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Miley Cyrus dominates radio waves in the first half of 2023 with “Flowers” as the top radio song. Morgan Wallen and other country stars are now dominating programmed audio streams like Pandora and SiriusXM. Take a look at the best radio songs of 2023 so far.
Country music is growing in popularity on streaming platforms, and Gen Z is a steady contributor — more than 32% of Gen Z country listeners say they are more likely to listen to music via video or audio streaming, according to data from Luminate discover. But radio listeners and fans of programmed audio streams (online radio services like SiriusXM and Pandora) let their love of country music shine through the most.
The best radio songs of 2023 so far
Miley Cyrus is dominating the airwaves with her hit “Flowers” as the #1 radio song and #2 song on programmed audio streams. Unsurprisingly, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles all make this year’s top radio songs list — but it’s country stars like Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton and Bailey Zimmerman who dominate Pandora, SiriusXM and other programmed audio streams plays. The following data is from the Music Industry Half-Year Report, courtesy of Luminate.
Top Radio Songs
- Miley Cyrus – “Flowers” – 2.409 billion
- Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage – “Creepin'” – 2.359 billion
- SZA – “Kill Bill” – 1.909 billion
- The Weeknd – “Die for You” – 1.877 billion
- Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – 1.730 billion
- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – “I’m Good (Blue)” – 1.691 billion
- Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down” – 1.580 billion
- Harry Styles – “As It Was” – 1.362 billion
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras – “Unholy” – 1.275 billion
- Chris Brown – “Under the Influence” – 1.142 billion
Top programmed audio streams
- Morgan Wallen – “Last Night” – 85.6 million
- Miley Cyrus – “Flowers” – 79.2 million
- Bailey Zimmerman – “Rock and a Hard Place” – 72.7 million
- Morgan Wallen – “Wasted On You” – 68.6 million
- Morgan Wallen – “You Proof” – 65.1 million
- Chris Stapleton – “Tennessee Whiskey” – 63.1 million
- Chris Stapleton – “You Should Probably Go” – 57.9 million
- Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down” – 29.8 million
- Morgan Wallen – “I Thought You Should Know” – 49.7 million
- Luke Combs – “Going, Going, Gone” – 49.5 million