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.

vantages ⥯

Fanny Mendelssohn

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

#14	wind ensemble
#14	wind ensemble
#17	art song
#18	string quartet
#20	classical clarinet
#23	french opera
#23	historic piano performance
#23	symfonicky orchestr
#24	latin american classical piano
#25	polish classical
#26	austrian classical piano
#26	polish classical piano
#27	radio symphony
#29	chinese classical piano
#29	korean classical performance
#30	israeli classical piano
#31	german orchestra
#31	russian romanticism
#33	nordic classical piano
#37	british modern classical
#37	neoclassicism
#37	ukrainian classical piano
#38	classical flute
#38	russian modern classical
#39	american orchestra
#39	czech classical
#41	caucasian classical piano
#41	nordic orchestra
#42	german classical piano
#42	hungarian classical piano
#42	spanish classical piano
#44	french romanticism
#44	string orchestra
#45	classical harp
#46	viola
#48	italian romanticism
#49	canadian classical piano
#49	italian classical piano
#51	chinese classical performance
#51	dutch classical piano
#52	hungarian classical performance
#53	historically informed performance
#54	australian classical piano
#57	korean classical piano
#58	spanish classical
#59	baroque
#60	american classical piano
#62	italian orchestra
#63	baroque ensemble
#63	russian classical piano
#64	early modern classical
#67	classical era
#67	german romanticism
#68	italian opera
#68	russian orchestra
#69	harpsichord
#72	latin classical
#73	early music
#77	british classical piano
#78	orchestral performance
#79	avant-garde
#81	early romantic era
#82	historical keyboard
#82	violin
#83	italian baroque
#84	classical oboe
#89	contemporary classical
#91	impressionism
#92	french classical piano
#92	german baroque
#94	british orchestra
#94	chamber orchestra
#95	choral
#100	baroque violin
#100	classical cello

2023 in Wind Ensemble playlist

#	track	score
1	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 240: II. Andante Grazioso"	37
2	Joseph Haydn "Keyboard Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, Hob. XVI:36: II. Scherzando (Allegro con brio)"	34
3	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Sweet Dreams Op.39 No.21"	27
4	Johann Christian Bach "Bach, JC: Keyboard Concerto in F Major, Op. 7 No. 2: I. Allegro"	26
5	Luigi Boccherini "Sonata No. 5 in G Minor, G.29: III. Presto Assai"	24
6	Luigi Cherubini "Sonata No. 1 in F Major: I. Moderato"	22
7	Domenico Scarlatti "Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 280"	21
8	Baldassare Galuppi "Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Illy 27: III. Allegro assai"	20
9	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach "Fantasia in D Major, Wq.117/14 (H.160)"	19
10	Pablo de Sarasate "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454 I. Largo - Allegro (feat. 배민수)"	19
11	Paul Wranitzky "Das listige Bauernmädchen: No. 16b, Menuetto moderato"	19
12	The Singing Hat "Lazy Secrets"	17
13	Johannes Brahms "Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: IV. Minuet 1 - Minuet 2"	13
14	Fanny Mendelssohn "Ostersonate in A Major, H-U 235: III. Allegretto"	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.)