January 14, 20241 yr Firstly, thank you very much to Julian for compiling the EOY 2023 with sales! I had a closer look at the songs list to see which of them were actually released in 2023. There's some grey areas when it comes to defining if a song released before 2023 is more of a 2023 hit than 2022 or earlier. So I've done some colour coding, the key is: Green = the song was released for the first time in 2023, therefore is firmly a 2023 hit Yellow = the song was released before 2023, but became a hit in 2023 (or was officially upgraded to single status in 2023, in the case of SZA - 'Kill Bill' which did enter the chart in December 2022) Blue = the song was released before 2023, and can be considered as being a hit before 2023... but arguably had its biggest impact in 2023 + White = a release and hit prior to 2023There may be some differences of opinion in how some of these songs are categorised! If I didn't give a song a colour and you feel that it warranted one, let me know. Explanations for some of them: RAYE & 070 Shake - 'Escapism.' was difficult to define, because it did reach #2 in December 2022 making it a huge hit in that year. However it reached #1 in 2023 - so I felt that put it into the blue category's definition of being a 2023 hit as well. Rema - 'Calm Down' reached #10 in November 2022, but it really hit its stride in 2023 - staying in the Top 10 from January to June, peaking at #3 in June! So that puts it into the blue category as well. I suppose venbee & goddard. - 'Messy in Heaven' could be regarded as being both 2022 and 2023, but I've leant towards defining it as 2022, because it peaked at #3 then and didn't go higher than that in 2023. It had also already started a fairly lengthy run in the Top 20 from October 2022. Some stats! - Just 28 songs in the Top 100 were released for the first time in 2023, and 20 of those were released from January to June. The most recent release to make it into the EOY Top 100 is Tate McRae - Greedy, release date 15th September 2023. Those 28 songs, in order of sales: 1. 1,650,000 Miley Cyrus Flowers 12/01/2023 2. 1,218,000 Dave & Central Cee Sprinter 01/06/2023 5. 1,115,000 Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding Miracle 10/03/2023 14. 780,000 Olivia Rodrigo vampire 30/06/2023 16. 755,000 David Kushner Daylight 14/04/2023 19. 704,000 Dua Lipa Dance the Night 26/05/2023 20. 700,000 Switch Disco & Ella Henderson REACT 13/01/2023 26. 643,000 Doja Cat Paint the Town Red 04/08/2023 28. 627,000 Jazzy Giving Me 10/03/2023 31. 616,000 Ed Sheeran Eyes Closed 24/03/2023 33. 604,000 cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe Prada 11/08/2023 42. 544,000 Peggy Gou (It Goes Like) Nanana 15/06/2023 45. 538,000 Billie Eilish What Was I Made For? 13/07/2023 49. 531,000 Lewis Capaldi Wish You the Best 13/04/2023 51. 525,000 Rudimental, Charlotte Plank & Vibe Chemistry Dancing is Healing 21/04/2023 52. 519,000 Kenya Grace Strangers 01/09/2023 56. 505,000 Hannah Laing & RoRo Good Love 12/05/2023 62. 478,000 J Hus feat. Drake Who Told You 08/06/2023 66. 472,000 Becky Hill & Chase & Status Disconnect 14/07/2023 74. 458,000 Tate McRae greedy 15/09/2023 76. 451,000 FIFTY FIFTY Cupid 24/02/2023 79. 443,000 Gunna fukumean 11/07/2023 80. 442,000 Chase & Status & Bou feat. IRah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura Baddadan 27/07/2023 84. 428,000 Loreen Tattoo 25/02/2023 88. 426,000 Mimi Webb Red Flags 13/01/2023 89. 425,000 Jorja Smith Little Things 11/05/2023 90. 422,000 Post Malone Chemical 14/04/2023 93. 420,000 David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray Baby Don't Hurt Me 06/04/2023 ... and in order of release date: 1. 1,650,000 Miley Cyrus Flowers 12/01/2023 20. 700,000 Switch Disco & Ella Henderson REACT 13/01/2023 88. 426,000 Mimi Webb Red Flags 13/01/2023 76. 451,000 FIFTY FIFTY Cupid 24/02/2023 84. 428,000 Loreen Tattoo 25/02/2023 5. 1,115,000 Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding Miracle 10/03/2023 28. 627,000 Jazzy Giving Me 10/03/2023 31. 616,000 Ed Sheeran Eyes Closed 24/03/2023 93. 420,000 David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray Baby Don't Hurt Me 06/04/2023 49. 531,000 Lewis Capaldi Wish You the Best 13/04/2023 16. 755,000 David Kushner Daylight 14/04/2023 90. 422,000 Post Malone Chemical 14/04/2023 51. 525,000 Rudimental, Charlotte Plank & Vibe Chemistry Dancing is Healing 21/04/2023 89. 425,000 Jorja Smith Little Things 11/05/2023 56. 505,000 Hannah Laing & RoRo Good Love 12/05/2023 19. 704,000 Dua Lipa Dance the Night 26/05/2023 2. 1,218,000 Dave & Central Cee Sprinter 01/06/2023 62. 478,000 J Hus feat. Drake Who Told You 08/06/2023 42. 544,000 Peggy Gou (It Goes Like) Nanana 15/06/2023 14. 780,000 Olivia Rodrigo vampire 30/06/2023 79. 443,000 Gunna fukumean 11/07/2023 45. 538,000 Billie Eilish What Was I Made For? 13/07/2023 66. 472,000 Becky Hill & Chase & Status Disconnect 14/07/2023 80. 442,000 Chase & Status & Bou feat. IRah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura Baddadan 27/07/2023 26. 643,000 Doja Cat Paint the Town Red 04/08/2023 33. 604,000 cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe Prada 11/08/2023 52. 519,000 Kenya Grace Strangers 01/09/2023 74. 458,000 Tate McRae greedy 15/09/2023 It's probably no surprise to anybody at this point, but this demonstrates how the EOY 2023 isn't exactly dominated by 2023 releases. Particularly when it comes to the second half of the year, and there's technically nothing from Q4 2023 [October/November/December] (you could argue Noah Kahan - 'Stick Season', which reached the Top 10 in October... but on the technicality of it being a 2022 release it's not a part of the above list of 28). Songs released in 2022 just about outnumber 2023, there's 30 of them. With some of those songs feeling more like 2023 hits than 2022 as previously discussed. So there's 58 songs in the Top 100 that were released in either 2022 or 2023. ~~~ That leaves 42 songs from before 2022: 2021 - 5 songs (including Stephen Sanchez - 'Until I Found You', which didn't chart in the Top 100 until 2022, and made the Top 40 in 2023 - peaked at #14 in June 2023) 2020 - 3 songs (including Cat Burns - 'go', which became a hit in 2022) 2019 - 3 songs (including Taylor Swift - 'Cruel Summer', which was upgraded to single status in 2023) 2018 - 1 song 2017 - 1 song 2016 - 2 songs (including The Weeknd - 'Die for You', which peaked at #3 in 2023 with the release of the Ariana Grande remix version) 2013 - 4 songs 2012 - 3 songs (including Lana Del Rey - 'Summertime Sadness', a 2013 single in the UK) 2011 - 1 song 2010 - 1 song (Miguel - 'Sure Thing', which became a hit in 2023) 2008 - 3 songs 2007 - 1 song 2003 - 1 song 2000 - 1 song 1998 - 1 song 1995 - 1 song 1994 - 1 song 1988 - 1 song 1987 - 1 song 1985 - 2 songs 1984 - 1 song 1983 - 1 song 1977 - 2 songs 1958 - 1 song (Brenda Lee - 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree', although it wasn't released in the UK until 1962) ~~~ 2020s - 66 songs 2010s - 16 songs 2000s - 6 songs 1990s - 3 songs 1980s - 6 songs 1970s - 2 songs 1950s - 1 song ~~~ So there we have it, I hope that this will be an interesting post for some of you! Kind of crazy that 1/3rd of the 2023 EOY chart consists of songs that existed before the 2020s decade. We can of course never go back to what EOY charts were like pre-streaming. However I do miss when EOY charts would mostly consist of singles from that year, or releases from late in the previous year. Even songs released in December could still do well enough to appear in the EOY chart from the same year, sometimes really high up as well (example off the top of my head, Spice Girls - '2 Become 1' was #5 in the 1996 EOY chart - with just 2 weeks of sales!).
January 14, 20241 yr Interesting to see that of the 28 songs released in 2023 to make the year end chart, literally all of them are in order of release date Edited January 14, 20241 yr by John-James
January 14, 20241 yr Interesting to see that of the 28 songs released in 2023 to make the year end chart, literally all of them are in order of release date I messed that up in the spreadsheet - so that's not actually the case (apologies for that error!). I've amended/edited it now. :cool:
January 14, 20241 yr Just for the sake of interest: Here's a "Retro" EOY chart. These are songs from the EOY Top 100 which were released before 2022 and charted before 2022: (Edit: Just realised that 'Under the Influence' charted for the first time in 2022, but never mind :kink: ) Removing those leaves a fresher looking list for the EOY chart, in my opinion! These are songs released in 2022 and 2023, and/or became major hits in 2022 and 2023. Therefore songs such as Sure Thing and Cruel Summer can be represented here rather than in Retro. If this list was extended to a Top 100, I assume there would be appearances from the likes of 0800 Heaven, TRUSTFALL, Padam Padam, Popular, If We Ever Broke Up and plenty more besides!
January 14, 20241 yr Wow thank so much for all this analysis! To get a more "old school" year-end chart I thought of only including songs where 50% or more of the total sales are from within 2023. It's pretty similar to the last chart you posted in that it keeps in Cruel Summer, Sure Thing and Die For You but it's also excludes 2022 leftovers like As It Was, I Ain't Worried, Green Green Grass, Afraid to Feel, BOTA, Go, Last Last, and maybe Unholy? (I think it would be close to 50/50). It's because a hit like As It Was in the download era would probably be between around #70 - #150 in the following year's year-end chart, rather than #9. And in the physical era it probably wouldn't be there are at all. So that's a change I haven't liked since streaming. I was pretty gobsmacked at what Dance Monkey and Perfect did, but now it happens every year it seems. :lol:
January 14, 20241 yr I think it’s important to keep some sense of what’s actually popular and being consumed within the year. You can’t just make up a chart with arbitrary rules because you don’t want to admit that songs like Mr. Brightside and Perfect have continued popularity. (Although tbf the OCC do that every week) That said I don’t get why they don’t publish a top 200 in order to give more information on songs from the year which missed out as a result of older stuff’s popularity, especially when overall sales are higher than ever Edited January 14, 20241 yr by Maestro
January 14, 20241 yr Wow thank so much for all this analysis! To get a more "old school" year-end chart I thought of only including songs where 50% or more of the total sales are from within 2023. It's pretty similar to the last chart you posted in that it keeps in Cruel Summer, Sure Thing and Die For You but it's also excludes 2022 leftovers like As It Was, I Ain't Worried, Green Green Grass, Afraid to Feel, BOTA, Go, Last Last, and maybe Unholy? (I think it would be close to 50/50). It's because a hit like As It Was in the download era would probably be between around #70 - #150 in the following year's year-end chart, rather than #9. And in the physical era it probably wouldn't be there are at all. So that's a change I haven't liked since streaming. I was pretty gobsmacked at what Dance Monkey and Perfect did, but now it happens every year it seems. :lol: You're welcome! :heart: That would be interesting methodology to apply to the data. Although I don't mind singles from the previous year continuing to show impact in the following year, seeing as many of them continued to be in the weekly charts. I think it’s important to keep some sense of what’s actually popular and being consumed within the year. You can’t just make up a chart with arbitrary rules because you don’t want to admit that songs like Mr. Brightside and Perfect have continued popularity. (Although tbf the OCC do that every week) That said I don’t get why they don’t publish a top 200 in order to give more information on songs from the year which missed out as a result of older stuff’s popularity, especially when overall sales are higher than ever The purpose of my post was really intended to be for the sake of interest! I just thought it would be interesting to dig deeper into the Top 100 and highlight particular things about it. It's not meant to taken as a dismissal of the ongoing impact of golden oldies, it's just that I wanted to show the data in different ways. Personally I like how the much older End of Year charts act as a time capsule, mostly of singles released in that year or lingering on from the previous year. Look back at the 2002 EOY and you'll see a huge amount of 2002 releases and a few from 2001. It takes you back to that time. If it was littered with singles from previous decades, I'm not sure I'd find it quite as informative about that specific year. There's no doubt that people back in 2002 would have enjoyed listening to numerous old classics on the radio and from their personal collections, but it was no problem that the ongoing popularity of those classics wasn't appearing in End of Year singles charts. Nowadays it's such a mishmash that a look at the 2023 list is taking us back to hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s. Even if the official End of Year chart Top 100 is clearly an accurate look at streaming habits in 2023 (regardless of the year of release), it's not exactly the best list to refer to if you want to focus on the hits of that year.
January 15, 20241 yr I appreciate that list Jay. Not claiming it to be official by any means but it does satisfy my craving for an EOY similar to those of 10-20 years ago.
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