legends Worlds Anthem), Lil Nas X
62 What Was I Made For?, Billie Eilish
63 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
64 Wish You The Best, Lewis Capaldi
65 Seven, Jung Kook Featuring Latto
66 Next To You, Loud Luxury, DVBBS & Kane Brown
67 I Remember Everything, Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves
68 Whitney, Reve
69 Meltdown, Travis Scott Featuring Drake
70 Rich Men North Of Richmond, Oliver Anthony Music
71 Nobody Gets Me, SZA
72 Never Gonna Not Dance Again, P!nk
73 Waffle House, Jonas Brothers
74 Ain't That Some, Morgan Wallen
75 Everything I Love, Morgan Wallen
76 People, Libianca
77 Next Thing You Know, Jordan Davis
78 Last Christmas, Wham!
79 Going, Going, Gone, Luke Combs
80 Love You Anyway, Luke Combs
81 Need A Favor, Jelly Roll
82 What It Is (Block Boy), Doechii Featuring Kodak Black
83 Too Many Nights, Metro Boomin Featuring Don Toliver & Future
84 Heaven, Niall Horan
85 Trance, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Young Thug
86 I Know ?, Travis Scott
87 Uh Oh, Tate McRae
88 See You Again, Tyler, The Creator Featuring Kali Uchis
89 Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms
90 The Color Violet, Tory Lanez
91 Dancin' In The Country, Tyler Hubbard
92 Ceilings, Lizzy McAlpine
93 Low, SZA
94 Miss You, Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz
95 Pretty Girl Era, LU KALA
96 Stand By Me, Lil Durk Featuring Morgan Wallen
97 Here With Me, d4vd
98 Spin Bout U, Drake & 21 Savage
99 Cowgirls, Morgan Wallen Featuring ERNEST
100 Favorite Song, Toosii

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Canada albums

1 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen
2 Midnights, Taylor Swift
3 SOS, SZA
4 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage
5 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen
6 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin
7 The Highlights, The Weeknd
8 Diamonds, Elton John
9 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan
10 Lover, Taylor Swift
11 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs
12 Harry's House, Harry Styles
13 Folklore, Taylor Swift
14 1989, Taylor Swift
15 This One's For You, Luke Combs
16 Utopia, Travis Scott
17 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem
18 =, Ed Sheeran
19 Curtain Call 2, Eminem
20 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs
21 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
22 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift
23 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus
24 Certified Lover Boy, Drake
25 Growin' Up, Luke Combs
26 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift
27 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo
28 Rave & Roses, Rema
29 reputation, Taylor Swift
30 Greatest Hits, Queen
31 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
32 Greatest Hits, Pitbull
33 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen
34 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa
35 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA
36 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke
37 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack
38 Stick Season, Noah Kahan
39 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran
40 Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan
41 Scorpion, Drake
42 After Hours, The Weeknd
43 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone
44 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi
45 Renaissance, Beyonce
46 Evermore, Taylor Swift
47 The Eminem Show, Eminem
48 Queen Radio: Volume 1, Nicki Minaj
49 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
50 Graduation, Kanye West

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Morgan Wallen Is the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Artist of 2023 & ‘Last Night’ Is Top Song

11/21/2023
By Gary Trust

Wallen leads the year-end Hot 100 Artists recap, over SZA at No. 2 & Taylor Swift at No. 3.

Morgan Wallen rules Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 Artists chart, while his smash crossover single “Last Night” leads the year’s Hot 100 Songs recap.

He is the first artist that primarily records country music to top Hot 100 Artists since 1981, while “Last Night” is the first year-end Hot 100 Songs No. 1 by a solo male to have led the weekly Hot Country Songs list since 1959.

Wallen commands Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 Artists chart, with “Last Night” one of 40 songs that he logged on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 during the chart year; five hit the top 10, all from his album One Thing at a Time – the No. 1 title on this year’s Billboard 200 Albums recap.

Notably, Wallen is the first artist that primarily records country music to claim the top Hot 100 Artists title since late legend Kenny Rogers in 1981.

“Last Night” leads the 2023 year-end Hot 100 Songs chart, having topped the weekly ranking, which blends streaming, radio airplay and sales data, for 16 weeks beginning in March – the most for a non-collaboration in the survey’s 65-year history. It led the Country Airplay chart for eight weeks and crossed over to No. 5 peaks on the Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay charts.

The track also crowned the Hot Country Songs chart for 25 weeks. It’s just the third year-end Hot 100 Songs No. 1 to have led the weekly Hot Country Songs list, joining Faith Hill’s “Breathe” in 2000 and Johnny Horton’s “The Battle of New Orleans” in 1959, the only such hit by a male artist.

Meanwhile, with “Last Night” parent LP One Thing at a Time topping the 2023 Billboard 200 Albums recap, the year-end No. 1 on Hot 100 Songs is from the leading title on the Billboard 200 Albums tally for the first time since 2011, when Adele’s 21 and “Rolling in the Deep” doubled up, respectively. Wallen claims the first such twofer by a solo male since 2004, when Usher’s Confessions reigned as the year’s biggest album and its single “Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, wrapped as the top song. Only two other solo males have achieved the feat: In 2003, 50 Cent finished with the No. 1 Billboard 200 album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, and Hot 100 song, “In Da Club,” after George Michael ruled in 1988 with, respectively, his album Faith and its title track.

“Last Night” is also the No. 1 title on the 2023 year-end Streaming Songs chart.

SZA claims the No. 2 spot on the 2023 year-end Hot 100 Artists retrospective, thanks to 25 Hot 100 hits during the chart year. She achieved her first two Hot 100 No. 1s in that span, with “Kill Bill,” for a week in April, and as featured on Drake’s “Slime You Out,” for a week in September.

Taylor Swift ranks at No. 3 on Hot 100 Artists, followed by Drake at No. 4 and Luke Combs at No. 5. Swift’s “Anti-Hero” became the longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1 of her career, notching its eighth and last week on top in January; Drake upped his count to 13 No. 1s, thanks to “First Person Shooter,” featuring J. Cole, in October – tying Michael Jackson for the most leaders among solo men; and Combs hit No. 2 on the weekly chart with his cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” outperforming the original’s No. 6 peak in 1988. Combs’ remake ruled Country Airplay for five weeks, Hot Country Songs for four frames and Adult Pop Airplay for two weeks.

Rounding out the 2023 Hot 100 Artists top 10 are Miley Cyrus (No. 6), Zach Bryan (No. 7), 21 Savage (No. 8), Peso Pluma (No. 9) and The Weeknd (No. 10).

Cyrus’ “Flowers” places at No. 2 on the 2023 year-end Hot 100 Songs chart. It also dominates the Radio Songs ranking, having led the weekly list for 18 weeks – the most for a song by a woman since the chart began in 1990. The song, which became Cyrus’ second Hot 100 No. 1, after “Wrecking Ball” in 2013, and reigned for eight weeks from its debut in January, is also No. 1 on the year-end Adult Contemporary Songs and Adult Pop Airplay Songs charts.

SZA’s “Kill Bill” slashes its way to No. 3 on the year-end Hot 100 Songs chart, followed by Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” which leads the Digital Song Sales recap, at No. 4 and Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage’s “Creepin’” at No. 5.

Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” and The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” finish at Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, on the 2023 year-end Hot 100 Songs chart. Notably, both songs were not originally duets – Gomez joined on “Calm Down” and Grande was added to “Die for You” – and both traveled lengthy routes to their chart peaks. “Calm Down” was originally released in February 2022 by Rema; its mix with Gomez arrived that September; and the song hit No. 3 on the weekly Hot 100 this June. It also tops the year-end Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, having run up its record reign to 58 weeks in October, and the Pop Airplay Songs tally.

“Die for You” was even more vintage when it hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 in March, sparked by the arrival of its remix with Grande. It led six years, two months and three weeks after it debuted on the chart in December 2016, then from early interest on The Weeknd’s album Starboy – the longest such run to No. 1 ever among non-holiday songs.

Closing out the year-end Hot 100 Songs chart’s top 10, Combs’ “Fast Car” ranks at No. 8, SZA’s “Snooze” places at No. 9, and David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” finishes at No. 10. In addition to Combs’ remake of Chapman’s classic, “Snooze” brought co-writer Babyface back to the weekly Hot 100’s top 10, with his history in the region dating to the ‘80s, while Guetta and Rexha’s collaboration reworks Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee),” a No. 6 hit in 2000.

Meanwhile, thanks to Wallen, Swift and Drake, among other artists, Republic Records tops Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 Labels chart. The label defends its 2022 title, after it also led in 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014. Plus, Swift rules Hot 100 Songwriters, with writing credits on 44 entries on the weekly ranking during the chart year, while Joey Moi, who produced “Last Night,” wraps at No. 1 on Hot 100 Producers.

Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Nov. 19, 2022, through Oct. 21, 2023. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the November-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.

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After a Decade, Country Music Finally Reigns on Year-End Streaming Charts
Morgan Wallen gives the genre its first No. 1 song and artist on the 2023 year-end streaming surveys.


BY KEVIN RUTHERFORD


Taylor Swift Is Billboard's Top Artist of 2023
… and a country song is No. 1 on the year-end Streaming Songs chart.

… and the top 10s of both rankings are chock full of both country artists and songs.

Point is, 2023 was a banner year for country on the streaming charts. And that’s after 2022’s year-end Streaming Songs Artists tally featured a country artist in the top 10 for the very first time in Morgan Wallen.

Oh, right, the No. 1 artist and song of 2023. It’s Wallen.

Explore All of Billboard’s 2023 Year-End Charts

After breaking through as the first act releasing music primarily in the country genre to appear in the Streaming Songs Artists survey’s top 10 at No. 4 in 2022, Wallen leads it in 2023, while his “Last Night” crowns the songs-based list, also marking the first time a country tune ranks atop that chart; both year-end recaps began in 2013, the same year Streaming Songs became a weekly Billboard chart.

“Last Night” was the only song of Wallen’s to reach No. 1 on the weekly Streaming Songs list. But it was far and away the year’s biggest song there, reigning for 19 weeks beginning in March. Barring a return to No. 1, the song concludes its run one week short of the record for most frames atop Streaming Songs, held by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.

It was so comparatively massive, in fact, that the next-closest songs released in 2023 in terms of overall weeks at No. 1 were Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything” featuring Kacey Musgraves, and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers.” Currently, both boast four weeks apiece atop the survey.

Streaming was, as a result, a critical component of “Last Night” and its sizable run at No. 1 on the weekly multimetric Billboard Hot 100, reigning for 16 weeks.

But though “Last Night” was Wallen’s only No. 1 of the year, the weekly Streaming Songs tally was dotted with the 30-year-old’s tracks in 2023, both via his monster 2023 LP One Thing at a Time and from previous releases. In all, Wallen appears six times on the 75-song-deep year-end Streaming Songs ranking, with “Last Night” followed by “You Proof” at No. 6.

Country’s hold on Streaming Songs wasn’t limited to Wallen, either. Four of the top 10 on Streaming Songs Artists in 2023 largely released music in the country genre, while a fifth, Taylor Swift, appeared on the weekly survey with country songs a few times via her Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) re-recording. Compare that number to 2022, when six country acts made the entire 25-position Streaming Songs Artists year-end list, Wallen the only one of the group in the top 10.

Joining Wallen in the top 10 are three acts who were part of that group of six last year. Zach Bryan ranks at No. 5, followed by Luke Combs at No. 6 and Bailey Zimmerman rounding out the club at No. 9.

Bryan’s “Something in the Orange,” originally released in 2022 as part of the album American Heartbreak, soared to new heights in 2023 (it was No. 12 on the year-end 2022 Streaming Songs tally), rising to No. 3 the year-end survey. Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” also reaches the top 10 at No. 7, giving country four of the top 10.

Give a shoutout to other genres, too. R&B was well presented by SZA, who ranks at No. 2 on the year-end artists ranking while her “Kill Bill” is the No. 2 song. It became her first No. 1 on the weekly chart (four weeks beginning in December 2022) and helps SZA to her best-ever ranks on either year-end list. Her previous best on Streaming Songs as a lead artist had been “Good Days” in 2021 (No. 29), the same year she appeared at a then-career-best No. 22 on the artists rundown.

And while Bad Bunny didn’t quite retain the dominance he enjoyed in 2022 as the No. 1 on Streaming Songs Artists (chalk that up in part to his latest album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, only having come out in October, eligible for the 2024 year-end rankings), not only did he still appear at a respectable No. 15 – Latin music was also represented in the top 10 thanks to Peso Pluma, whose meteoric rise caps off with a No. 7 placement. Concurrently, his collaboration with Eslabon Armado, “Ella Baila Sola,” ranks at No. 9 on the year-end Streaming Songs ranking.

Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Nov. 19, 2022, through Oct. 21, 2023. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the November-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.

[Gary]

Miley Cyrus & Taylor Swift Rule 2023’s Billboard Global Charts
Cyrus' "Flowers" tops both year-end Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. lists, after spending multiple months at No. 1 on both weekly surveys.


BY ERIC FRANKENBERG

AAfter Bad Bunny and Harry Styles ruled the 2022 year-end global rankings, 2023 is all about the ladies: Taylor Swift finishes as the No. 1 Billboard Global 200 Artist and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Artist, while Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” is the No. 1 title on the year-end Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. recaps.


While the 2023 year-end tracking period began with the Nov. 19, 2022-dated chart, Cyrus rang in the calendar year almost immediately, with the Jan. 12 release of “Flowers.” By the end of the month, it debuted atop both global charts, and made itself at home. The song reigned for 13 weeks on Global Excl. U.S. and for 12 on the Global 200, tying Harry Styles’ “As It Was” for the longest run at No. 1 on the former list (dating back to its Sept. 2020 launch).

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Throughout the year, “Flowers” appeared on 39 of Billboard’s Hits of the World charts and topped lists in 26 international territories, including those in Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. In North America, it crowned the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 for eight non-consecutive weeks, winding up No. 2 on its year-end tally.

Eight songs appear in the year-end top 10 of both global lists. In addition to “Flowers,” there’s Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down,” “SZA’s “Kill Bill,” Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” The Weeknd & Ariana Grande’s “Die For You,” Sam Smith & Kim Petras’ “Unholy,” David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue),” and last year’s champion, Harry Styles’ “As It Was.”

The Global 200 top 10 is rounded out by Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage at No. 9 with “Creepin’” and Morgan Wallen at No. 10 with “Last Night.” On Global Excl. U.S., the two final missing pieces are Tom Odell’s “Another Love” at No. 9 and Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, at No. 10. Last year, both charts’ top 10s contained the same songs, albeit in slightly different order.

Both lists’ top 10s are performed entirely in English. In each of their three annual recaps so far, “Dakiti” by Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez is the only non-English song to hit the top 10, at No. 6 for both in 2021. Still, six non-English songs topped the weekly Global Excl. U.S. survey during the 2023 tracking period, up from four in 2022 and three in 2021. This year’s haul includes the first Japanese-language song the reach the summit, via YOASOBI’s “Idol.”

Bolstered by the hangover success of last year’s Midnights, plus the July release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift finishes as the No. 1 Billboard Global 200 Artist and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Artist. In all, she landed 54 songs on the former survey and 46 on the latter. In addition to new hits like “Anti-Hero” and “Karma,” featuring Ice Spice, Swift’s year on the charts was bolstered by buzz surrounding The Eras Tour. Though the trek never went beyond North America in the tracking period (the tour continues throughout next year, traveling from continent to continent), global buzz via word-of-mouth and social media spring boarded various hits across Swift’s eras onto the charts.

As the tour continues, so likely will her global chart success. Already in the 2024 tracking period, she has hit No. 1 on the Global 200 twice – first, with 2019’s “Cruel Summer,” and then with “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault),” one of 19 top-40 debuts from 1989 (Taylor’s Version).

Aside from Olivia Rodrigo as 2021’s No. 1 year-end Global 200 Artist, Cyrus and Swift are the first artists from the mainland U.S. to crown annual global recaps. BTS (South Korea) and Dua Lipa (U.K.) covered the other three in 2021, and Bad Bunny (Puerto Rico) and Harry Styles (U.K.) reigned over 2022.

Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd appear in the top 10 of both charts’ artist lists for the third year in a row. While global-chart-era hits like “Shivers” and “Save Your Tears” have been key to their sustained success, they’ve each maintained consistent weekly marks for older titles like “Perfect” and “Shape of You” for Sheeran and “The Hills” and “Starboy” for The Weeknd.

Just as Styles repeats in both top 10s with last year’s champ, “As It Was,” Bad Bunny is back on both artist tallies, at No. 2 on Global 200 Artists and No. 3 on Global Excl. U.S. Artists. Like Swift, he is setting himself for a successful 2024, as 19 songs from Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana debuted on each chart in the first week of the ’24 tracking period, including “Monaco” at No. 1 on both.

In year-end recaps for 2021 and 2022, Bad Bunny was the only Latin act to reach the top 10 of any of the four global charts. This year, he is joined in the top 10 by Peso Pluma (No. 6 – Global 200 Artists; No. 7 – Global Excl. U.S. Artists), plus Feid and Karol G, at Nos. 8-9, respectively, on Global Excl U.S. Artists.

NewJeans is the highest-ranking K-Pop act, at No. 9 on Global 200 Artists and No. 4 on Global Excl. U.S. Artists.

Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Nov. 19, 2022, through Oct. 21, 2023. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the November-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.

[Gary]

SZA’s ‘SOS’ Sinks The Competition While ‘Kill Bill’ Is Top Song on Year-End R&B/Hip-Hop Charts
SZA wraps 2023 as the No. 1 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist.


BY TREVOR ANDERSON

IIn hindsight, when SZA signaled the release of her SOS album, it was less a distress signal and more a warning shot – go up against this blockbuster, and you’re the one in trouble.

Such it is that SZA caps a dominant year with top honors on the 2023 Billboard year-end R&B/hip-hop recaps, including her first No. 1 finish on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists ranking. With her victory as the genre’s top performer during the chart year (as measured by activity weekly charts dated Nov. 19, 2022 – Oct. 21, 2023), SZA ends an eight-year run of male acts atop the list, becoming the first woman to take the annual crown since Beyoncé in 2014.

Record-breaking achievements on both the genre’s primary albums and songs charts power SZA’s triumph. While the five-year anticipation for her sophomore full-length album, SOS, was always likely to garner big results, the set evolved from instant hit to full-on powerhouse. Its 22-week run at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart demolished several records, including the longest-running champ by a female artist and the most weeks atop the chart for any project since 1990. Thanks to that historic performance, SOS docks at No. 1 on the 2023 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums review.

In addition to top artist and top album honors, SZA completes the hat-trick with the No. 1 year-end title on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, “Kill Bill.” The fan-favorite SOS track joined the history books, breaking the record for the song with the most weeks at No. 1 on the weekly Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with an unprecedented 21-week siege. With gold medals for herself, SOS and “Kill Bill,” SZA becomes the first act to top all three major year-end R&B/hip-hop rankings since Drake in 2018. The top artist that year, he also walked off with the No. 1 album, Scorpion, and No. 1 song, “God’s Plan.”

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While “Kill Bill” lead the way, SZA scored additional SOS hits with hits such as “Snooze” and “Shirt,” which nab the No. 4 and No. 16 spots on the year-end Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Thanks to her co-writing credits on those and all other SOS tunes, SZA also earns the No. 1 rank on the year’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songwriters list.

Behind SZA, Drake closes 2023 as the year’s No. 2 act on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists chart. The superstar was the two-time defending champ and had ruled the ranking for a record seven total years. Despite the slip to second place in the overall standings, he heads the recap for the year’s Top Male R&B/Hip-Hop Artists for a third consecutive year.

Much of the 6 God’s activity stems from Her Loss, his 2022 collaborative album with 21 Savage, that comes in at No. 2 on the year’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums rankings. The set’s biggest single, “Rich Flex,” finishes at No. 5 on the annual Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs survey, spurred by a four-week command of the weekly chart in November – December 2022. In addition to Her Loss, Drake’s station as one of the top streaming artists is on display on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums list, with four LPs in the chart’s top 20 (Her Loss – No. 2, Certified Lover Boy – No. 9, take Care – No. 18, Scorpion – No. 19), double the amount of any other act.

Behind SOS and Her Loss, Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains takes third place on the 2023 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums standing. The album marked the super producer’s third (of four) straight No. 1 projects on the weekly chart and launched the smash single “Creepin’” with The Weeknd and 21 Savage. The tune, an updated remake of sorts of Mario Winans’ 2004 hit, “I Don’t Wanna Know,” with P. Diddy and Enya, debuted at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and spent its first 34 weeks on the chart in the top 10. Thanks to that longevity, the tune wins the No. 2 spot on the year’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs leaderboard. Furthermore, with the runaway “Creepin’” success and more charted hits from Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin takes the prize for the No. 1 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Producer. It gives the hitmaker his first year-end title, having previously finished as high as No. 2 in 2017.

In addition to the previously named champs, here’s a further look at some of Billboard’s key 2023 R&B/Hip-Hop No. 1s:

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist: SZA
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist – Female: SZA
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist – Male: Drake
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist – New: Ice Spice
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Label: Republic Records
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album: SOS – SZA
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: “Kill Bill” – SZA
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Writer: SZA
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Producer: Metro Boomin
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Song: “Free Mind” – Tems
R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales: “Cuff It” – Beyoncé
R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs: “Kill Bill” – SZA
Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: “Under the Influence” – Chris Brown
Adult R&B Airplay: “Free Mind” – Tems
Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Nov. 19, 2022, through Oct. 21, 2023. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the November-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.

[Gary]

Taylor Swift Is the Top Billboard Hot 100 Songwriter of 2023
Plus, Zach Bryan, Jack Antonoff, Ashley Gorley and SZA finish in the year-end top five.


BY XANDER ZELLNER

OOn top of finishing 2023 as Billboard’s overall Top Artist of the year, Taylor Swift is also the No. 1 Hot 100 Songwriter of the year for the first time.

She tops the year-end ranking thanks to a whopping 44 songwriting credits on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 2023 chart eligibility period (Nov. 19, 2022-Oct. 21, 2023), including her eight-week No. 1 hit, “Anti-Hero.”

Here’s a look at all 44 of Swift’s songwriting credits on the Hot 100 during the 2023 tracking period, which all contribute to her placement on the year-end ranking. As is reflected below, Swift is credited as the sole songwriter on many of the songs listed, helping boost her chart points (as she doesn’t share points with any other individuals).

(It’s worth noting that her former No. 1 hit from 2014, “Blank Space,” is included below because it re-entered the Hot 100 for two weeks in August. “Cruel Summer” also rose to No. 1 on the Hot 100 one week after the 2023 eligibility period ended, on Oct. 28—its chart run from June through Oct. 21 did, however, contribute to her point totals.)

Peak Position, Title (co-songwriters in addition to Taylor Swift)

No. 1, “Blank Space” (Max Martin, Shellback)
No. 1, “Anti-Hero” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 1, “Cruel Summer” (Jack Antonoff, St. Vincent)
No. 2, “Lavender Haze” (Jack Antonoff, Zoe Kravitz, Sam Dew, Jahaan Sweet, Mark Anthony Spears)
No. 2, “Karma” feat. Ice Spice (Jack Antonoff, Jahaan Sweet, Sounwave, Keanu Torres, Ice Spice, RIOTUSA)
No. 3, “Maroon” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 4, “Snow On The Beach” feat. Lana Del Rey (Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey)
No. 5, “Midnight Rain” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 5, “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
No. 6, “Bejeweled” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 7, “Question…?” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 8, “You’re On Your Own, Kid” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 10, “Vigilante Shit”
No. 12, “All of the Girls You Loved Before” (Frank Dukes, Louis Bell)
No. 13, “Mastermind” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 14, “Labyrinth” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 15, “Sweet Nothing” (William Bowery)
No. 15, “Mine (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 16, “Back To December (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 19, “Enchanted (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 20, “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve” (Aaron Dessner)
No. 21, “Bigger Than The Whole Sky” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 22, “Sparks Fly (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 26, “The Great War” (Aaron Dessner)
No. 26, “Dear John (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 27, “Hits Different” (Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff)
No. 28, “Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 31, “Castles Crumbling (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” feat. Hayley Williams
No. 32, “Paris” (Jack Antonoff)
No. 33, “High Infidelity” (Aaron Dessner)
No. 33, “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 34, “When Emma Falls In Love (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
No. 35, “Electric Touch (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
No. 39, “Mean (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 40, “Foolish One (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
No. 42, “The Story of Us (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 48, “Timeless (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
No. 50, “Haunted (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 53, “Long Live (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 57, “Last Kiss (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 58, “Never Grow Up (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 63, “Innocent (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 69, “Ours (Taylor’s Version)”
No. 74, “Superman (Taylor’s Version)”

Explore All of Billboard’s 2023 Year-End Charts

This is the second year in a row that Swift has finished as one of the top 10 songwriters. Last year, she finished the year at No. 3 (behind Lin-Manual Miranda and Dave Bayley), thanks to 50 songwriting credits—largely from Red (Taylor’s Version) and Midnights.

Just below Swift on the year-end Hot 100 Songwriters list, Zach Bryan finishes at No. 2, thanks to 25 songwriting credits on the Hot 100 during the eligibility period. Of those, two reached the top 10: his breakthrough “Something In the Orange” (No. 10 peak in January) and “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves (No. 1 in September).

After Bryan, Swift’s collaborator Jack Antonoff finishes as the No. 3 Hot 100 Songwriter, powered by 15 songwriting credits, all by Swift.

Ashley Gorley claims the No. 4 spot on the year-end Hot 100 Songwriters ranking, thanks to 20 songwriting credits during the period, including Morgan Wallen’s 16-week leader “Last Night,” which he co-wrote with John Byron, JKash and Charlie Handsome. Other songs contributing to his rank include Wallen’s “You Proof,” “One Thing At A Time” and “Thinkin’ Bout Me.”

SZA finishes as the No. 5 Hot 100 songwriter of the year, thanks to 25 songwriting credits on the Hot 100, mostly from her 10-week No. 1 album SOS. Of her 25 credits, four reached the top 10: “Kill Bill” (No. 1); “Slime You Out” with Drake (No. 1); “Snooze” (No. 2); and “Nobody Gets Me” (No. 10).

Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Nov. 19, 2022, through Oct. 21, 2023. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the November-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[imbondz]

Thanks Gary! Much appreciated!

[badrobot]

Unless I missed any (which is quite possible, I don't know all the songs), it looks like 9 out of the top 100 songs are "catalog" tracks. 5 are Christmas songs and 4 are older songs randomly brought back to the charts.

7 Die For You, The Weeknd & Ariana Grande
18 Cruel Summer, Taylor Swift
24 Sure Thing, Miguel
55 All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey
60 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee
68 Jingle Bell Rock, Bobby Helms
71 A Holly Jolly Christmas, Burl Ives
84 Last Christmas, Wham!
99 Bloody Mary, Lady Gaga

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

I'll always associate Flowers, Kill Bill, Anti-Hero and Creepin' together, so this #2-#3-#4-#5 punch totally fits.

They marked the first half of the year, all spent 28 weeks in the top 10 (besides Creepin' 27), together spent 16 weeks in the top 10 and they were in the top 4 for 3 weeks.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

female lead and co-lead songs (not counting features, like Don't Let Me Down for example) in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 YE chart:

2023 - 7
2022 - 3
2021 - 5
2020 - 2
2019 - 3
2018 - 4
2017 - 0
2016 - 2 
2015 - 1
2014 - 4
2013 - 2
2012 - 5
2011 - 4
2010 - 3
2009 - 4
2008 - 4
2007 - 7

[Limited Edition]

Nov 21, 2023 12:10:06 GMT -5 Gary said:

Global 200

15 Save Your Tears, The Weeknd & Ariana Grande

29 Blinding Lights, The Weeknd

Crazy to think that fricking BLINDING LIGHTS is not the song with the best longevity on After Hours! It shouldn't even be possible. But it still has the 2nd best longevity out of every song in the 2020s lmao. How do you have the two best-selling songs of the entire decade?!? 

[andrebra]

Kinda stumped on how Post Malone is top 10 on year-end artists…?

[Dylan :)]

When was the last time the #1 song didn’t have a music video?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Nov 22, 2023 1:10:13 GMT -5 andrebra said:

Kinda stumped on how Post Malone is top 10 on year-end artists…?

His "year" was the weakest overall in the chart in quite a few years, but he was #8 in the Billboard 200 YE artists and #18 in the Hot 100 YE artists. If you check the top 7 of the former, the same artists appear in the top 7 of the YE artists, with some slight changes in the order.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Nov 22, 2023 0:52:26 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Nov 21, 2023 12:10:06 GMT -5 Gary said:

Global 200

15 Save Your Tears, The Weeknd & Ariana Grande

29 Blinding Lights, The Weeknd

Crazy to think that fricking BLINDING LIGHTS is not the song with the best longevity on After Hours! It shouldn't even be possible. But it still has the 2nd best longevity out of every song in the 2020s lmao. How do you have the two best-selling songs of the entire decade?!? 

well tbh, SYT has a remix with one of the most popular artists rn, and it's currently at 1,35B streams on Spotify. Because it's combined, I think it'll be the same case with Die For You (SYT) and Starboy (BL).

[85la]

Nov 22, 2023 18:03:48 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

Nov 22, 2023 0:52:26 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

Crazy to think that fricking BLINDING LIGHTS is not the song with the best longevity on After Hours! It shouldn't even be possible. But it still has the 2nd best longevity out of every song in the 2020s lmao. How do you have the two best-selling songs of the entire decade?!? 

well tbh, SYT has a remix with one of the most popular artists rn, and it's currently at 1,35B streams on Spotify. Because it's combined, I think it'll be the same case with Die For You (SYT) and Starboy (BL).

Actually, based on total weeks on the Global 200 chart, Blinding Lights does have more longevity than Save Your Tears (the former has charted for 167 weeks, since the chart's inception in September 2020, while the latter has 150 weeks). And the fact that Save Your Tears is a slightly newer hit isn't all that surprising that it ranks a little higher for the 2023 year-end.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Top Tours year-end 2023

Rank Artist Gross Attendance Shows

1 Beyoncé $570.5M 2.7M 55

2 Coldplay $342.5M 3.2M 55
3 Harry Styles $338.2M 3.1M 69
4 Morgan Wallen $260.4M 1.3M 44
5 Ed Sheeran $256.9M 2.5M 46
6 P!nk $226.6M 1.6M 37
7 Elton John $210M 1.3M 65
8 The Weeknd $192.5M 1.9M 35
9 Depeche Mode $175.2M 1.8M 47
10 BLACKPINK $148.3M 703K 29
11 Karol G $146.9M 843K 19
12 Drake $140.9M 528K 32
13 Luke Combs $133.5M 1.4M 42
14 Metallica $125.8M 1.2M 19
15 Dead & Company $114.7M 845K 28
16 Post Malone $110.1M 1.1M 61
17 George Strait $107.5M 412K 11
18 Guns N' Roses $96.2M 888K 31
19 blink-182 $95.7M 692K 45
20 Muse $92.7M 1M 45
21 RBD $86.7M 353K 18
22 Shania Twain $85M 788K 52
23 Red Hot Chili Peppers $77.2M 658K 18
24 Phish $76.8M 597K 41
25 Eagles $76.4M 313K 27
26 Andre Rieu $74.7M 761K 86
27 Daddy Yankee $72.5M 773K 29
28 Bad Bunny $67.9M 719K 18
29 Kevin Hart $67.5M 631K 82
30 Dave Matthews Band $66.6M 708K 55
31 Trans-Siberian Orchestra $66.5M 914K 98
32 Bruno Mars $65.4M 338K 29
33 Imagine Dragons $61.3M 733K 22
34 Michael Buble $60.5M 585K 61
35 Romeo Santos $59.8M 567K 32
36 Lizzo $58.7M 609K 49
37 SUGA $57.1M 318K 26
38 SZA $57M 420K 32
39 Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks $56M 268K 5

40 Sting $55.7M 529K 67

According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore for engagements from November 1, 2022 - September 30,2023.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Taylor Swift has not reported the figures yet for the Eras tour so she does not make the year end list!

The pdf is here:

www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/november-30-2023-year-in-touring-billboard-bulletin.pdf

[85la]

Nov 30, 2023 13:53:22 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^Taylor Swift has not reported the figures yet for the Eras tour so she does not make the year end list!

The pdf is here:

www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/november-30-2023-year-in-touring-billboard-bulletin.pdf

Interesting why she wouldn't report yet? That should be fairly simple and straightforward. Surely she would be #1. I wonder if her numbers were counted in the other year-end artist charts?

[Gary]

A Look Through Billboard’s Year-End Song Reporting Over the Last 80 Years

We're reeling in the years.





By Joe Lynch





12/14/2023


Illustration by Barbara Gibson; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Samir Hussein/WireImage; Bob King/Redferns

From phone reporting to point-of-sale tracking to Luminate’s current data system, Billboard has published year-end music roundups for 80 years. Since 1943, a hit parade of swinging jazz tracks, scorching rockers and hip-hop bangers have ranked as the year’s top song. As 2023 wraps, here’s a look at the genre jubilee in our back pages.


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Based on a points system that “gives an approximation of comparative disk sales,” the Jan. 2, 1943, issue crowned Glenn Miller’s “Kalamazoo” as the “top recording” of 1942. Of the 20 entries on the list, 18 were from big bands — the exceptions being Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” and Spike Jones’ propaganda polka “Der Fuehrer’s Face.” In the Jan. 4, 1947, issue, Billboard unveiled its “First Annual Chart Count,” based on 106,000 reports from “sheet music jobbers… record dealers, disk jockeys and juke box operators [and] radio stations” — and declared Perry Como’s orchestral pop single “Prisoner of Love” to be 1946’s top tune.



Mambo, No. 1

Latin music spiced up 1955, and the Jan. 7, 1956, Billboard reported that Pérez Prado’s mambo hit “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” was the “top popular record” per “retail sales [and] juke box plays.” That year, rock was crowned king thanks to Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel.” “As could be no surprise to anyone, [Presley] has had a larger number of records on the national pop retail chart this year than any other recording artist,” the Dec. 22, 1956, issue reported. “Rhythm and blues and rock and roll together represent a big chunk of the singles market.”



First Timer

The Dec. 30, 1972, Billboard declared Roberta Flack’s “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to be the year’s top Hot 100 song. The Dec. 29, 1973, issue said soul music was becoming “more sophisticated, with ‘productions’ rather than the raucous music traditionally associated with soul.” Plus, the genre was receiving “a great deal more attention on television” thanks to Soul Train and variety shows, which fueled sales.



Hollywood Hits

The silver screen’s power to promote hits peaked in the 1990s. Dangerous Minds helped make Coolio featuring L.V.’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” the biggest Hot 100 song of 1995 — the first hip-hop track to achieve the feat. “It’s the fourth time in the ’90s that the top single of the year has come from a motion picture,” the Dec. 23, 1995, issue noted. “Singles from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves [by Bryan Adams], Boomerang [by Boyz II Men] and The Bodyguard [by Whitney Houston] headed the year-end charts in 1991, 1992 and 1993, respectively.”



Pop Life

When Kesha’s “Tik Tok” was crowned the Hot 100’s top song of 2010, Billboard reported that “pop reigned supreme.” By 2018, hip-hop was dominating the charts, with rappers credited on seven of the 10 biggest songs. Drake’s “God’s Plan” was the top track, and the Dec. 15, 2018, issue reported that he “rewrote the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 by any artist in a single year.” For 2023, Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” ruled — the first Hot Country Songs chart-topper to do so since Faith Hill’s “Breathe” in 2000.



This story will appear in the Dec. 16, 2023, issue of Billboard.