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 ⥯

Camille Saint-Saëns

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	string quartet
#14	string quartet
#17	neoclassicism
#19	nordic orchestra
#21	swiss classical piano
#22	viola
#23	american modern classical
#24	string orchestra
#25	russian modern classical
#27	historic piano performance
#27	icelandic classical
#30	impressionism
#33	radio symphony
#35	israeli classical piano
#38	classical harp
#40	british classical piano
#40	french romanticism
#41	early modern classical
#41	french classical piano
#42	american classical piano
#45	czech classical
#46	chinese classical piano
#46	german classical piano
#46	korean classical performance
#48	contemporary classical
#48	russian classical piano
#49	classical clarinet
#49	french orchestra
#50	chinese classical performance
#50	russian orchestra
#51	caucasian classical piano
#51	classical cello
#54	british orchestra
#54	german romanticism
#55	post-romantic era
#55	ukrainian classical piano
#56	avant-garde
#56	classical piano
#58	british modern classical
#58	canadian classical piano
#58	german orchestra
#59	american choir
#60	dutch classical piano
#60	modern string quartet
#61	early romantic era
#63	symfonicky orchestr
#66	orchestra
#67	french opera
#68	chamber orchestra
#68	korean classical piano
#68	violin
#71	american orchestra
#71	orchestral performance
#72	classical era
#72	italian orchestra
#74	polish classical
#75	austrian classical piano
#75	spanish classical
#77	austrian orchestra
#83	classical performance
#83	italian classical piano
#84	late romantic era
#90	hungarian classical piano
#91	german choir
#91	italian romanticism
#92	anglican liturgy
#92	art song
#93	baroque ensemble
#93	nordic classical piano
#93	russian romanticism
#94	german baroque
#96	vocal ensemble
#97	russian contemporary classical
#98	historical keyboard
#99	baroque

2023 in String Quartet playlist

#	track	score
1	Ludwig van Beethoven "Septet E-Flat Major, Op. 20: V. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace"	32
2	Erik Satie "Gnossiennes, IES 24: I. Lent (Arr. for String Quartet by Krysia Osostowicz)"	22
3	Franz Schubert "An die Musik D. 547"	22
4	Paul Wranitzky "Das listige Bauernmädchen: No. 12, —"	22
5	César Franck "Prélude, fugue et variation in B Minor, Op. 18, FWV 30 (Arr. H. Bauer for Piano): I. Prélude. Andantino"	18
6	Alexander Scriabin "Preludes, Op. 11: No. 5 in D Major"	16
7	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516: III. Adagio ma non troppo"	16
8	Béla Bartók "Heavenly Romanticism"	16
9	Heinrich Marschner "Schön Ella, Op. 27 (Excerpts): Entr'acte to Act III"	15
10	Antonín Dvořák "Suite for String Orchestra, JW6 No. 2: III. Andante con Moto"	14
11	Domenico Scarlatti "Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 280"	14
12	Ignaz Pleyel "Duet No. 4: III. Allegro"	13
13	Johannes Brahms "Brahms / Orch. Hidas: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 2 in D Minor"	12
14	Camille Saint-Saëns "Les Cygnes"	12
15	Sergei Rachmaninoff "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 12. Tempo di menuetto"	12
16	Christian Lindberg "Mandrake in the Corner: III Vivace II"	11
17	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Concert Phantasy on 'Le coq d'or': The Tsar's Dream"	11
18	Fanny Mendelssohn "Mendelssohn: 6 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 6 Die Mainacht"	11
19	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach "Sonatina in D Major, Wq. 96 H. 449: II. Allegro"	10
20	Paul Hindemith "Trio for Viola, Tenor Saxophone and Piano, Op. 47: I. Solo. Sehr lebhaft, stürmisch"	10
21	Johann Christian Bach "Bach, JC: Keyboard Concerto in C Major, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Menuetto"	10
22	Edward Elgar "Adieu"	10
23	Robert Schumann "Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 2, Pierrot"	10
24	Joseph Haydn "Symphony No. 3 in G Major, Hob. I:3: IV. Finale. Alla breve"	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.)