2023 in American music

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The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2023 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• 6 – Iggy Pop released his first studio album in four years, Every Loser.
• 9 – Pentatonix performed the National Anthem at the College Football Playoff National Championship at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
• 13 – Jason Crabb released his first studio album in nearly five years, Miracle in a Manger.
  • Obituary released their first studio album in six years, Dying of Everything.
  • Miley Cyrus released "Flowers", her first single since 2021. The song has gone on to break multiple Spotify records, including the most-streamed song in one week. The record was previously held by Adele's "Easy on Me".
• 19 – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee David Crosby dies at the age of 81.
• 20 – Easton Corbin released his first studio album in eight years, Let's Do Country Right.
• 24 – After 19 years, Brendon Urie announced that he was discontinuing Panic! at the Disco after the Viva Las Vengeance Tour finished, so he can focus on his family.
• 27 – The Arcs released their first album in eight years, Electrophonic Chronic.
  • Bass Drum of Death released their first studio album in five years, Say I Won't.
  • Meg Baird released her first studio album in eight years, Furling.
  • Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line released his self-titled debut solo studio album.
  • Elle King released her first studio album in nearly five years, Come Get Your Wife. It is her first true country music album.
  • King Tuff released his first studio album in five years, Smalltown Stardust.
• 31 – The Smashing Pumpkins released act two of their three-part rock opera album, Atum.

February

• 3 – All Out War released their first studio album in four years, Celestial Rot.
• 5 – The 65th Grammy Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Beyoncé and Maverick City Music took home the most awards with four each. Harry Styles won Album of the Year for Harry's House, Lizzo won Record of the Year for "About Damn Time", Bonnie Raitt won Song of the Year for "Just Like That" and Samara Joy won Best New Artist.
• 8 – Composer, songwriter, producer, and pianist Burt Bacharach dies at the age of 94.
• 10 – Paramore released their first studio album in nearly six years, This Is Why.
  • Quasi released their first studio album in ten years, Breaking the Balls of History.
  • Kelela released her first studio album in six years, Raven.
  • Pierce the Veil released their first studio album in seven years, The Jaws of Life. It is their first album without co-founder and drummer Mike Fuentes, who had left the band in 2017 following sexual misconduct allegations.
• 12 – Chris Stapleton performed National Anthem, Sheryl Lee Ralph performed Lift Every Voice and Sing, and Rihanna performed the halftime show during Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
• 14 – Caroline Polachek released her first studio album in nearly four years, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You.
• 17 – Jordan Davis released his first studio album in five years, Bluebird Days.
  • P!nk released her first studio album in nearly four years, Trustfall.
  • Skrillex released his first solo studio album in nine years, Quest for Fire. It was followed by his next album, Don't Get Too Close, a day later.
  • Screaming Females released their first studio album in five years, and also their final album, Desire Pathway.
• 24 – Godsmack released their first studio album in five years, and also their final album, Lighting Up the Sky.
  • Steel Panther released their first studio album in four years, On the Prowl.
  • Dope released their first studio album in seven years, Blood Money, Part Zer0.
  • Dierks Bentley released his first studio album in five years, Gravel & Gold.
• 26 – Palisades disbanded after 15 years, following their final performance in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
• 27 – The Rise of the Machines Tour, featuring Fear Factory, Static-X and Dope, began at Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. The show marked Fear Factory's first live performance since 2016 and the band's first with current vocalist Milo Silvestro.

March

• 3 – Macklemore released his first studio album in nearly six years, BEN.
• 10 – 19 years after its formation as a band, Panic! at the Disco performed its final concert at AO Arena in Manchester, England.
  • Story of the Year released their first studio album in six years, Tear Me to Pieces.
  • Periphery released their first studio album in four years, Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre.
• 17 – Kamelot released their first studio album in five years, The Awakening.
  • Chelsea Grin released the second half of their double album, Suffer in Heaven.
  • Taylor Swift began her ongoing sixth concert tour, The Eras Tour.
• 24 – Fall Out Boy released their first studio album in five years, So Much (for) Stardust.
  • Meg Myers released her first studio album in five years, TZIA.
  • Owl City released his first album in five years, Coco Moon.
  • Lana Del Rey released her 8th major label studio album, Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blv
• 31 – Welshly Arms released their first album in five years, Wasted Words & Bad Decisions.
  • Andrew McMahon's solo project, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, released its first album in nearly five years, Tilt at the Wind No More.
  • Samiam released their first studio album in nearly 12 years, Stowaway.
  • Supergroup Boygenius released their debut album and first release in five years, The Record.
  • Melanie Martinez released her first album in nearly four years, Portals.

April

• 2 – The CMT Music Awards took place at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. This was the first time the ceremony took place outside of Nashville.
• 7 – Mudhoney released their first studio album in five years, Plastic Eternity.
  • Rae Sremmurd released their first studio album in five years, Sremm 4 Life.
  • NF released his fifth studio album, HOPE. It was his first studio album in four years.
• 14 – Metallica released their first studio album in nearly seven years, 72 Seasons.
  • Overkill released their first studio album in four years, Scorched.
• 25 – Harry Belafonte dies at the age of 96.
• 28 – The National released their first studio album in four years, First Two Pages of Frankenstein. They followed it up with the surprise album Laugh Track less than five months later.
  • Smokey Robinson released Gasms, his first studio album in six years, his first non-Christmas album in nine years and his first album of all-new original material in 14 years.

May

• 4 – Blink-182 began their first tour with founding member Tom DeLonge since 2014.
  • The Smashing Pumpkins released the full three-act rock opera album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts.
• 10 – Beyoncé commenced her ongoing ninth concert tour, the Renaissance World Tour, at Friends Arena, in Stockholm, Sweden.
• 12 – Lauren Daigle released her first album in nearly five years, Lauren Daigle.
  • Cattle Decapitation released their first studio album in four years, Terrasite.
  • DevilDriver released the second half of their double-album cycle, Dealing with Demons Vol. II, three years after Vol. I's release.
  • Jonas Brothers released their first studio album in nearly four years, The Album.
• 19 — Dave Matthews Band released their first studio album in five years, Walk Around the Moon.
• 21 – Iam Tongi won the twenty-first season of American Idol. Megan Danielle was named runner-up.
• 23 – Gina Miles won the twenty-third season of The Voice. Grace West was named runner-up. D.Smooth, Sorelle, and NOIVAS finished in third, fourth, and fifth place respectively. Longtime coach Blake Shelton steps away from the show after 23 seasons.
• 24 – The "Queen of Rock and Roll", Tina Turner, dies at her home in Switzerland at the age of 83.
  • Foo Fighters debuted their new drummer, Josh Freese, during their performance at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire.
• 26 – Matchbox Twenty released their first album in nearly 11 years, Where the Light Goes.
  • Metal Church released their first album in five years, Congregation of Annihilation. It is the band's first album with current vocalist Marc Lopes and their first since former vocalist Mike Howe's death in July 2021.

June

• 2 – Beach Fossils released their first studio album in six years, Bunny.
  • Ben Folds released his first studio album in eight years, What Matters Most.
  • Foo Fighters released But Here We Are, their first studio album following the 2022 death of drummer Taylor Hawkins; it is their first album since 1997's The Colour and the Shape to not feature Hawkins and their first since 2005's In Your Honor to feature guitarist/vocalist Dave Grohl on drums.
  • Avenged Sevenfold released their first studio album in nearly seven years, Life Is But a Dream....
  • Big Time Rush released their first studio album in ten years, Another Life.
  • Jake Shears released his first studio album in five years, Last Man Dancing.
  • Rival Sons released their first studio album in four years, Darkfighter. It was followed by a companion album, Lightbringer, released on October 20.
  • Rancid released their first studio album in six years, Tomorrow Never Comes.
  • The Revivalists released their first studio album in nearly five years, Pour It Out Into the Night.
• 8 – Alkaline Trio drummer Derek Grant announced his departure from the band after 22 years. Atom Willard later joined the band as his replacement.
• 9 – Janelle Monáe released her first studio album in five years, The Age of Pleasure.
  • The Dead Milkmen released their first studio album in nine years, Quaker City Quiet Pills.
  • Extreme released their first studio album in 15 years, Six.
  • Phillip Phillips released his first studio album in five years, Drift Back.
• 16 – Killer Mike released his first solo studio album in 11 years, Michael.
  • Queens of the Stone Age released their first studio album in nearly six years, In Times New Roman....
• 23 – Kelly Clarkson released her first studio album of all original material in nearly six years, Chemistry.
  • Portugal. The Man released their first studio album in six years, Chris Black Changed My Life.
  • Swans released their first studio album in four years, The Beggar.
  • Jake Owen released his first studio album in four years, Loose Cannon.
  • Albert Hammond Jr. released his first solo album in five years, Melodies on Hiatus.

July

• 7 – Taylor Swift released her third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor's Version), a freshly recorded issue of her 2010 studio album, Speak Now.
  • Anohni and the Johnsons released their first studio album in 13 years, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross.
  • Julie Byrne released her first studio album in six years, The Greater Wings.
  • Local Natives released their first studio album in four years, Time Will Wait for No One. The album was followed by a companion album, But I’ll Wait for You, released nine months later.
• 14 – Palehound released their first studio album in four years, Eye on the Bat.
• 19 – Anti-Flag announced their abrupt disbandment after 31 years following a podcast episode leveling sexual assault accusations against vocalist Justin Sane.
• 21 – Tony Bennett dies at the age of 96.
• 26 – Eagles co-founder and bassist Randy Meisner dies at the age of 77.
• 28 – Travis Scott released his first studio album in nearly five years, Utopia.
  • Mutoid Man released their first studio album in six years, Mutants.

August

• 18 – Horrendous released their first album in five years, Ontological Mysterium.
• 22 – Dethklok released their first studio album in ten years, Dethalbum IV.
• 25 – Filter released their first studio album in seven years, The Algorithm.
  • Turnpike Troubadours released their first studio album in six years, A Cat in the Rain.

September

• 1 – Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett dies in his home in Sag Harbor, New York, due to complications from Merkel-cell carcinoma. He was 76.
• 2 – Aerosmith began their farewell tour, Peace Out: The Farewell Tour.
• 4 – Original Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell dies from liver failure at the age of 56.
• 9 – Aerosmith perform at the UBS Arena in Elmont as part of their Peace Out farewell tour. Though unintended, this was eventually considered to be the band's final performance due to Steven Tyler fracturing his larynx.
• 15 – Baroness released their first album in four years, Stone.
  • Sean Combs, under his stage name Diddy, released his first solo studio album in 17 years and his first overall studio album in 13 years, The Love Album: Off the Grid.
  • Explosions in the Sky released their first studio album in seven years, End.
  • Staind released their first studio album in 12 years, Confessions of the Fallen.
  • Thirty Seconds to Mars released their first studio album in five years, It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day.
  • Alan Palomo of Neon Indian released his first studio album in eight years, World of Hassle, which is also his first album released under his own name.
• 29 – Blonde Redhead released their first studio album in nine years, Sit Down for Dinner.
  • *NSYNC released their first new single in over 20 years, "Better Place", for the upcoming movie Trolls Band Together.
  • Taproot released their first studio album in eleven years, SC\SSRS.

October

• 6 – Dogstar released their first studio album in 23 years, Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees.
  • Reba McEntire released her first studio album in four years, Not That Fancy.
  • Prong released their first studio album in six years, State of Emergency.
  • Glasser released her first studio album in ten years, Crux.
  • Darius Rucker released his first studio album in six years, Carolyn's Boy.
  • Colbie Caillat released her first solo studio album in seven years, Along the Way.
• 13 – Crosses released their first studio album in nine years, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.
• 20 – blink-182 released their first studio album in four years, One More Time.... It is their first album with founding member Tom DeLonge in twelve years.
  • Boys Like Girls released their first studio album in 11 years, Sunday at Foxwoods.
  • Cher released her first studio album in five years, Christmas. It is also her first Christmas album.
  • Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan released his first solo studio album in four years, Lighthouse.
  • Chris Botti released his first album in 11 years, Vol. 1.
• 25 – Dream Theater reunited with founding drummer Mike Portnoy for the first time since his departure from the band in 2010.
• 27 – Taylor Swift released her fourth re-recorded album, 1989 (Taylor's Version), a freshly recorded issue of her fifth studio album 1989 (2014).
  • The Gaslight Anthem released their first studio album in nine years, History Books.
  • DJ Shadow released his first studio album in four years, Action Adventure.
  • Taking Back Sunday released their first studio album in seven years, 152. It is also their first album without guitarist and co-founder Eddie Reyes, who left the band in 2018.
  • Dokken released their first studio album in 11 years, Heaven Comes Down.

November

• 3 – Semisonic released their first studio album in 22 years, Little Bit of Sun.
  • Suffocation released their first studio album in six years, Hymns from the Apocrypha. It is the band's first album with current vocalist Ricky Myers.
• 10 – Brandy released her first studio album in three years, and her first-ever Christmas album, Christmas with Brandy.
  • Helmet released their first studio album in seven years, Left.
  • Beirut released their first studio album in four years, Hadsel.
  • Scream released their first studio album in 30 years, DC Special. The album features contributions from former drummer Dave Grohl, among others, and also features the final recordings of founding drummer Kent Stax, who died two months before the album's release.
• 17 – Dolly Parton released her first ever rock album, Rockstar. After being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, Parton said she would release a rock album.
  • Plain White T's released their first studio album in five years, Plain White T's.
• 19 – The Billboard Music Awards took place.
• 24 – My Morning Jacket released their first ever holiday album titled Happy Holiday.

December

• 1 – Jonathan Rado released his first album of new material in six years, For Who The Bell Tolls For.
  • The Philly Specials, consisting of Philadelphia Eagles players Lane Johnson, Jason Kelce, and Jordan Mailata, released their second charity Christmas album A Philly Special Christmas Special.
• 2 – Kiss concluded their End of the Road World Tour with their final performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City, after 50 years as a band.
• 5 – After 18 years, Screaming Females announce their breakup via their social media pages.
• 8 – Taylor Swift's ongoing Eras Tour became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, surpassing Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, and the first to pass $1 billion in revenue.
  • Nicki Minaj released her first studio album in five years, Pink Friday 2.
  • Kenny G released his first album of new material in six years, Innocence.
• 19 – Huntley was crowned the winner of the twenty-fourth season of The Voice. Ruby Leigh declared the runner-up. Mara Justine, Jacquie Roar, and Lila Forde finished in third, fourth, and fifth place respectively.
• 22 – The Reverend Horton Heat released their first ever live album, Live In Houston.
• 29 – Head East released their first album in 10 years, Full Circle.

Bands formed

• The Defiant

Bands reformed

• Agalloch
• Balance and Composure
• Blessthefall
• Chimaira
• The Color Morale
• Creed
• Crimson Glory
• Dogstar
• Dream Street
• The Exies
• Motograter
• NSYNC
• The Orwells
• Sublime

Bands on hiatus

• Walk the Moon

Bands disbanded

• Anti-Flag
• Injury Reserve
• Kiss
• Kix
• MS MR
• Palisades
• Panic! at the Disco
• The Regrettes
• Screaming Females

List of albums released

January

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Ambient 23	Moby	Ambient
6	Lies They Tell Our Children	Anti-Flag	Punk rock
	Every Loser	Iggy Pop	Rock punk rock
	Black Butta	RuPaul	R&B soul
	No Rules Sandy (Reissue)	Sylvan Esso	Indie pop electropop
	I Rest My Case	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Hip hop
13	Free 03	03 Greedo	Hip hop
	Miracle in a Manger	Jason Crabb	Christian southern gospel
	Dying of Everything	Obituary	Death metal
	Strays	Margo Price	Country Americana
	Hell Finds You Everywhere	Thousand Below	Post-hardcore rock
20	Attack on Memory (Reissue)	Cloud Nothings	Post-hardcore noise rock indie rock
	Let's Do Country Right	Easton Corbin	Country
	La La Land	Guided by Voices	Indie rock alternative rock
	The Mockingbird & the Crow	Hardy	Country country rock
	Like..? (EP)	Ice Spice	Hip hop
	Make the Most of It	New Found Glory	Acoustic
	Mansion Musik	Trippie Redd	Trap hardcore hip hop gangsta rap rap rock
	Lobes	We Are Scientists	Indie rock alternative rock post-punk revival
27	Electrophonic Chronic	The Arcs	Garage rock soul R&B psychedelic rock
	Furling	Meg Baird	Folk
	Say I Won't	Bass Drum of Death	Garage rock garage punk noise rock punk rock
	Phoenix	Lakecia Benjamin	Jazz
	Tyler Hubbard	Tyler Hubbard	Country
	Come Get Your Wife	Elle King	Country
	Smalltown Stardust	King Tuff	Alternative rock
	Diamonds & Dancefloors	Ava Max	Pop
	Honey	Samia	Indie rock alternative rock indie pop
	Asking for a Ride	White Reaper	Garage rock power pop

February

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
3	Celestial Rot	All Out War	Metalcore thrash metal
	Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper	Terry Blade	Americana country blues folk gospel
	The Cannonballers	Colony House	Indie rock
	. I : & : I I .	John Frusciante	Alternative rock
	New York City	The Men	Punk rock post-punk
	God Save the Teen	Mod Sun	Pop-punk pop rock
	Elocution Prattle	Say Hi	Indie rock
	The Day My Father Died	SYML	Indie pop pop
10	Best Night of My Life	American Authors	Indie rock pop rock
	Raven	Kelela	Alternative R&B electronica
	This Is Why	Paramore	Alternative rock dance-punk indie pop
	The Jaws of Life	Pierce the Veil	Post-hardcore alternative rock
	Breaking the Balls of History	Quasi	Indie rock indie pop electronic pop
	I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go to Hell	Chase Rice	Country
	Pollen	Tennis	Indie pop
	This Stupid World	Yo La Tengo	Alternative rock indie rock
14	Desire, I Want to Turn Into You	Caroline Polachek	Indie pop
17	Bluebird Days	Jordan Davis	Country pop
	All Fiction	Pile	Indie rock post-punk
	Trustfall	P!nk	Pop dance-pop
	Desire Pathway	Screaming Females	Punk rock indie rock
	The Moth, the Lizard, and the Secret Machines	Secret Machines	Alternative rock space rock
	Quest for Fire	Skrillex	Electronic house
	Weight of the World	Joe Louis Walker	Electric blues
18	Don't Get Too Close	Skrillex	Electronic pop
24	Good Riddance	Gracie Abrams	Pop bedroom pop
	Shook	Algiers	Post-punk
	Gravel & Gold	Dierks Bentley	Country
	Blood Money, Part Zer0	Dope	Nu metal
	Lighting Up the Sky	Godsmack	Hard rock
	High Drama	Adam Lambert	Pop
	Should've Learned by Now	Lucero	Heartland rock blues rock
	On the Prowl	Steel Panther	Glam metal comedy rock

March

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
3	Pineapple Sunrise	Beach Weather	Alternative rock pop rock
	Thanks But No Thanks	Can't Swim	Rock
	Foreground Music	Ron Gallo	Alternative rock indie rock
	BEN	Macklemore	Hip hop
	SuperGlue	Ella Vos	Indie rock indie pop
	One Thing at a Time	Morgan Wallen	Country pop
10	Voices	The Cold Stares	Hard rock blues rock
	Endless Summer Vacation	Miley Cyrus	Synth-pop rock psychedelia country nu-disco electro-funk
	Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre	Periphery	Progressive metal djent progressive metalcore
	Tear Me to Pieces	Story of the Year	Post-hardcore hard rock emo
	Remember... You Must Die	Suicide Silence	Deathcore
15	With Love From	Aly & AJ	Americana folk indie pop
17	10,000 Gecs	100 gecs	Rock electronic rock
	Tell Me I'm Alive	All Time Low	Alternative rock pop rock pop-punk
	Suffer in Heaven	Chelsea Grin	Deathcore
	More Power. More Pain.	Gideon	Hardcore punk metalcore
	The Awakening	Kamelot	Power metal progressive metal symphonic metal
	Thrones of Blood	Sullivan King	Dance
	Keed Talk to 'Em 2 (EP)	Lil Keed	Hip hop
	Lil Pump 2	Lil Pump	Hip hop
	Ride Away	Moon Boots	House
	Skeletons	Pop Evil	Rock
	On Top of the Covers	T-Pain	R&B hip hop
24	Death Below	August Burns Red	Metalcore Christian rock
	Ten Stories High	The Bouncing Souls	Punk rock
	Gettin' Old	Luke Combs	Country
	Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd	Lana Del Rey	Folk rock trap pop
	So Much (for) Stardust	Fall Out Boy	Rock pop rock pop punk
	93696	Liturgy	Black metal avant-garde metal
	TZIA	Meg Myers	Alternative rock art rock indie rock
	Coco Moon	Owl City	Synth-pop electronica
	The Art of Forgetting	Caroline Rose	Indie folk
31	Tilt at the Wind No More	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness	Alternative rock indie pop
	The Record	Boygenius	Indie pop indie rock
	In Pieces	Chlöe	R&B pop trap
	Portals	Melanie Martinez	Alternative pop art pop
	Void Eternal	Nothing,Nowhere	Indie rock post-hardcore
	Stowaway	Samiam	Punk rock pop-punk
	Body	Transviolet	Pop rock indie pop
	Wasted Words & Bad Decisions	Welshly Arms	Blues rock indie rock pop rock

April

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
7	The Valley of Vision	Manchester Orchestra	Indie rock art rock alternative rock
	Music Man	Layng Martine Jr.	Pop country
	Plastic Eternity	Mudhoney	Alternative rock
	Sremm 4 Life	Rae Sremmurd	Hip hop
	The Book of Broken Glass	Sarah and the Safe Word	Alternative rock
14	72 Seasons	Metallica	Heavy metal hard rock
	Forever Means (EP)	Angel Olsen	Indie folk alternative country
	Scorched	Overkill	Thrash metal
	High & Low	Caitlyn Smith	Country
	Intellectual Property	Waterparks	Pop rock alternative rock
21	The Course of the Inevitable III: Pieces of My Pain	Lloyd Banks	Hip hop
	Guilty	Loren Gray	Pop
	Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón	The Mars Volta	Acoustic
	Safe To Run	Esther Rose	Country
	Don't Try This at Home	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Hip hop
28	Drive Like It's Stolen	Dave Hause	Punk rock alternative rock
	Damn Love	Kip Moore	Country
	First Two Pages of Frankenstein	The National	Indie rock art rock
	Gasms	Smokey Robinson	Soul
	Nate Smith	Nate Smith	Country

May

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
5	So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously	Atmosphere	Hip hop
	Funeral	DC the Don	Hip hop
	Everything Harmony	The Lemon Twigs	Rock
	Stray Dog	Justin Moore	Country
	Lucky	Megan Moroney	Country
	Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts	The Smashing Pumpkins	Alternative rock rock
12	Terrasite	Cattle Decapitation	Deathgrind technical death metal
	Lauren Daigle	Lauren Daigle	Christian pop
	Dealing with Demons Vol. II	DevilDriver	Groove metal melodic death metal
	(Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality	Eluvium	Ambient electronic
	Why Would I Watch	Hot Mulligan	Pop-punk emo
	The Album	Jonas Brothers	Pop
	Shadowkasters	The Rocket Summer	Indie rock pop rock
19	Walk Around the Moon	Dave Matthews Band	Rock
	Gag Order	Kesha	Art pop experimental pop psychedelic pop
	I Am the Dog	Sir Chloe	Indie rock
	Toxic Positivity	The Used	Alternative rock post-hardcore
	Clear 2: Soft Life (EP)	Summer Walker	R&B soul
26	Disposable Everything	AJJ	Punk rock
	Roach	Miya Folick	Indie rock indie pop folk rock
	Freak of Nature	Heart Attack Man	Punk rock pop-punk emo
	Pistolz & Pearlz	Kodak Black	Hip hop
	Where the Light Goes	Matchbox Twenty	Alternative rock
	Congregation of Annihilation	Metal Church	Heavy metal thrash metal

June

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
2	I've Loved You for So Long	The Aces	Indie pop
	Life Is But a Dream...	Avenged Sevenfold	Heavy metal avant-garde metal
	Bunny	Beach Fossils	Indie rock
	Another Life	Big Time Rush	Pop R&B
	Vol. 10	Buckcherry	Rock
	Lucky for You	Bully	Punk rock garage rock indie rock
	What Matters Most	Ben Folds	Alternative rock
	But Here We Are	Foo Fighters	Rock alternative rock
	Wide Open Light	Ben Harper	Folk
	Whitsitt Chapel	Jelly Roll	Country
	If We're Being Honest	lovelytheband	Indie pop pop rock
	Tomorrow Never Comes	Rancid	Punk rock
	Pour It Out Into the Night	The Revivalists	Alternative rock
	Darkfighter	Rival Sons	Hard rock blues rock
	Last Man Dancing	Jake Shears	Disco-pop acid house
	Sweet Western Sound	Tanya Tucker	Country
9	Quaker City Quiet Pills	The Dead Milkmen	Punk rock alternative rock
	Six	Extreme	Hard rock
	Girl with Fish	Feeble Little Horse	Indie rock noise rock garage rock
	The Age of Pleasure	Janelle Monáe	Afrobeat reggae soul
	Drift Back	Phillip Phillips	Pop
16	Michael	Killer Mike	Hip hop
	Grudges	Kiana Ledé	Pop R&B
	I Want More	Donny McCaslin	Pop jazz
	In Times New Roman...	Queens of the Stone Age	Alternative rock hard rock desert rock
	Rebuilding The Mountain	Royal Thunder	Hard rock stoner rock
23	Central City	Big Freedia	Hip hop
	Chemistry	Kelly Clarkson	Pop pop rock dance-pop
	Melodies on Hiatus	Albert Hammond Jr.	Rock indie rock
	Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride	Jason Mraz	Folk-pop pop rock
	Loose Cannon	Jake Owen	Country
	Chris Black Changed My Life	Portugal. The Man	Alternative rock psychedelic pop
	The Beggar	Swans	Experimental rock post-rock noise rock
30	Flying High	The Alchemist	Hip hop
	Convinced (EP)	Anberlin	Alternative rock
	Grand Salami Time!	The Baseball Project	Rock
	Blowout	John Carroll Kirby	Dance
	Fine Tune	Terrace Martin	Hip hop pop
	I've Got Me	Joanna Sternberg	Folk

July

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
7	My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross	Anohni and the Johnsons	Art pop avant-pop
	The Greater Wings	Julie Byrne	Indie folk
	Sunburn	Dominic Fike	Alternative hip hop indie pop
	I Want It All Right Now	Grouplove	Alternative rock indie pop
	Time Will Wait for No One	Local Natives	Indie rock
	Freakazoid	The Pink Spiders	Punk rock pop-punk
	Speak Now (Taylor's Version)	Taylor Swift	Country pop pop
	Childhood Eyes (EP)	Yellowcard	Pop-punk
14	Supermodels	Claud	Bedroom pop
	People Just Wanna Have Fun	Kool & the Gang	R&B soul
	Nosebleeds	MisterWives	Pop rock indie pop
	Eye on the Bat	Palehound	Indie rock alternative rock
	Evergreen	Pvris	Alternative rock pop rock indie rock
21	Starcatcher	Greta Van Fleet	Blues rock rock progressive rock
	Welshpool Frillies	Guided by Voices	Rock
	Jump Into Love	Half Japanese	Alternative rock indie rock
	Mid Air	Paris Texas	Hip hop rap rock
	Barbie the Album	Various artists	Soundtrack pop dance-pop
28	In The Moment You Were Born	Brad	Alternative rock grunge
	Natural Disaster	Bethany Cosentino	Pop rock folk rock
	Blackout	From Ashes to New	Rap rock rap metal alternative rock
	Austin	Post Malone	Pop hip hop alternative rock
	Mutants	Mutoid Man	Hard rock psychedelic rock speed metal
	Utopia	Travis Scott	Hip hop trap psychedelic
	Truth Killer	Sevendust	Hard rock alternative metal

August

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
1	The Maine	The Maine	Pop-punk pop rock emo
4	Doom Singer	Chris Farren	Indie rock indie pop pop-punk
	You Are Who You Hang Out With	The Front Bottoms	Indie rock indie pop
	Mammoth II	Mammoth WVH	Hard rock rock
	Still Love	Teenage Wrist	Alternative rock indie pop
	I Showed U So	Yo Gotti and DJ Drama	Hip hop
11	The Dark	The Band Camino	Indie rock pop rock
	Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You	Bonnie "Prince" Billy	Rock indie rock
	The Dreamer - Joseph: Part One	Neal Morse	Progressive rock Christian rock
	Sundial	Noname	Hip hop
	Take Back The Night	Starbenders	Glam rock rock
18	Death Is Nothing To Us	Fiddlehead	Post-hardcore indie rock
	Ontological Mysterium	Horrendous	Death metal progressive metal
	Ruckus!	Movements	Post-hardcore emo
	Mother Road	Grace Potter	Rock pop
	Rocket Power	Quavo	Hip hop
	Snow Angel	Reneé Rapp	Pop
22	Dethalbum IV	Dethklok	Melodic death metal
25	Zach Bryan	Zach Bryan	Country country rock
	The Long Goodbye	Candlebox	Alternative rock rock
	Road	Alice Cooper	Hard rock heavy metal
	The Algorithm	Filter	Alternative rock industrial rock
	Standing Room Only	Tim McGraw	Country
	Find a Way Home	MxPx	Pop-punk
	A Cat in the Rain	Turnpike Troubadours	Red dirt country
31	Hellmode	Jeff Rosenstock	Alternative rock indie rock

September

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
1	Out of the Shadows	Escape the Fate	Hard rock post-hardcore
	Earned It	Larry Fleet	Country
	No Traffic	Illa J	Hip hop
	E3	Midwxst	Hip hop
	Rabbit Rabbit	Speedy Ortiz	Indie rock alternative rock
	I'm So Lucky	Spirit of the Beehive	Indie rock alternative rock
8	Brand New Soul	American Dust	Pop rock pop-punk hardcore punk
	Any Joy	As Friends Rust	Melodic hardcore
	Live at the Whisky A Go Go	Everclear	Alternative rock rock
	Clear Pond Road	Kristin Hersh	Folk-pop alternative rock
	The Devil I Know	Ashley McBryde	Country
	Nobody Owns You	Joan Osborne	Folk
	Ubiquitous	Puddle of Mudd	Alternative metal post-grunge
	GUTS	Olivia Rodrigo	Pop
15	Shellshock	Ballyhoo!	Punk rock reggae rock
	Stone	Baroness	Rock hard rock heavy metal
	The Love Album: Off the Grid	Diddy	R&B hip hop
	End	Explosions in the Sky	Post-rock instrumental rock
	The End	Cody Fry	Rock
	MONO	K.Flay	Indie rock indie pop pop-punk
	Revamped	Demi Lovato	Rock
	Caves	Needtobreathe	Christian rock rock
	World of Hassle	Alan Palomo	Electronic chillwave indie pop
	Confessions of the Fallen	Staind	Hard rock heavy metal
	I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1)	Teddy Swims	Pop R&B
	CMF2	Corey Taylor	Hard rock heavy metal
	It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day	Thirty Seconds to Mars	Rock alternative rock
18	Laugh Track	The National	Indie rock
22	EndEx	3Teeth	Hard rock industrial metal
	Southern Star	Brent Cobb	Country pop
	Scarlet	Doja Cat	Hip hop
	Atlas	Laurel Halo	Electronic avant-pop
	The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess	Chappell Roan	Pop dance-pop
29	Screamin' at the Sky	Black Stone Cherry	Hard rock heavy metal
	Sit Down for Dinner	Blonde Redhead	Alternative rock indie rock
	Spinning the Truth Around (Part II)	Blue October	Alternative rock rock
	SC\SSRS	Taproot	Nu metal alternative metal
	Alone in a Crowd	Oliver Tree	Indie rock alternative rock
	Cousin	Wilco	Indie rock alternative rock

October

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
6	Blues Deluxe Vol. 2	Joe Bonamassa	Blues rock hard rock
	Along the Way	Colbie Caillat	Country
	Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees	Dogstar	Alternative rock
	Crux	Glasser	Electropop indietronica
	Not That Fancy	Reba McEntire	Country
	State of Emergency	Prong	Groove metal alternative metal thrash metal
	Carolyn's Boy	Darius Rucker	Country
	Javelin	Sufjan Stevens	Indie folk indie pop
13	The Last Night of Sadness	Jenn Champion	Alternative rock indie rock
	Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.	Crosses	Dark wave electronic rock dream pop
	A Classic Christmas	Gavin DeGraw	Christmas pop
	Jonny	The Drums	Indie rock indie pop
	Some of It Was True	The Menzingers	Punk rock
17	Breath of Fresh Air	Gucci Mane	Hip hop
20	One More Time...	Blink-182	Pop-punk rock alternative rock
	Coat of Many Colors	Brandon Lake	Contemporary worship CCM Christian rock Christian R&B Christian country
	Vol. 1	Chris Botti	Jazz
	Sunday at Foxwoods	Boys Like Girls	Pop rock pop-punk
	Christmas	Cher	Christmas pop
	Free Radicals	Dog Eat Dog	Rock heavy metal
	Christmas Songs	David Foster and Katharine McPhee	Christmas
	Lighthouse	Duff McKagan	Hard rock punk rock
	Lightbringer	Rival Sons	Rock blues rock
	Cherish	Vacationer	Dream pop electropop
27	If We're Really Being Honest	The Defiant	Punk rock pop-punk rock
	Action Adventure	DJ Shadow	Instrumental hip hop electronica
	Heaven Comes Down	Dokken	Heavy metal hard rock
	Black Bayou	Robert Finley	Blues soul
	History Books	The Gaslight Anthem	Heartland rock alternative rock punk rock
	Merry Christmas from Jon Pardi	Jon Pardi	Christmas country
	Zig	Poppy	Dark pop
	1989 (Taylor's Version)	Taylor Swift	Pop synth-pop
	152	Taking Back Sunday	Alternative rock emo heartland rock

December

Date	Album	Artist	Genre (s)
1	Alchemical Vol. 1	Dove Cameron	Pop dance
	Night in The City	Robben Ford	Rock pop
	Gabby Sword	Gabby's World	Alternative rock indie rock
	If Only You Were Lonely XV	Hawthorne Heights	Emo post-hardcore
	Nosebleeder	Lil Lotus	Post-hardcore pop-punk alternative hip hop
	For Who The Bell Tolls For	Jonathan Rado	Indie rock rock
8	The Beautiful Dark of Life	Atreyu	Metalcore alternative metal
	Simpler Things	The Band of Heathens	Country rock folk rock
	50th Anniversary Live First Night	Blue Öyster Cult	Hard rock heavy metal
	Innocence	Kenny G	Jazz pop
	Rebel Diamonds	The Killers	Alternative rock rock
	Pink Friday 2	Nicki Minaj	Hip hop
15	Owl Song	Ambrose Akinmusire	Jazz
	EELS So Good Essential EELS Vol. 2	Eels	Alternative rock indie rock
	City Talk	HalfNoise	Alternative rock indie pop
	Long Story Short Willie Nelson 90	Various artists	Country pop
22	Palermo	Conway the Machine	Hip hop
	Montgomeryland (65th anniversary release)	Wes Montgomery	Jazz
	The Complete Nazz	The Nazz	Garage rock power pop
	Acres of Diamonds	Pep Love	Hip hop
	Live in Houston	The Reverend Horton Heat	Psychobilly rockabilly
29	Die for the Government (Reissue)	Anti-Flag	Punk rock
	Next Voyage	The Blues Image	Rock blues rock
	Full Circle	Head East	Rock
	Bewitched	Eddie Higgins	Jazz pop

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2023 and List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2023

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (2 weeks in 2019, 2 weeks in 2020, 2 weeks in 2021, 5 weeks in 2022, 3 weeks in 2023)
• "Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift (6 weeks in 2022, 2 weeks in 2023)
• "Cruel Summer" – Taylor Swift (4 weeks)
• "Die for You" – The Weeknd and Ariana Grande (1 week)
• "First Person Shooter" – Drake feat. J. Cole (1 week)
• "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus (8 weeks)
• "I Remember Everything" – Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves (1 week)
• "Is It Over Now?" – Taylor Swift (1 week)
• "Kill Bill" – SZA (1 week)
• "Last Night" – Morgan Wallen (16 weeks)
• "Like Crazy" – Jimin (1 week)
• "Lovin on Me" – Jack Harlow (1 week)
• "Paint the Town Red" – Doja Cat (3 weeks)
• "Rich Men North of Richmond" – Oliver Anthony (2 weeks)
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (2 weeks)
• "Seven" – Jungkook feat. Latto (1 week)
• "Slime You Out" – Drake feat. SZA (1 week)
• "Try That in a Small Town" – Jason Aldean (1 week)
• "Vampire" – Olivia Rodrigo (2 weeks)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

• "3D" – Jungkook feat. Jack Harlow (#5)
• "7969 Santa" – Drake (#16)
• "8AM in Charlotte" – Drake (#17)
• "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#4 in 2020, #5 in 2023)
• "Agora Hills" – Doja Cat (#14)
• "Ain't That Some" – Morgan Wallen (#11)
• "All-American Bitch" – Olivia Rodrigo (#13)
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#1)
• "All My Life" – Lil Durk feat. J. Cole (#2)
• "All of the Girls You Loved Before" – Taylor Swift (#12)
• "All You Had to Do Was Stay (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#20)
• "Amen" – Drake feat. Teezo Touchdown (#15)
• "Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "As It Was" – Harry Styles (#1 in 2022, #7 in 2023)
• "Back to December (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#16)
• "Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#7)
• "Bad Habit" – Steve Lacy (#1 in 2022, #9 in 2023)
• "Bad Idea Right?" – Olivia Rodrigo (#7)
• "Bahamas Promises" – Drake (#20)
• "Barbie World" – Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice and Aqua (#7)
• "Blank Space (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#12)
• "Bongos" – Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion (#14)
• "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" – PinkPantheress and Ice Spice (#3)
• "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53" – Bizarrap and Shakira (#9)
• "Call Your Friends" – Rod Wave (#18)
• "Calling for You" – Drake feat. 21 Savage (#5)
• "Calm Down" – Rema and Selena Gomez (#3)
• "Chemical" – Post Malone (#13)
• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" – Darlene Love (#15)
• "Come See Me" – Rod Wave (#19)
• "Creepin'" – Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage (#3)
• "Cruel Summer" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "Cuff It" – Beyoncé (#6)
• "Cupid" – Fifty Fifty (#17)
• "Dance the Night" – Dua Lipa (#6)
• "Daylight" – Drake (#8)
• "Deck the Halls" – Nat King Cole (#16 in 2022, #17 in 2023)
• "Die for You" – The Weeknd and Ariana Grande (#1)
• "Double Fantasy" – The Weeknd feat. Future (#18)
• "East Side of Sorrow" – Zach Bryan (#18)
• "Ella Baila Sola" – Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma (#4)
• "Enchanted (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#19)
• "Endless Fashion" – Lil Uzi Vert feat. Nicki Minaj (#20)
• "Everything I Love" – Morgan Wallen (#14)
• "Eyes Closed" – Ed Sheeran (#19)
• "Fast Car" – Luke Combs (#2)
• "Favorite Song" – Toosii (#5)
• "Fear of Heights" – Drake (#10)
• "Fe!n" – Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti (#5)
• "Feliz Navidad" – José Feliciano (#6 in 2021, #7 in 2023)
• "Fight the Feeling" – Rod Wave (#16)
• "Fina" – Bad Bunny and Young Miko (#14)
• "First Person Shooter" – Drake feat. J. Cole (#1)
• "Flooded the Face" – Lil Uzi Vert (#11)
• "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus (#1)
• "FukUMean" – Gunna (#4)
• "Gently" – Drake feat. Bad Bunny (#12)
• "Get Him Back!" – Olivia Rodrigo (#11)
• "Golden Hour" – Jvke (#10)
• "Greedy" – Tate McRae (#7)
• "Hey Driver" – Zach Bryan feat. The War and Treaty (#14)
• "Houdini" – Dua Lipa (#11)
• "Hyaena" – Travis Scott (#14)
• "I Can See You" – Taylor Swift (#5)
• "I Know ?" – Travis Scott (#11)
• "I Like You (A Happier Song)" – Post Malone feat. Doja Cat (#3 in 2022, #19 in 2023)
• "I Remember Everything" – Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves (#1)
• "I Wrote the Book" – Morgan Wallen (#18)
• "I'm Good (Blue)" – David Guetta and Bebe Rexha (#4)
• "IDGAF" – Drake feat. Yeat (#2)
• "Is It Over Now?" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Michael Bublé (#19)
• "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (#12 in 2020, #14 in 2023)
• "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams (#5 in 2021, #6 in 2023)
• "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#3)
• "Jingle Bells" – Frank Sinatra (#16)
• "Just Wanna Rock" – Lil Uzi Vert (#10)
• "K-pop" – Travis Scott, Bad Bunny and The Weeknd (#7)
• "Karma" – Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice (#2)
• "Kill Bill" – SZA (#1)
• "La Bebé" – Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma (#11)
• "Last Christmas" – Wham! (#4)
• "Last Night" – Morgan Wallen (#1)
• "Lavender Haze" – Taylor Swift (#2 in 2022, #11 in 2023)
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" – Dean Martin (#8)
• "Like Crazy" – Jimin (#1)
• "Logical" – Olivia Rodrigo (#20)
• "Love You Anyway" – Luke Combs (#15)
• "Lovin on Me" – Jack Harlow (#1)
• "Made You Look" – Meghan Trainor (#11)
• "Making the Bed" – Olivia Rodrigo (#19)
• "Man Made a Bar" – Morgan Wallen feat. Eric Church (#15)
• "Meltdown" – Travis Scott feat. Drake (#3)
• "Mine (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#15)
• "Monaco" – Bad Bunny (#5)
• "My Eyes" – Travis Scott (#19)
• "Need a Favor" – Jelly Roll (#13)
• "Now and Then" – The Beatles (#7)
• "Now That We Don't Talk" – Taylor Swift (#2)
• "Oh U Went" – Young Thug feat. Drake (#19)
• "One Thing at a Time" – Morgan Wallen (#10)
• "Out of the Woods (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#16)
• "Paint the Town Red" – Doja Cat (#1)
• "Perro Negro" – Bad Bunny and Feid (#20)
• "Players" – Coi Leray (#9)
• "Princess Diana" – Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj (#4)
• "Put It on da Floor Again" – Latto feat. Cardi B (#13)
• "Red Ruby da Sleeze" – Nicki Minaj (#13)
• "Religiously" – Bailey Zimmerman (#13)
• "Rich Baby Daddy" – Drake feat. Sexyy Red and SZA (#11)
• "Rich Flex" – Drake and 21 Savage (#2 in 2022, #5 in 2023)
• "Rich Men North of Richmond" – Oliver Anthony (#1)
• "Rock and a Hard Place" – Bailey Zimmerman (#10)
• "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#1)
• "Santa Tell Me" – Ariana Grande (#12)
• "Sarah's Place" – Zach Bryan feat. Noah Kahan (#14)
• "Save Me" – Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson (#19)
• "Say Don't Go" – Taylor Swift (#5)
• "Search & Rescue" – Drake (#2)
• "Seven" – Jungkook feat. Latto (#1)
• "Single Soon" – Selena Gomez (#19)
• "Sleigh Ride" – The Ronettes (#8)
• "Slime You Out" – Drake feat. SZA (#1)
• "Slut!" – Taylor Swift (#3)
• "Snooze" – SZA (#2)
• "Something in the Orange" – Zach Bryan (#10)
• "Spotless" – Zach Bryan feat. The Lumineers (#17)
• "Standing Next to You" – Jungkook (#5)
• "Style (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#9)
• "Suburban Legends" – Taylor Swift (#10)
• "Super Freaky Girl" – Nicki Minaj (#1 in 2022, #18 in 2023)
• "Superhero (Heroes & Villains)" – Metro Boomin, Future and Chris Brown (#8 in 2022, #18 in 2023)
• "Sure Thing" – Miguel (#11)
• "Thank God" – Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown (#13)
• "Thank God" – Travis Scott (#16)
• "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#9)
• "The Grudge" – Olivia Rodrigo (#16)
• "Thinkin' Bout Me" – Morgan Wallen (#7)
• "Thought You Should Know" – Morgan Wallen (#7)
• "Topia Twins" – Travis Scott feat. Rob49 and 21 Savage (#17)
• "Tourniquet" – Zach Bryan (#20)
• "TQG" – Karol G and Shakira (#7)
• "Try That in a Small Town" – Jason Aldean (#1)
• "Un x100to" – Grupo Frontera and Bad Bunny (#5)
• "Under the Influence" – Chris Brown (#12)
• "Underneath the Tree" – Kelly Clarkson (#11)
• "Unholy" – Sam Smith and Kim Petras (#1 in 2022, #2 in 2023)
• "Used to Be Young" – Miley Cyrus (#8)
• "Vampire" – Olivia Rodrigo (#1)
• "Virginia Beach" – Drake (#3)
• "Water" – Tyla (#10)
• "Welcome to New York (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#14)
• "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish (#14)
• "What Would Pluto Do" – Drake (#18)
• "Where She Goes" – Bad Bunny (#8)
• "White Christmas" – Bing Crosby (#12 in 1962, #15 in 2023)
• "White Horse" – Chris Stapleton (#12)
• "Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)" – Taylor Swift (#19)
• "You Broke My Heart" – Drake (#11)
• "You Proof" – Morgan Wallen (#5 in 2022, #8 in 2023)

Deaths

• January 1 – Gangsta Boo, 43, rapper (Three 6 Mafia)
  • Fred White, 67, funk drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• January 6 – Danny Kaleikini, 85, Hawaiian pop singer
• January 10 – Dennis Budimir, 84, jazz and rock guitarist (The Wrecking Crew)
• January 12 – Lisa Marie Presley, 54, pop rock singer-songwriter
• January 15 – C. J. Harris, 31, singer and American Idol season 13 contestant
• January 18 – Van Conner, 55, rock bassist (Screaming Trees)
  • David Crosby, 81, folk rock guitarist (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
• January 26 – Dean Daughtry, 76, Southern rock keyboardist (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
• January 28 – Tom Verlaine, 73, rock guitarist (Television)
• January 31 – Charlie Thomas, 85, R&B singer (The Drifters)
• February 8 – Burt Bacharach, 94, composer, songwriter, producer, pianist
• February 12 – Trugoy the Dove, 54, rapper (De La Soul)
• February 17 – Kyle Jacobs, 49, country music songwriter, musician
• February 18 – Tom Whitlock, 68, pop rock songwriter
• March 2 – Wayne Shorter, 89, jazz saxophonist, composer (Weather Report)
• March 5 – Gary Rossington, 71, Southern rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• March 14 – Bobby Caldwell, 71, R&B singer
• March 22 – Wayne Swinny, 59, rock guitarist (Saliva)
• March 29 – Brian Gillis, 48, pop singer (LFO)
• April 25 – Harry Belafonte, 96, singer, actor
• April 30 – Jordan Blake, 36, singer (A Skylit Drive)
• May 21 – Ed Ames, 95, pop singer, actor (Ames Brothers)
• May 23 – Sheldon Reynolds, 63, R&B guitarist (Sun, Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire)
• May 24 – Bill Lee, 94, jazz bassist
  • George Maharis, 94, pop singer
  • Tina Turner, 83, R&B, rock, soul and pop singer (Ike & Tina Turner)
• June 1 – Cynthia Weil, 82, songwriter
• June 4 – George Winston, 74, pianist
• June 13 – Blackie Onassis, 57, rock drummer (Urge Overkill)
• June 18 – Big Pokey, 48, rapper (Screwed Up Click)
  • Teresa Taylor, 60, punk drummer (Butthole Surfers)
• June 23 – Jesse McReynolds, 93, bluegrass musician (Jim & Jesse)
• July 21 – Tony Bennett, 96, jazz and traditional pop singer
  • Neal Langford, 50, rock bassist (The Shins)
• July 26 – Randy Meisner, 77, country rock bassist and singer (Eagles, Poco)
• August 7 – DJ Casper, 58, DJ and songwriter, known for his dance song the "Cha Cha Slide"
• August 13 – Magoo, 50, rapper (Timbaland & Magoo)
• August 18 – Ray Hildebrand, 82, pop singer (Paul & Paula)
• August 28 – August 08, 31, R&B singer-songwriter and producer
• August 30 – Jack Sonni, 68, rock guitarist (Dire Straits)
• September 1 – Jimmy Buffett, 76, singer-songwriter
• September 4 – Steve Harwell, 56, pop rock singer (Smash Mouth)
  • Gary Wright, 80, singer-songwriter (Spooky Tooth)
• September 10 – Charlie Robison, 59, country music singer-songwriter
• September 16 – Irish Grinstead, 43, R&B singer (702)
• September 23 – Terry Kirkman, 83, pop singer-songwriter (The Association)
• October 9 – Buck Trent, 85, country music instrumentalist
• October 11 – Rudolph Isley, 84, R&B and soul singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers)
• October 18 – Dwight Twilley, 72, power pop singer-songwriter
• November 20 – Mars Williams, 68, jazz and rock saxophonist (The Psychedelic Furs, The Waitresses)
• December 22 – Laura Lynch, 65, country music singer (founding member of the Dixie Chicks)

See also

• 2023 in music