2023 Around the World

The new or newly released music that defined, united and distinguished fan communities of place and interest around the world in 2023.

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Domenico Scarlatti

Dominican Republic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Congo (Kinshasa)

Trinidad & Tobago

North Macedonia

Papua New Guinea

Congo (Brazzaville)

Solomon Islands

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

Sao Tome and Principe

United Arab Emirates

Antigua & Barbuda

US Virgin Islands

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Equatorial Guinea

lists

#1	classical guitar duo
#1	classical guitar duo
#1	classical horn
#2	chinese classical piano
#2	korean classical piano
#3	austrian classical piano
#3	classical clarinet
#4	hungarian classical performance
#4	israeli classical piano
#5	italian classical guitar
#6	italian classical piano
#7	guitarra clasica
#7	korean classical performance
#7	symfonicky orchestr
#7	ukrainian classical piano
#7	wind ensemble
#8	czech classical
#8	polish classical
#9	spanish classical
#11	string quartet
#13	caucasian classical piano
#13	hungarian classical piano
#14	classical flute
#14	classical guitar
#15	dutch classical piano
#15	french opera
#15	historical keyboard
#17	british classical piano
#17	latin classical
#18	austrian orchestra
#19	harpsichord
#19	historic piano performance
#19	streichquartett
#20	canadian classical piano
#21	violao classico
#22	balkan classical piano
#22	nordic classical piano
#23	baroque violin
#23	classical oboe
#24	german classical piano
#25	chinese classical performance
#25	classical contralto
#25	classical era
#25	viola
#26	german choir
#28	classical bass
#29	baroque ensemble
#29	classical mezzo-soprano
#30	classical trumpet
#30	early music
#30	spanish classical piano
#32	early romantic era
#33	classical countertenor
#33	classical soprano
#34	barockinterpreten
#34	baroque
#34	classical piano
#34	norwegian classical
#34	russian modern classical
#35	australian classical piano
#35	galante era
#35	italian violin
#36	classical cello
#36	polish classical piano
#39	classical
#40	latin american classical piano
#41	baroque woodwind
#41	opera
#44	classical organ
#44	italian baroque
#45	baroque brass
#45	guitarra argentina
#46	classical performance
#46	german romanticism
#46	italian baroque ensemble
#47	recorder
#48	german baroque
#50	italian orchestra
#52	british orchestra
#52	chamber orchestra
#52	historically informed performance
#52	russian romanticism
#54	french baroque
#55	russian orchestra
#57	baroque cello
#57	baroque singing
#57	historic orchestral performance
#57	post-romantic era
#57	string orchestra
#58	american classical piano
#58	late romantic era
#61	italian romanticism
#62	bohemian baroque
#62	viola da gamba
#66	german orchestra
#67	orchestra
#70	early music ensemble
#71	russian classical piano
#72	impressionism
#72	orchestral performance
#75	lute
#76	dutch baroque
#78	nordic orchestra
#81	art song
#81	french classical piano
#85	swiss classical piano
#86	neoclassicism
#88	musique ancienne
#90	violin
#91	english baroque
#93	early modern classical
#95	classical harp

2023 in Classical Guitar Duo playlist

#	track	score
1	Domenico Scarlatti "Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, K. 474 (arr. for two guitars by Mark Eden)"	48
2	Jacob Johnson "Astrolabe: XI. Aquarius"	47
3	Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco "Greeting Cards, Op. 170: No. 5, Tonadilla on the Name of Andrés Segovia"	30
4	Carlo Domeniconi "Sindbad, ein Märchen (Sinbad, a Fairy Tale), Op. 49: Cycle II: No. 1, Der Sturm [the Storm]"	21
5	François Couperin "The Mysterious Barricades"	20
6	Bruno Battisti D'Amario "Ricercare"	20
7	Franz Schubert "Erlkönig, D. 328 (Arr. for Guitar by Johan Smith)"	19
8	Astor Piazzolla "Zita"	18
9	Ariel Ramírez "Balada para Martin Fierro"	18
10	Robert de Visée "Suite in D Minor: Menuet 1 & Menuet 2"	18
11	Claude Debussy "Children's Corner: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Arr. for Guitar by Johan Smith)"	18
12	Matteo Carcassi "Etude, Opus 60, No. 3"	17
13	Cacho Tirao "Milonga de Don Taco"	17
14	Daniel Rosenfeld "Wet Hands (Classical Guitar)"	15
15	Jonatan Alvarado "Estilo criollo, Op.8 No.4"	13
16	Maria Dolores de Goñi "La jota aragonese"	12
17	Miguel Llobet Solés "Miguel Llobet : Melodia Popula Catarana: El Testament D'Amelia"	11
18	Francisco Mignone "Estudo No. 3, Tempo de Chorinho"	10
19	Alphonse Leduc "Pearls of Dew, Polka Mazurka (Arr. J. Holland for Guitar)"	10
20	Laurine Phélut "Danza No.1"	10

alchemy by glenn mcdonald / @everynoise for Spotify, listening by the world

These lists compile the collective 2023 new-music listening of music fans in every country where people use Spotify, and in the fan communities for 6000+ genres and other genre-shaped distinctions. The songs in each list are scored and ranked by a combined weighting of a) their absolute popularity with those fans and b) the share of the song's global listening that those fans account for. (And then filtered to one song per artist.) This means, for example, that The Sound of Ukraine 2023 is the music that defines, unites and distinguishes Ukrainian fans, whether that music comes from Ukraine or not. Likewise, 2023 in Drift Phonk is the music that fans of Drift Phonk loved, whether it's Drift or Phonk or not. To be eligible, a song must have been released on or after 2022-12-01, as best our data can tell, so that's why no "Cruel Summer".

In addition to exploring by country or metagenre, you can click any artist to see all the lists on which they appear.

You are allowed to fall in love with things you did not know even existed until now. It is not too late.

It is never too late.

(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)