Apple Music’s Replay Experience & Year-End Charts Are Here 28 Nov 2023
After a remarkable, record-breaking 2023, Taylor Swift is Apple Music’s Artist of the Year. Across the charts, streams, and concert stadiums filled with screaming, bracelet-wearing super-fans, Swift undeniably reached a new realm of superstardom this year. In the first 10 months of 2023, she saw 65 songs reach Apple Music’s Global Daily Top 100 — more than any other artist. All told, more Apple Music subscribers listened to Taylor Swift in 2023 than to any other artist in the world, and this set a new all-time record for the most listeners for any artist in a single year on Apple Music.
Country Returns to No. 1
2. Miley Cyrus, "Flowers”
5. SZA, "Snooze"
6. Taylor Swift, "Anti-Hero"
7. YOASOBI, "IDOL"
8. Chris Brown, "Under the Influence"
9. Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage, "Creepin'"
11. Drake & 21 Savage, "Spin Bout U"
12. Rema & Selena Gomez, "Calm Down"
13. Lil Baby, "Freestyle"
14. Harry Styles, "As It Was"
15. Taylor Swift, "Cruel Summer"
16. Sam Smith & Kim Petras, "Unholy"
18. Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma, "Ella Baila Sola"
20. Morgan Wallen, "You Proof"
2. Miley Cyrus, "Flowers"
3. Lady Gaga, "Bloody Mary"
4. 2Pac, "All Eyez On Me" (Dj Belite Remix)
5. Tom Odell, "Another Love"
6. Sam Smith & Kim Petras, "Unholy"
7. Jain, "Makeba"
8. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, "I'm Good (Blue)"
9. Ayra Starr, "Rush"
10. David Kushner, "Daylight"
11. Peggy Gou, "(It Goes Like) Nanana" (Edit)
12. Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz, "Miss You"
13. Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage, "Creepin’"
14. Libianca, "People"
15. Eminem, "Mockingbird"
16. RAYE & 070 Shake, "Escapism."
17. Teya Dora, "Džanum"
18. Rihanna, "Lift Me Up" (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By)
19. Coi Leray, "Players"
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THE HEADLINES
2024 Mercury Prize shortlist revealed (see News)
Impala survey shows economic benefits of taking sustainability action (see Reports)
How the music charts lost their lustre (see Comment)
Should skipped songs be valued less on streaming services? (see Analysis)
The rise of the songwriter ‘brand’ (see Comment)
The frequency factor – when daily just isn’t enough (see Comment)
UK Music research shows value of gigs, concerts and festivals to local economies (see Reports)
Why would anyone run a festival? (see Features)
The illusion of an idea - a scaled-down music industry (see Comment)
14 independent labels launch ORCA think tank (see Comment)
Industry responds to King's Speech (see News)
UK Music CEO Tom Kiehl addressed the UK Music Summer Party (see News)
Official Charts marks 10 years of streaming in the UK’s Official Singles Chart (see Analysis)
ERA: Music outpaces video and games in first half of 2024 with sales revenues up 7.9% (see Reports)
Singles chart sees 28 weeks without a British voice at the top (see News)