HAC Top 40 of 2023 (Inverse Points)

[Hot AC Archiver]

Here's my annual calculation of the year's top 40, based upon an inverse point method that gives bonus points for weeks at #1 and weeks in top 10. It's just for fun. Mediabase will eventually post their top songs of the year.

Here's the top 40 for the chart year, December 2022 - November 2023:

Top 40 of 2023 (Chart Year)

1. Flowers - Miley Cyrus, 3582 points
2. Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift, 1983 points
3. Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift
4. Calm Down - Rema & Selena Gomez
5. I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
6. Fast Car - Luke Combs
7. Dance the Night - Dua Lipa
8. How Do I Say Goodbye - Dean Lewis
9. Eyes Closed - Ed Sheeran
10. Made You Look - Meghan Trainor, 834 points
11. Unholy - Sam Smith
12. Karma - Taylor Swift
13. Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo
14. Creepin' - Metro Boomin' f/ The Weeknd, 21 Savage
15. Last Night - Morgan Wallen
16. Lavender - Taylor Swift
17. Bloody Mary - Lady Gaga
18. Wish You Were Here - Lewis Capaldi
19. TRUSTFALL - P!nk
20. Unstoppable - Sia, 617 points
21. Take My Name - Parmalee
22. Die for You - The Weeknd
23. NEED A FAVOR - Jelly Roll
24. Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez
25. Used to Be Young - Miley Cyrus
26. Jaded - Miley Cyrus
27. A Symptom of Being Human - Shinedown
28. Never Not Gonna Dance Again - P!nk
29. Kill Bill - SZA
30. Thank God I Do - Lauren Daigle, 516 points
31. Chemical - Post Malone
32. Dancing with Your Shadows - Phillip Phillips
33. Runaway - OneRepublic
34. mine - Kelly Clarkson
35. Thank God - Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown
36. We Didn't Start the Fire - Fall Out Boy
37. Waffle House - Jonas Brothers
38. Baby Don't Hurt Me - David Getta/Anne-Marie/Coi Leray
39. Cupid - Fifty Fifty
40. Victoria's Secret - Jax. 460 points

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

That's quite the domination by Cyrus, over 80% more pts than #2. Might that be a record?

[Hot AC Archiver]

For the 2020 calendar year chart, "Blinding Lights" had 4420 points at #1 while "Circles" had 2286 points, a ratio of 1.93:1

[Hot AC Archiver]

Here's the top 40 of the calendar year (Jan-Dec):

Top 40 of 2023 (Chart Year)

1. Flowers - Miley Cyrus, 3779 points
2. Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift, 2768 points
3. Calm Down - Rema & Selena Gomez
4. Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift
5. Dance the Night - Dua Lipa
6. Fast Car - Luke Combs
7. I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
8. How Do I Say Goodbye - Dean Lewis
9. Eyes Closed - Ed Sheeran
10. Karma - Taylor Swift, 831 points
11. Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo
12. Used to Be Young - Miley Cyrus
13. NEED A FAVOR - Jelly Roll
14. Creepin' - Metro Boomin' f/ The Weeknd. 21 Savage
15. Made You Look - Meghan Trainor
16. Last Night - Morgan Wallen
17. Bloody Mary - Lady Gaga
18. Unholy - Sam Smith
19. Wish You Were Here - Lewis Capaldi
20. TRUSTFALL - P!nk, 638 points
21. What Was I Made for? - Billie Eilish
22. Lavender Haze- Taylor Swift
23. Die for You - The Weeknd
24. Jaded - Miley Cyrus
25. A Symptom of Being Human - Shinedown
26. Take My Name - Parmalee
27. Kill Bill - SZA
28. Thank God I Do - Lauren Daigle
29. Dial Drunk - Noah Kahan
30. Chemical - Post Malone, 501 points
31. Dancing with Your Shadows - Phillip Phillips
32. Lil Boo Thang - Paul Russell
33. Runaway - OneRepublic
34. mine - Kelly Clarkson
35. Thank God - Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown
36. We Didn't Start the Fire - Fall Out Boy
37. Waffle House - Jonas Brothers
38. Baby Don't Hurt Me - David Getta/Anne-Marie/Coi Leray
39. Cupid - Fifty Fifty
40. Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez, 462 points

[Hot AC Archiver]

If anyone's interested, I updated the all time top 100 of the HAC chart: at40fan.info/hac/top100hac_revised.html