Download the New Top 100 Songs Global 2023: A Year of Chart-Crashing Smashes and Hidden Gems

As we bid adieu to 2022, it's hard to believe that the year wouldn't have felt complete without those late-arriving, chart-crashing smashes. And what a difference they made! Not only did they prove worthy of their position on the charts, but they also brought some much-needed excitement to an otherwise slow start for new entries.

It wasn't just the big songs that captured our attention in 2022; we found plenty of smaller favorites to save to our streaming playlists and inspire our vinyl orders. And luckily, the hits showed up when it mattered most – from pop's biggest returning heroes, to artists taking the next step towards stardom, to longtime hitmakers who were making a welcome return, and even some new names that we hope to be hearing a lot more from in the years to come.

But as 2021's biggest singles refused to go away and this year's listenership seemed too spread out to elect new consensus hits to replace the incumbents, it was starting to look like we might go the whole calendar subsisting on nothing but reruns. That refrain – 'Where are the hits?' – was heard throughout the Billboard offices in the first half of 2022. We were all looking left and right for the kind of songs that slowly (or not-so-slowly) spread to all corners of the culture, connecting every kind of music fan and becoming unavoidable parts of a given year's experience.

And then, just when we thought it was all going to be a rerun-filled year, the hits arrived. They came from unexpected places, defied genres, and spoke to our collective psyche in ways that only the best songs can. Whether you're a die-hard fan of pop, rock, hip-hop, or anything in between, there's something for everyone on this list of the top 100 songs global 2023.

So without further ado, we present to you the new Top 100 Songs Global 2023 – a year-end wrap-up that's sure to provide hours of listening pleasure and inspire your next music discovery.

Download the new Top 100 Songs Global 2023