Top 5 Music Artists of 2023
Starting off with number one, Taylor Swift was last year's top artist, with more than 26.1 billion global streams since January 1st. Her famous Eras Tour of last year brought even more popularity. This concert was recorded, and shown in theaters all over the world, becoming the highest grossing film concert ever. She was Spotifys Most-Streamed Artist Globally, with “Swifties” all over the world (Photo: Ronald Woan).
At number two, Bad Bunny secured the title of most streamed album globally in 2023 with Un Verano Sin Ti and was the first Spanish LP nominated for an Album Of The Year at the 2023 GRAMMYs. Bad Bunny will also star in his own Marvel movie, El Muerto, scheduled for a 2024 release (Photo: The Come Up Show).
At number three, The Weeknd, also known as Abel Tesfaye, won best album of the year for his album Dawn FM at the JUNO Awards, and in the pre-telecast award-giving, where most of the prizes are actually handed the night before the actual awards, at the 2023 Opening Night Awards. earned trophies for; best artist, best single for “Sacrifice” and songwriter of the year. Earlier in 2023, “Blinding Lights” became the most streamed song on Spotify surpassing Ed Sheerans “Shape of You” which had held the record for the past five years. Both of these songs are the only two songs to have ever reached 3 billion streams on the streaming platform (Photo: The Come Up Show).
Coming in at number four, Drake (Aubrey Graham) dominated the 2023 Billboards Music Awards , after the recent release of For All the Dogs: Scary Hours Edition, won the awards for Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Male Artist, Top Rap Touring Artist for his It's All a Blur Tour, Top Rap Album with 21 Savage for Her Loss, and Top Rap Song with 21 again for "Rich Flex" (Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage).
Finally, coming in at our number five spot in 2023, Peso Pluma (Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija) released his popular album Génesis over the summer after finding huge success for his collaborations, “Ella Baila Sola” with Eslabón Armado, “La Bebé Remix” with Yng Lvcas, and “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 55” with Argentine producer Bizarrap. He was one of Rolling Stone‘s Future 25 artists in early 2023, and his Eslabón collab was named the No. 1 song of 2023 by Rolling Stone. He also headlined his first-ever tour in 2023 and attended the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards, where he was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Regional Mexican Song, both for the breakout single “Ella Baila Sola” (Photo: Peso Pluma).