Achilles. Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 After several years of very ambitious year end lists followed by several years of absolutely no year end lists, I thought that I’d make a comeback this year with a happy medium: actually posting lists, but putting no effort into them! Top Albums and Singles today, a **** ton of music stats sometime after the calendar changes. That’s all.
Achilles. Posted December 31, 2023 Author Posted December 31, 2023 Albums That I Listened To: listed alphabetically Amaarae, Fountain Baby Ryan Beatty, calico Black Belt Eagle Scout, The Land The Water The Sky boygenius, the record Kelly Clarkson, Chemistry Miley Cyrus, Endless Summer Vacation Mitski, The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We Janelle Monae, The Age of Pleasure The National, First Two Pages of Frankenstein Caroline Palochek, Desire I Want To Turn Into You Arlo Parks, My Soft Machine Seinabo Sey, The One After Me The War and Treaty, Lover’s Game Jessie Ware, That! Feels Good! Also 2023 Releases, But Also Kinda Not: Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
Achilles. Posted December 31, 2023 Author Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) Albums That I Actually Like, Remember, And Still Listen To (Conveniently, A Top Ten List): ranked from least favorite to most favorite 10. Dolly Parton, Rockstar 9. Baby Queen, Quarter Life Crisis 8. Troye Sivan, Something to Give Each Other 7. Brandy Clark, Brandy Clark 6. Kelela, Raven 5. Kesha, Gag Order 4. Cher, Christmas 3. Kylie, Tension 2. Rhiannon Giddens, You’re The One 1. Sufjan Stevens, Javelin Edited December 31, 2023 by Achilles.
Achilles. Posted December 31, 2023 Author Posted December 31, 2023 Top 50 Singles 50. Carly Pearce, We Don’t Fight Anymore (feat. Chris Stapleton) 49. Lori McKenna, The Town in Your Heart 48. HER, The Journey 47. Sam Smith, Vulgar (feat. Madonna) 46. The Aces, I’ve Loved You For So Long 45. Declan McKenna, Sympathy 44. Hayley Kiyoko, Greenlight 43. Carly Rae Jepsen, Shy Boy 42. Empress Of, Kiss Me (feat. Rina Sawayama) 41. Kylie, 10 Out of 10 40. Selena Gomez, Single Soon 39. Dolly Parton, World on Fire 38. boygenius, Not Strong Enough 37. Baby Queen, Dream Girl 36. SZA, Snooze 35. Kesha, Only Love Can Save Us Now 34. Kelela, Enough for Love 33. Brandy Clark, Dear Insecurity (feat. Brandi Carlile) 32. Jessie Ware, Begin Again 31. Ashley Monroe, Over Everything 30. Troye Sivan, Got Me Started 29. The National, The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift) 28. Griff, Vertigo 27. serpentwithfeet, Gonna Go 26. Troye Sivan, One of Your Girls 25. Taylor Swift, Cruel Summer 24. Taylor Swift, Is It Over Now? 23. Lainey Wilson, Wild Flowers and Wild Horses 22. Omar Apollo, 3 Boys 21. Doecchi, What It Is 20. Zach Bryan, I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves) 19. Joy Oladokun, We’re All Gonna Die (feat. Noah Kahan) 18. Miley Cyrus, Used to Be Young 17. Kelela, Contact 16. SZA, Kill Bill 15. Kylie, Tension 14. Kesha, Eat the Acid 13. Baby Queen, We Can Be Anything 12. Kesha, Fine Line 11. Troye Sivan, Rush 10. Kara Jackson, why does the earth give us people to love? 9. Darren Hayes, Feels Like It’s Over 8. Kylie, Padam Padam 7. Sufjan Stevens, So You Are Tired 6. Cher, DJ Play A Christmas Song 5. Brandy Clark, Buried 4. SZA, Nobody Gets Me 3. Taylor Swift, Karma 2. Billie Eilish, What Was I Made For? 1. Sufjan Stevens, Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
JGibson Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 50. Carly Pearce, We Don’t Fight Anymore (feat. Chris Stapleton) 47. Sam Smith, Vulgar (feat. Madonna) 45. Declan McKenna, Sympathy 39. Dolly Parton, World on Fire 38. boygenius, Not Strong Enough 29. The National, The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift) 25. Taylor Swift, Cruel Summer 24. Taylor Swift, Is It Over Now? 23. Lainey Wilson, Wild Flowers and Wild Horses 20. Zach Bryan, I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves) 18. Miley Cyrus, Used to Be Young 15. Kylie, Tension 8. Kylie, Padam Padam 6. Cher, DJ Play A Christmas Song 3. Taylor Swift, Karma 2. Billie Eilish, What Was I Made For?
TheWayWeWere Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Tension, Gag Order, Chersmas, Raven in top 10 nice to see some love for Nobody Gets Me it's so underrated Padam in top 10
Achilles. Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 Top 50 Most Played Artists of 2023 Spoiler 1 Taylor Swift 10,037 2 SZA 2,685 3 Kylie 2,605 4 Sufjan Stevens 2,355 5 Tina Turner 1,965 6 Troye Sivan 1,875 7 Halsey 1,434 8 Lorde 1,405 9 Dolly Parton 1,127 10 Beyoncé 1,052 11 Cher 1,001 12 Baby Queen 1,000 13 George Michael 824 14 Rina Sawayama 738 15 Kesha 726 16 Brandy Clark 723 17 Josef Salvat 712 18 Madonna 553 19 Florence and the Machine 544 20 Miley Cyrus 512 21 Amy Winehouse 473 22 Rhiannon Giddens 408 23 Carly Rae Jepsen 332 24 Barbra Streisand 291 25 St Vincent 282 26 MUNA 265 27 The Chicks 264 28 Natalia Kills 252 29 Yola 240 30 Ellie Goulding 239 31 Jessie Ware 222 32 Leona Lewis 205 33 Griff 202 34 Miranda Lambert 201 35 Ingrid Michaelson 192 36 Billie Eilish 186 37 Janelle Monae 174 38 Kelela 164 39 Sara Bareilles 158 40 Darren Hayes 151 41 Shakira 128 42 Joni Mitchell 112 43 Phoebe Bridgers 105 44 Selena Gomez 96 45 Kelly Clarkson 95 46 Celine Dion 65 47 Ashley Monroe 64 48 Carly Simon 64 49 Aretha Franklin 61 50 serpentwithfeet 61 Women: 43 LGBT: 16 POC: 15 Debuted Before I Was Born: 11 Straight Men: 0
Achilles. Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 Top 50 Most Played Albums of 2023 Spoiler Top 50 Most Played Albums 1 SZA, SOS [NEW] 2 Taylor Swift, evermore* 3 Taylor Swift, folklore* 4 Taylor Swift, Midnights 5 Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell* 6 Halsey, If I Can’t Have Love I Want Power* 7 Taylor Swift, Speak Now 8 Lorde, Melodrama* 9 Kylie, Tension [NEW] 10 Tina Turner, Foreign Affair [NEW] 11 Taylor Swift, Red 12 Sufjan Stevens, Javelin [NEW] 13 Troye Sivan, In A Dream* 14 Beyoncé, Renaissance* 15 Troye Sivan, Bloom 16 Cher, Christmas [NEW] 17 Baby Queen, The Yearbook* 18 Kesha, Gag Order [NEW] 19 Amy Winehouse, Back to Black* 20 Taylor Swift, 1989 21 Kylie, Aphrodite* 22 Tina Turner, Wildest Dreams [NEW] 23 Troye Sivan, Something to Give Each Other [NEW] 24 Dolly Parton, Dolly 25 Rhiannon Giddens, You’re The One [NEW] 26 Josef Salvat, Islands* 27 Florence and the Machine, Lungs* 28 Tina Turner, Private Dancer* 29 Lorde, Pure Heroine 30 Brandy Clark, Brandy Clark [NEW] 31 Carly Rae Jepsen, Emotion* 32 Rina Sawayama, Sawayama* 33 Beyoncé, 4 34 Kylie, Fever 35 St Vincent, Masseduction* 36 Taylor Swift, reputation 37 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift 38 George Michael, Older* 39 Miley Cyrus, Plastic Hearts* 40 Brandy Clark, 12 Stories* 41 Baby Queen, Medicine* 42 Rina Sawayama, Rina* 43 George Michael, Faith* 44 Ellie Goulding, Halcyon 45 Baby Queen, Quarter Life Crisis [NEW] 46 Natalia Kills, Trouble 47 George Michael, Ladies & Gentlemen* 48 Barbra Streisand, The Essential Barbra Streisand 49 Rina Sawayama, Hold the Girl* 50 Ingrid Michaelson, Lights Out 2023 Releases: 8 Album Earned Its Biggest Play Year: 24* Artists with Multiple Albums: 8: Taylor Swift 3: Baby Queen, Beyoncé, George Michael, Kylie, Lorde, Rina Sawayama, Tina Turner, Troye Sivan 2: Brandy Clark, Sufjan Stevens I can’t remember the last time that Taylor didn’t top this list. 2018? 2013? 2007?
Achilles. Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 Top 50 Most Played Songs of 2023 Spoiler Top 50 Most Played Songs of 2023 1 Taylor Swift - Timeless 2 Taylor Swift - cowboy like me 3 Kylie - Somebody to Love 4 Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me? 5 Taylor Swift - cardigan 6 Taylor Swift - peace 7 Taylor Swift - marjorie 8 Taylor Swift - Dear Reader 9 Taylor Swift - Karma 10 Taylor Swift - illicit affairs 11 Taylor Swift - tis the damn season 12 Taylor Swift - right where you left me 13 Taylor Swift - Better Man 14 Taylor Swift - Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve 15 Taylor Swift - happiness 16 Troye Sivan - could cry just thinking about you 17 Taylor Swift - tolerate it 18 SZA - Nobody Gets Me 19 Taylor Swift - the 1 20 Taylor Swift - the last great american dynasty 21 SZA - F2F 22 Taylor Swift - august 23 Kylie - Padam Padam 24 Taylor Swift - mirrorball 25 Taylor Swift - Midnight Rain 26 Taylor Swift - this is me trying 27 Taylor Swift - Glitch 28 Taylor Swift - invisible string 29 Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song 30 Taylor Swift - gold rush 31 Tina Turner - Foreign Affair 32 SZA - Kill Bill 33 Taylor Swift - willow 34 Sufjan Stevens - Should’ve Known Better 35 Sufjan Stevens - The Only Thing 36 Troye Sivan - Rush 37 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 38 SZA - Seek & Destroy 39 Taylor Swift - coney island 40 Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity 41 Sufjan Stevens - All of Me Wants All of You 42 SZA - Low 43 Taylor Swift - seven 44 Sufjan Stevens - Blue Bucket of Gold 45 Taylor Swift - champagne problems 46 Sufjan Stevens - Drawn to the Blood 47 Sufjan Stevens - Eugene 48 Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July 49 Sufjan Stevens - John My Beloved 50 Sufjan Stevens - No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross Artists with Multiple Entries 27: Taylor Swift 12: Sufjan Stevens 5: SZA 2: Kylie, Troye Sivan Albums with Multiple Entries Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell (11) Taylor Swift, evermore (10) Taylor Swift, folklore (10) SZA, SOS (5) Taylor Swift, Midnights (5) Kylie, Tension (2) Yes, that is the entire tracklist of Carrie & Lowell.
Mr. Loco Posted January 3 Posted January 3 OMG!! Glad to see some love for the superior Taylor song cardigan & Marjorie are also beautiful
Brandon Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Quote 35. Kesha, Only Love Can Save Us Now 25. Taylor Swift, Cruel Summer 24. Taylor Swift, Is It Over Now? 18. Miley Cyrus, Used to Be Young 3. Taylor Swift, Karma
Achilles. Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 Top 50 Most Played Artists of All Time Spoiler 1 Taylor Swift 2 Lady Gaga 3 Madonna 4 Shania Twain 5 Florence and the Machine 6 Beyoncé (+1) 7 Lorde (+2) 8 Troye Sivan (+2) 9 Kylie (+3) 10 Miley Cyrus (-2) 11 Rihanna (-5) 12 Natalia Kills (-1) 13 Sufjan Stevens (+16) 14 Cher (+3) 15 Faith Hill (-3) 16 SZA (+189) 17 Kacey Musgraves (-3) 18 Dolly Parton (+5) 19 Sam Smith (-4) 20 Selena Gomez and the Scene (-4) 21 Halsey (+21) 22 Tina Turner (+77) 23 Selena Gomez (-5) 24 David Bowie (-5) 25 The Chicks (-4) 26 Shakira (-6) 27 Brandy Clark (+8) 28 Barbra Streisand (-3) 29 Kesha (+11) 30 MUNA (-3) 31 Tegan and Sara (-9) 32 George Michael (+27) 33 Baby Queen (+43) 34 Ellie Goulding (-3) 35 Rina Sawayama (+22) 36 Josef Salvat (+19) 37 Miranda Lambert (-7) 38 Hannah Montana (-14) 39 Adam Lambert (-13) 40 Amy Winehouse (+3) 41 Lana Del Rey (-13) 42 Adele (-10) 43 Celine Dion (-10) 44 Carly Rae Jepsen 45 Leona Lewis (-7) 46 Union J (-12) 47 Evanescence (-11) 48 Pink (-11) 49 Janelle Monae 50 Ingrid Michaelson (+1) OUT 52 Britney Spears (-13) 53 Carrie Underwood (-12) 55 Harry Styles (-8) 56 Shawn Mendes 45 (-11) 57 Coldplay (-9) 58 Joe Jonas 46 (-12) 59 Haim 50 (-9)
Achilles. Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 Top 100 Most Played Albums of All Time Spoiler 1 Taylor Swift, 1989 2 Taylor Swift, Speak Now 3 Taylor Swift, Red 4 Taylor Swift, Fearless 5 Lady Gaga, Born This Way 6 Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster 7 Taylor Swift, folklore (+4) 8 Taylor Swift, evermore (+5) 9 Florence and the Machine, Ceremonials (-2) 10 Taylor Swift, reputation (-2) 11 Taylor Swift, Midnights (+6) 12 Beyoncé, Beyoncé (-3) 13 Shania Twain, Up! (-3) 14 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift (-2) 15 Lorde, Melodrama (+10) 16 Lorde, Pure Heroine 17 Shania Twain, Come On Over (-3) 18 SZA, SOS [NEW] 19 Natalia Kills, Perfectionist (-4) 20 Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood (-2) 21 Madonna, Ray of Light 22 Halsey, If I Can't Have Love I Want Power (+30) 23 Taylor Swift, Safe & Sound (-4) 24 Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour (-4) 25 Rihanna, Rated R (-3) 26 Taylor Swift, Lover (-2) 27 Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park (-4) 28 Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell (+54) 29 Lady Gaga, Artpop (-3) 30 Troye Sivan, Bloom (+8) 31 Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad (-4) 32 Selena Gomez and the Scene, When the Sun Goes Down (-4) 33 Madonna, Rebel Heart (-4) 34 Natalia Kills, Trouble 35 Beyoncé, 4 (+1) 36 Lady Gaga, The Fame (-6) 37 Miley Cyrus, Can't Be Tamed (-4) 38 Shania Twain, The Woman in Me (-7) 39 Faith Hill, Breathe (-7) 40 Madonna, Like A Prayer (-5) 41 Tegan & Sara, Heartthrob (-4) 42 Amy Winehouse, Back to Black (+9) 43 Ellie Goulding, Halcyon (+1) 44 Kylie, Aphrodite (+14) 45 Madonna, The Immaculate Collection (-5) 46 Adam Lambert, Trespassing (-7) 47 Barbra Streisand, The Essential Barbra Streisand 48 MUNA, About U (-2) 49 David Bowie, The Next Day (-8) 50 Adele, 21 (-8) 51 Union J, Union J (-8) 52 Miley Cyrus, Meet Miley Cyrus (-7) 53 Kylie, Tension [NEW] 54 Tina Turner, Foreign Affair [NEW] 55 Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor (-7) 56 Ingrid Michaelson, Lights Out (+7) 57 Baby Queen, The Yearbook (+58) 58 Madonna, Celebration (-8) 59 Shakira, Shakira (-6) 60 Troye Sivan, In A Dream (+137) 61 Lana Del Rey, Born to Die (-12) 62 Brandy Clark, 12 Stories (+8) 63 Janelle Monae, Dirty Computer (-4) 64 Madonna, Madonna (-9) 65 Florence and the Machine, Lungs (+39) 66 Joe Jonas, Fastlife (-12) 67 Miley Cyrus, The Time of Our Lives (-7) 68 Florence and the Machine, How Big How Blue How Beautiful (-12) 69 Kylie, Fever (+21) 70 Evanescence, Evanescence (-13) 71 Beyoncé, Renaissance (+195) 72 Madonna, True Blue (-11) 73 Madonna, Erotica (+3) 74 Selena Gomez, Stars Dance (-12) 75 Sufjan Stevens, Javelin [NEW] 76 Cher, Closer to the Truth (-7) 77 Sara Bareilles, The Blessed Unrest (-4) 78 Carly Rae Jepsen, Emotion (+29) 79 St Vincent, Masseduction (+24) 80 Selena Gomez, Revival (-15) 81 Haim, Days Are Gone (-17) 82 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas (-16) 83 Brandon Flowers, The Desired Effect (-15) 84 Fergie, The Dutchess (-17) 85 Kesha, Warrior 86 Miranda Lambert, Platinum (-5) 87 The Chicks, Home (+4) 88 Rina Sawayama, Sawayama (+41) 89 Shakira, Laundry Service (-15) 90 Tina Turner, Private Dancer (+81) 91 Josef Salvat, Islands (+90) 92 Joni Mitchell, Blue 93 Sufjan Stevens, Call Me By Your Name (-14) 94 Coldplay, Ghost Stories (-23) 95 Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana (-23) 96 Selena Gomez and the Scene, A Year Without Rain (-21) 97 Madonna, MDNA (-19) 98 The Chicks, Taking the Long Way (+4) 99 Shania Twain, Today is Your Day (-22) 100 Jessie Ware, What's Your Pleasure? (+12) OUT Of Monsters and Men, My Head is an Animal Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball Celine Dion, Taking Chances Britney Spears, Femme Fatale Shania Twain, Greatest Hits Imagine Dragons, Night Visions Pink, The Truth About Love Leona Lewis, Glassheart Marina, Electra Heart Disneymania 5 Harry Styles, Fine Line Rihanna, Loud Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana 2 fun, Some Nights Hayley Kiyoko, Expectations For a few brief, glorious months in early 2023, Red finally managed to surpass Speak Now as my #2 album of all time. Then the Speak Now rerelease dropped and it reclaimed the runner-up slot that it's held for nearly a decade, and will probably hold forevermore.
Achilles. Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 Top 100 Most Played Taylor Swift Songs of All Time (All stats are combined with (Taylor's Version) when available) Spoiler 1 Safe & Sound 2 Out of the Woods 3 Shake It Off 4 Love Story 5 Enchanted (+1) 6 New Romantics (-1) 7 State of Grace 8 Haunted 9 Sparks Fly 10 Begin Again 11 All Too Well 12 I Knew You Were Trouble. 13 Better Than Revenge (+1) 14 Fearless (-1) 15 Style 16 Blank Space 17 Wildest Dreams 18 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 19 Mine 20 You're Not Sorry 21 You Are In Love 22 Delicate (+1) 23 Wonderland (-1) 24 Holy Ground 25 Speak Now (+1) 26 Clean (-1) 27 Mean 28 Back to December 29 Last Kiss (+6) 30 The Story of Us (-1) 31 Sad Beautiful Tragic (+2) 32 White Horse (-2) 33 I Wish You Would (-2) 34 Long Live (+2) 35 Look What You Made Me Do (-3) 36 Starlight (-2) 37 cardigan (+19) 38 You Belong With Me (-1) 39 Red (-1) 40 Dear John (+4) 41 Innocent (-2) 42 peace (+29) 43 This Love (-3) 44 cowboy like me (+37) 45 All You Had To Do Was Stay (-3) 46 I Know Places (-3) 47 the last great american dynasty (+20) 48 Our Song (+2) 49 Getaway Car 50 Should've Said No (+1) 51 Picture to Burn (-10) 52 Forever & Always (-7) 53 Don't Blame Me (-6) 54 The Way I Loved You (-8) 55 Welcome to New York (-7) 56 august (+24) 57 the 1 (+26) 58 gold rush (+21) 59 seven (+16) 60 willow (+22) 61 marjorie (+51) 62 tis the damn season (+43) 63 mirrorball (+23) 64 this is me trying (+24) 65 invisible string (+22) 66 tolerate it (+32) 67 Treacherous (-5) 68 happiness (+34) 69 I Almost Do (-8) 70 Mary's Song (+2) 71 Dear Reader (+44) 72 Tim McGraw (-19) 73 Change (-21) 74 right where you left me (+36) 75 Timeless [NEW] 76 Everything Has Changed (-22) 77 champagne problems (+7) 78 coney island (+16) 79 illicit affairs (+50) 80 Ours (-17) 81 Karma (+50) 82 Call It What You Want (-25) 83 Teardrops on My Guitar (-28) 84 Glitch (+22) 85 Midnight Rain (+22) 86 Would've Could've Should've (+36) 87 …Ready For It? (-29) 88 Bad Blood (-29) 89 22 (-29) 90 Eyes Open (-26) 91 Better Man (+62) 92 If This Was A Movie (-27) 93 long story short (+10) 94 Dress (+2) 95 False God (-26) 96 Lavender Haze (+21) 97 Anti-Hero (+23) 98 All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (+1) 99 Tell Me Why (-33) 100 Come Back… Be Here (-3) OUT Gorgeous (-33) ME! (-35) How You Get The Girl (-30) The Last Time (-32) The Best Day (-36) Cornelia Street (-25) Crazier (-38) The Archer (-30) Stay Beautiful (-34) Never Grow Up (-17) The Lucky One (-31) Fifteen (-25) I Did Something Bad (-32) A Place in This World (-38) Lover (-32) Albums with the most Top 100 Entries: Red: 16 Speak Now: 16 1989: 15 evermore: 11 folklore: 10 Fearless: 9 reputation: 7 Midnights: 7 Taylor Swift: 6 The Hunger Games: 2 Lover: 1 1
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