Top songs of 2023

What was the number one song of 2023?

The number one song of 2023 was “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2023. It spent 16 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated March 18, 2023.

“Last Night” by Morgan Wallen was number one for the most weeks of 2023: 16 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated March 18, 2023.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2023, year-end Hot 100 of 2023).

How many songs reached number one in 2023?

17 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2023. Counting “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and “Anti-Hero”, which were already at number one when the year began, 19 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2023, “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen stayed there longest: 16 weeks in total, from the chart dated March 18, 2023.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 2023. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2023?

3 acts had more than one number one in 2023, counting lead and featured credits. Taylor Swift had the most, with 3: “Anti-Hero”, “Cruel Summer” and “Is It Over Now?”.

• Taylor Swift: “Anti-Hero”, “Cruel Summer” and “Is It Over Now?”
• Drake: “Slime You Out” and “First Person Shooter”
• SZA: “Kill Bill” and “Slime You Out”

What were the biggest songs of 2023?

The five biggest songs of 2023 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen, “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus, “Kill Bill” by SZA, “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift and “Creepin'” by Metro Boomin, the Weeknd and 21 Savage.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “FukUMean” Gunna
32. “Lavender Haze” Taylor Swift
33. “Players” Coi Leray
34. “Need a Favor” Jelly Roll
35. “Dance the Night” Dua Lipa
36. “Love You Anyway” Luke Combs
37. “One Thing at a Time” Morgan Wallen
38. “Superhero (Heroes & Villains)” Metro Boomin, Future and Chris Brown
39. “Bad Habit” Steve Lacy
40. “La Bebé” Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma
41. “Golden Hour” Jvke
42. “Religiously” Bailey Zimmerman
43. “Spin Bout U” Drake and 21 Savage
44. “Cupid” Fifty Fifty
45. “Search & Rescue” Drake
46. “Barbie World” Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua
47. “Next Thing You Know” Jordan Davis
48. “Escapism” Raye featuring 070 Shake
49. “Un x100to” Grupo Frontera and Bad Bunny
50. “Until I Found You” Stephen Sanchez
51. “Shirt” SZA
52. “Paint the Town Red” Doja Cat
53. “Made You Look” Meghan Trainor
54. “Wait in the Truck” Hardy featuring Lainey Wilson
55. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” Mariah Carey
56. “Everything I Love” Morgan Wallen
57. “Chemical” Post Malone
58. “Heart Like a Truck” Lainey Wilson
59. “Going, Going, Gone” Luke Combs
60. “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” Brenda Lee
61. “Dancin' in the Country” Tyler Hubbard
62. “Daylight” David Kushner
63. “Lift Me Up” Rihanna
64. “Eyes Closed” Ed Sheeran
65. “TQG” Karol G and Shakira
66. “Try That in a Small Town” Jason Aldean
67. “Tennessee Orange” Megan Moroney
68. “Jingle Bell Rock” Bobby Helms
69. “Princess Diana” Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj
70. “Tomorrow 2” GloRilla and Cardi B
71. “A Holly Jolly Christmas” Burl Ives
72. “Where She Goes” Bad Bunny
73. “Bebe Dame” Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera
74. “I Remember Everything” Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves
75. “I Like You (A Happier Song)” Post Malone featuring Doja Cat
76. “What It Is (Block Boy)” Doechii featuring Kodak Black
77. “Nobody Gets Me” SZA
78. “Rich Men North of Richmond” Oliver Anthony Music
79. “Super Freaky Girl” Nicki Minaj
80. “Dial Drunk” Noah Kahan and Post Malone
81. “What Was I Made For?” Billie Eilish
82. “Seven” Jung Kook featuring Latto
83. “Wait for U” Future featuring Drake and Tems
84. “Last Christmas” Wham!
85. “Handle on You” Parker McCollum
86. “Por Las Noches” Peso Pluma
87. “Memory Lane” Old Dominion
88. “Area Codes” Kaliii
89. “Bury Me in Georgia” Kane Brown
90. “PRC” Peso Pluma and Natanael Cano
91. “What My World Spins Around” Jordan Davis
92. “Ain't That Some” Morgan Wallen
93. “Wild as Her” Corey Kent
94. “Peaches & Eggplants” Young Nudy featuring 21 Savage
95. “I Wrote the Book” Morgan Wallen
96. “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” Bizarrap and Shakira
97. “Meltdown” Travis Scott featuring Drake
98. “Put It on da Floor Again” Latto featuring Cardi B
99. “Bloody Mary” Lady Gaga
100. “Watermelon Moonshine” Lainey Wilson

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2023, year-end Hot 100 of 2023).

What songs should go on a 2023 mix CD?

A 2023 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 24 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Creepin'” by Metro Boomin, the Weeknd and 21 Savage and closing with “All My Life” by Lil Durk featuring J. Cole, for 77:40 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2023, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 78:28, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 2023 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2023 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What has popular music been like in the 2020s?

Popular music in the 2020s has been driven by streaming, with pop, hip-hop and country crossover songs topping the Hot 100. When a major album comes out, its songs can fill much of the top ten in the same week.

From 2020 to 2025, 89 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 8 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 89, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey spent the most weeks at number one: 19 in total. Taylor Swift had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 8. The typical number one of these years ran 3:18 (the median of the 81 with a known length).