Spotify Wrapped 2023: World's most streamed artists and songs revealed

Hot on the heels of Apple Music Top 100 Global Tracks list comes the 2023 edition of Spotify Wrapped, which reveals the most popular artists, songs and albums of the year – as well as give users special insight into their own listening habits.

Shared each year by the streaming platform, this year sees some new features enter the mix – including a new system that assigns you a city based on your listening habits, some of the most popular musicians of 2023 recording messages that will be played if they feature as one of your top artists, and the new AI DJ feature, which guides listeners through their personalised Wrapped.

But now, onto the fresh stats.

As noted by Spotify, 2023 was defined by the return of major female pop stars, “sonic diversity that topped the charts”, and their toplists showcase how over 574 million people around the world listened this year.

The platform highlighted several global trends that shaped the year, including the huge impact Eurovision made (with 'Tattoo' by winner Loreen and 'Cha Cha Cha' by runner-up Käärijä both reaching the top 10 global daily chart the day after the final); Gen Z continuing to embrace the genreless/genre-hybrid trend, refusing to be defined by only one genre, and instead moving seamlessly between sounds; the surge in Colombian enthusiasm for Mexican music; and singling Afrobeats as one of the fastest-growing genres on Spotify, growing by 550% since 2017.

Onto the podiums... 

Like Apple Music, Spotify has confirmed that Taylor Swift is the top global artist of 2023.

“Reimagined rereleases, record-breaking world tours, and colorful friendship bracelets—fans everywhere will be thrilled to see Taylor Swift as this year’s top artist, with more than 26.1 billion global streams since