The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. Its data is compiled by Luminate Data and published by American music magazine Billboard. The chart is based on each song's weekly physical and digital sales collectively, the amount of airplay impressions it receives on American radio stations, and its audio and video streams on online digital music platforms.
"Last Night" by American country singer Morgan Wallen is the year's longest-running number-one song on the Hot 100 in 2023, having spent sixteen weeks at the top spot; it subsequently topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. "Flowers" by American singer Miley Cyrus is the longest running number-one by a female artist, ruling the Hot 100 for eight weeks. "Paint the Town Red" by Doja Cat became the first rap song to top the Hot 100 in over a year. American singer Brenda Lee became the oldest artist of all time to reach number one on the Hot 100 (age 78), when "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (1958) topped the chart in December 2023; concurrently, the song also became the third holiday single to top the Hot 100 and it broke the record for longest climb to the top spot of the Hot 100 since release (65 years), surpassing Mariah Carey's 1994 single "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (25 years).
Twenty artists charted at number one in 2023, with ten―Wallen, Jimin, SZA, Jung Kook, Latto, Jason Aldean, Oliver Anthony, Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves and J. Cole―reaching the top spot for the first time. SZA and Drake charted two number-one songs this year, whereas Taylor Swift became the first female artist in history to chart three number-one songs from three different albums on the Hot 100 in one calendar year. Swift's "Is It Over Now?" (2023) dethroned her own "Cruel Summer" (2023) at number one on the chart dated November 11, 2023, and the vice versa occurred the next week, making Swift the first woman to replace herself at the top spot two and three times. She was the first ever artist to replace themselves three times on the Hot 100 in history. Four country songs—Wallen's "Last Night", Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town", Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond", and "I Remember Everything" by Bryan and Musgraves—held the number-one spot on the Hot 100 in consecutive weeks for the first time ever.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-performing song of 2023
Issue date Song Artist(s) re January 7 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey re January 14 "Anti-Hero" Taylor Swift January 21 1145 January 28 "Flowers" Miley Cyrus February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 4 1146 March 11 "Die for You" The Weeknd and Ariana Grande 1147 March 18 "Last Night" Morgan Wallen re March 25 "Flowers" Miley Cyrus April 1 1148 April 8 "Like Crazy" Jimin re April 15 "Last Night" Morgan Wallen April 22 1149 April 29 "Kill Bill" SZA re May 6 "Last Night" Morgan Wallen May 13 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 8 1150 July 15 "Vampire" Olivia Rodrigo re July 22 "Last Night" Morgan Wallen 1151 July 29 "Seven" Jung Kook featuring Latto 1152 August 5 "Try That in a Small Town" Jason Aldean re August 12 "Last Night" Morgan Wallen August 19 1153 August 26 "Rich Men North of Richmond" Oliver Anthony Music September 2 1154 September 9 "I Remember Everything" Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves 1155 September 16 "Paint the Town Red" Doja Cat re September 23 "Vampire" Olivia Rodrigo 1156 September 30 "Slime You Out" Drake featuring SZA re October 7 "Paint the Town Red" Doja Cat October 14 1157 October 21 "First Person Shooter" Drake featuring J. Cole 1158 October 28 "Cruel Summer" Taylor Swift November 4 1159 November 11 "Is It Over Now?" re November 18 "Cruel Summer" November 25 1160 December 2 "Lovin on Me" Jack Harlow 1161 December 9 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee December 16 re December 23 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey December 30
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Artist Weeks at No. 1 16 8 7 3 2 SZA Drake 1 Jimin Latto
See also List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2023 List of Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2023 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2023 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2020s Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2023 2023 in American music
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