official chart Billboard/Luminate U.S. Year End Charts

[Hector]

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2023 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS
1. Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a Time (5.362 million)
2. Taylor Swift, Midnights (3.209 million)
3. SZA, SOS (3.172 million)
4. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (2.872 million)
5. Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album (2.179 million)
6. Taylor Swift, Lover (1.875 million)
7. Travis Scott, Utopia (1.782 million)
8. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (1.775 million)
9. Taylor Swift, Folklore (1.612 million)
10. Metro Boomin, Heroes & Villains (1.573 million)

Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022, through Dec. 28, 2023. UGC streams are not included in this chart, but are included in Luminate’s on-demand streaming charts (below).

TOP 10-SELLING ALBUMS OF 2023 IN U.S. (PHYSICAL & DIGITAL SALES COMBINED)
1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (1.975 million)
2. Taylor Swift, Midnights (973,000)
3. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (908,000)
4. Travis Scott, Utopia (575,000)
5. Stray Kids, 5-STAR (526,000)
6. Taylor Swift, Folklore (466,000)
7. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION (444,000)
8. Taylor Swift, Lover (425,000)
9. Olivia Rodrigo, Guts (404,000)
10. Stray Kids, ROCK-STAR (229,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022, through Dec. 28, 2023.

TOP 10-SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2023 IN U.S.
1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (1.014 million)
2. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (510,000)
3. Taylor Swift, Midnights (492,000)
4. Travis Scott, Utopia (373,000)
5. Taylor Swift, Folklore (308,000)
6. Olivia Rodrigo, Guts (267,000)
7. Taylor Swift, Lover (256,000)
8. Lana Del Rey, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (215,000)
9. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (206,000)
10. Lana Del Rey, Born to Die (192,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022, through Dec. 28, 2023.

TOP 10-SELLING CD ALBUMS OF 2023 IN U.S.
1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (800,000)
2. Stray Kids, 5-STAR (520,000)
3. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION (442,000)
4. Stray Kids, ROCK-STAR (381,000)
5. NewJeans, 2nd EP Get Up (332,000)
6. TWICE, Ready to Be (303,000)
7. SEVENTEEN, SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album Fml (288,000)
8. Taylor Swift, Midnights (276,000)
9. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (267,000)
10. Jung Kook, Golden (244,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022, through Dec. 28, 2023.

TOP 10 MOST STREAMED SONGS OF 2023 IN U.S., ON DEMAND AUDIO
1. Morgan Wallen, “Last Night” (1.015 billion)
2. SZA, “Kill Bill” (802.60 million)
3. Zach Bryan, “Something in the Orange” (656.07 million)
4. Miley Cyrus, “Flowers” (634.42 million)
5. SZA, “Snooze” (550.83 million)
6. The Weeknd, “Die for You” (539.29 million)
7. Eslabon Armado x Peso Pluma, “Ella Baila Sola” (526.34 million)
8. Luke Combs, “Fast Car” (525.51 million)
9. Morgan Wallen, “You Proof” (517.58 million)
10. Taylor Swift, “Cruel Summer” (507.78 million)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022, through Dec. 28, 2023. Includes UGC streams.

TOP 10-SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF 2023 IN U.S.
1. Jason Aldean, “Try That in a Small Town” (497,000)
2. Miley Cyrus, “Flowers” (428,000)
3. Oliver Anthony Music, “Rich Men North of Richmond” (358,000)
4. Morgan Wallen, “Last Night” (302,000)
5. Jimin, “Like Crazy” (296,000)
6. Luke Combs, “Fast Car” (251,000)
7. Jung Kook featuring Latto, “Seven” (228,000)
8. Jelly Roll, “Need a Favor” (181,000)
9. Jung Kook, “Standing Next to You” (163,000)
10. Rema & Selena Gomez, “Calm Down” (159,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022 through Dec. 28, 2023.

TOP 10 RADIO SONGS OF 2023 IN U.S. (BASED ON AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS)
1. Miley Cyrus, “Flowers” (3.919 billion)
2. Rema & Selena Gomez, “Calm Down” (3.643 billion)
3. Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage, “Creepin’” (3.529 billion)
4. The Weeknd, “Die for You” (2.628 billion)
5. SZA, “Kill Bill” (2.623 billion)
6. Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero” (2.491 billion)
7. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, “I’m Good (Blue)” (2.448 billion)
8. Morgan Wallen, “Last Night” (2.435 billion)
9. Luke Combs, “Fast Car” (2.358 billion)
10. Harry Styles, “As It Was” (2.199 billion)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022, through Dec. 28, 2023.

 

U.S. Top Digital Song Consumption

 

1. Morgan Wallen, "Last Night" 8.284 million

2. Miley Cyrus, "Flowers" 6.362 million

3. SZA, "Kill Bill" 6.314 million

4. Zach Bryan, "Something In The Orange" 5.174 million

5. Rema & Selena Gomez, "Calm Down" 4.811 million

6. Taylor Swift, "Cruel Summer" 4.464 million

7. SZA, "Snooze" 4.448 million

8. Luke Combs, "Fast Car" 4.378 million

9. PinkPantheress, "Boy's A Liar" 4.259 million

10. Taylor Swift, "Anti-Hero" 4.159 million

 

U.S. Top Songs: On-Demand Streaming Video**

 

Artistw Song Video Streams

1 Hans Zimmer "First Step" 1.149 billion

2 J. Cole feat. Amber Coffman "She Knows" 0.755 billion

3 Cavendish Music "Funny Song" 0.729 billion

4 Lady Gaga "Bloody Mary" 0.669 billion

5 Heinz Kiessling, Gema "Blue Blood" 0.615 billion

6 Fifty Fifty "Cupid" 0.596 billion

7 TWISTED "Worth Nothing" 0.591 billion

8 Crystal Castles "Transgender" 0.513 billion

9 Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow "Industry Baby“ 0.484 billion

10 Tom Odell "Another Love" 0.472 billion

 

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/2023-us-year-end-music-report-luminate-top-album-morgan-wallen-taylor-swift-1235579214/

Edited January 10 by Hector

[Hector]

Top Albums (Canada) Album Sales + TEA + On-Demand SEA* Artist Title Total AlbumEquivalent Consumption Album Sales Song Sales On-Demand Audio Streams On-Demand Video Streams

 

1 Morgan Wallen One Thing at a Time 524,000 14,000 75,000 642.4 million 19.5 million

2 Taylor Swift Midnights 275,000 31,000 36,000 312.3 million 9.2 million

3 SZA SOS 246,000 4,000 9,000 321.0 million 9.0 million

4 Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album 212,000 3,000 18,000 266.1 million 12.6 million

5 Metro Boomin Heroes & Villains 186,000 2,000 10,000 245.9 million 5.4 million

6 Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor‘s Version) 178,000 80,000 10,000 125.4 million 2.3 million

7 Taylor Swift Lover 166,000 14,000 22,000 198.8 million 5.4 million

8 The Weeknd The Highlights 161,000 3,000 10,000 212.5 million 12.9 million

9 Luke Combs Gettin‘ Old 157,000 10,000 53,000 181.0 million 6.7 million

10 Elton John Diamonds 152,000 3,000 33,000 190.7 million 11.1 million

 

Top Songs (Canada) Audio + Video On-Demand Streams

 

Artist Song Programmed Audio Streams

 

1 Miley Cyrus "Flowers" 137.6 million

2 Rema & Selena Gomez "Calm Down" 131.5 million

3 Morgan Wallen "Last Night" 131.2 million

4 Hans Zimmer "First Step" 116.5 million

5 Fifty Fifty "Cupid" 101.0 million

6 SZA "Kill Bill" 95.3 million

7 Tom Odell "Another Love" 88.7 million

8 J. Cole feat. Amber Coffman & The Cults "She Knows" 81.9 million

9 Zach Bryan "Something in the Orange" 76.4 million

10 Lady Gaga "Bloody Mary" 75.5 million

[ViviLittleM]

Luminate Year-End Report 2023

U.S. Top Songs: On-Demand Video Streaming

4. Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary — 669M

 

Top Songs (Canada) [Audio + Video On-Demand Streams]

10. Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary — 75.5M

 

[Cruel Summer]

Taylor ******* Swift 

 

Five of the top ten albums, the whole top three albums in pure sales… oh there’s nobody like her

[slightx2]

taylor!

[Cruel Summer]

Quote

Swift sold more albums in 2023 than any other act, accounting for 6% of all albums sold, industry-wide.

not 6% of the entire US pure sales market 

[Klein]

The Taylor Swift YEC 

 

Not Lover, a 2019 album, being bigger than all but two 2023 album (one of them being Taylor's) 

[Taylena]

Taylor keeping the industry alive.  

TWICE and NewJeans selling 300k+ albums. 

[By the Water]

5 albums in the top 10 

 

Truly the music industry 

[Hunter_13]

Oh Taylor 

[Chartman]

Lover hopefully another big year in 2024, than it must be close to Diamond status.

[littlebodybigheart]

taylor

[Hot Volcano]

Bloody Mary

 

 

[pride4jc1222]

Top Albums SPS Era
 

2015

1 Adele, 25 8,008,000
2 Taylor Swift, 1989 3,105,000
3 Justin Bieber, Purpose 2,225,000
4 Ed Sheeran, X 2,206,000
5 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness 2,045,000
6 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late 1,919,000
7 Meghan Trainor, Title 1,795,000
8 Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour 1,741,000
9 Sam Hunt, Montevallo 1,378,000
10 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1,295,000
 

2016

1 Drake, Views 4,140,000
2 Adele, 25 2,369,000
3 Beyonce, Lemonade 2,187,000
4 Rihanna, Anti 1,966,000
5 Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface 1,732,000
6 Justin Bieber, Purpose 1,678,000
7 Chris Stapleton, Traveller 1,421,000
8 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamiltn: An American Musical 1,327,000
9 Soundtrack, Suicide Squad: The Album 1,126,000
10 Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman 1,070,000

 

2017

1 Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide) 2,764,000
2 Kendrick Lamar, d**n. 2,747,000
3 Taylor Swift, Reputation 2,336,000
4 Drake, More Life 2,227,000
5 Bruno Mars, 24K Magic 1,626,000
6 Post Malone, Stoney 1,564,000
7 Migos, Culture 1,438,000
8 The Weeknd, Starboy 1,408,000
9 Soundtrack, Moana 1,254,000
10 Khalid, American Teen 1,220,000
 

2018

1 Drake, Scorpion 3,905,000
2 Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys 3,251,000
3 Soundtrack, The Greatest Showman 2,499,000
4 Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy 2,060,000
5 Travis Scott, Astroworld 1,985,000
6 XXXTentacion, ? 1,637,000
7 Migos, Culture II 1,599,000
8 Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide) 1,481,000
9 Soundtrack, Black Panther: The Album 1,459,000
10 Post Malone, Stoney 1,388,000
 

2019

1 Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding 3,001,000
2 Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2,518,000
3 Taylor Swift, Lover 2,191,000
4 Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next 2,056,000
5 Khalid, Free Spirit 1,587,000
6 Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys 1,380,000
7 Lil Nas X, 7 1,306,000
8 Drake, Scorpion 1,249,000
9 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) 1,213,000
10 Travis Scott, Astroworld 1,201,000
 

2020

1 Lil Baby My Turn 2.632 million
2 Taylor Swift Folklore 2.204 million
3 Pop Smoke Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon 2.198 million
4 The Weeknd After Hours 2.032 million
5 Juice Wrld Legends Never Die 1.990 million
6 Post Malone Hollywood’s Bleeding 1.895 million
7 Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake 1.860 million
8 Roddy Ricch Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial 1.792 million
9 Harry Styles Fine Line 1.522 million
10 Luke Combs What You See Is What You Get 1.475 million
 

2021

1. Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album (3.226 million)
2. Olivia Rodrigo, Sour (2.856 million)
3. Drake, Certified Lover Boy (1.970 million)
4. Adele, 30 (1.936 million)
5. Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (1.533 million)
6. Doja Cat, Planet Her (1.510 million)
7. The Kid LAROI, F*ck Love (1.505 million)
8. Justin Bieber, Justice (1.473 million)
9. Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia (1.403 million)
10. The Weeknd, After Hours (1.342 million)
 

2022

1. Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti (3.400 million)
2. Taylor Swift, Midnights (3.294 million)
3. Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album (2.405 million)
4. Harry Styles, Harry’s House (2.204 million)
5. The Weeknd, The Highlights (1.879 million)
6. Soundtrack, Encanto (1.839 million)
7. Future, I Never Liked You (1.460 million)
8. Olivia Rodrigo, Sour (1.438 million)
9. Lil Durk, 7220 (1.357 million)
10. Drake, Certified Lover Boy (1.317 million)

[Frozen99]

3 hours ago, Hector said:

10. Lana Del Rey, Born to Die (192,000)

this classic

[fridayteenage]

3 hours ago, Cruel Summer said:

Taylor ******* Swift 

 

Five of the top ten albums, the whole top three albums in pure sales… oh there’s nobody like her

I promise you'll never find another like me! Indeed

[family.guy123]

Pick whatever year-end you want and Morgan will be #1 irregardlessly!