These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists and charts. Note that songs which were originally released or charted prior to 2023 are ineligible for this list.
Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.
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DMDB Top 1%:
1. Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
DMDB Top 2%:
2. Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
3. Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
4. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire”
5. Billie Eilish “What Was I Made For?”
DMDB Top 5%:
6. Zach Bryan with Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
7. Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red”
8. Luke Combs “Fast Car”
9. Jack Harlow “Lovin’ on Me”
10. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night”
11. Noah Kahan with Post Malone “Dial Drunk”
12. The Beatles “Now and Then”
DMDB Top 10%:
13. Pink Pantheress with Ice Spice “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2”
14. Boygenius “Not Strong Enough”
15. Taylor Swift “Is It Over Now?”
16. Blink-182 “One More Time”
17. Tate McRae “Greedy”
18. Olivia Rodrigo “Bad Idea, Right?”
19. Jung Kook with Latto “Seven”
20. Bizarrap with Shakira “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
21. Dave with Central Cee “Sprinter”
22. Doja Cat “Agora Hills”
23. Ed Sheeran “Eyes Closed”
24. Oliver Anthony “Rich Men North of Richmond”
DMDB Top 20%:
25. Linkin Park “Lost”
26. Chris Stapleton “White Horse”
27. Estabon Armado & Peso Pluma “Ella Baila Sola”
28. Jimin “Like Crazy”
29. Drake with J. Cole “First Person Shooter”
30. Victoria Monét “On My Mama”
31. Tyla “Water”
32. The Rolling Stones “Angry”
33. Travis Scott & Drake “Meltdown”
34. Drake “Search & Rescue”
35. Teddy Swims “The Door”
36. Fall Out Boy “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
37. Noah Kahan & Hozier “Northern Attitude”
38. Luke Combs “Love You Anyway”
39. Drake & SZA “Slime You Out”
40. Dua Lipa “Houdini”
41. Foo Figthers “Rescued”
42. David Kushner “Daylight”
43. Lil Durk & J. Cole “All My Life”
44. Zach Bryan & Noah Kahan “Sarah’s Place”
45. Nicki Minaj with Ice Spice & Aqua “Barbie World”
46. The National with Taylor Swift “The Alcott”
47. U2 “Atomic City”
48. John Mellencamp “The Eyes of Portland”
49. Morgan Wallen “Thinkin’ ‘Bout Me”
50. Miley Cyrus “Used to Be Young”
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First posted 12/30/2023; last updated 12/26/2024.
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Excellent list! Eight of your top 20 songs are also in my top 20 for the year. "Flowers" was my #3; my #1 (by a wide margin) was "What Was I Made For."
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