Hot Hits of 2023: Flowers, Revenge Anthems & Stadium Tours
Miley Cyrus broke streaming speed records with self-love anthem Flowers, SZA reigned over R&B with Kill Bill, and Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour reshaped the world economy. Morgan Wallen's Last Night was the Billboard Year-End #1 single.
Miley Cyrus won her very first Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Hot Chart Hits of 2023
13 tracks
Flowers
Miley Cyrus
“Fastest song to hit 1 Billion streams on Spotify; won Record of the Year.”
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
“Originally released in 2019, catapulted to #1 four years later via The Eras Tour.”
Seven
Jung Kook ft. Latto
“Fastest song in Spotify history to surpass 1 Billion streams (108 days).”
Last Night
Morgan Wallen
“Billboard Year-End #1 single of 2023; spent 16 non-consecutive weeks at #1, the longest run for a non-collaboration song in Hot 100 history.”
Calm Down
Rema & Selena Gomez
“First track in history to spend over a full calendar year at #1 on Billboard's US Afrobeats Songs chart.”
Dance The Night
Dua Lipa
“Sparkling disco-pop centerpiece from Barbie: The Album, nominated for Song of the Year at the Grammys.”
Paint the Town Red
Doja Cat
“Sampled Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By" and scored Doja Cat her first solo #1 on the Hot 100.”
Kill Bill
SZA
“SZA's first solo Billboard Hot 100 #1 single; Tarantino-inspired cinematic revenge anthem.”
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
“Gothic pop-rock crescendo debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as the lead single of GUTS.”
What Was I Made For?
Billie Eilish
“Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Award for Song of the Year from the Barbie soundtrack.”
Die For You
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande
“Originally from Starboy (2016), it went viral via TikTok and finally hit #1 in 2023 with an Ariana Grande remix.”
Fast Car
Luke Combs
“Country cover of Tracy Chapman's 1988 classic that became a massive crossover hit; both versions charted simultaneously.”
Snooze
SZA
“Silky neo-soul ballad from SOS about codependency; the music video stars Lupita Nyong'o.”
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