The Billboard Global 200 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs globally. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Luminate, is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. Another similar chart is the Billboard Global Excl. US chart, which follows the same formula except it covers all territories excluding the US. The two charts launched on September 19, 2020.
On the Global 200, eighteen singles reached number one in 2023. Thirteen artists reached the top of the chart for the first time—SZA, Miley Cyrus, Karol G, Shakira, Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma, Grupo Frontera, Jungkook, Latto, Doja Cat, Jack Harlow, Yeat, and Tate McRae. Miley Cyrus spent the most weeks at the top spot with thirteen weeks at number one for her single "Flowers".
On the Global Excl. US, nineteen singles reached number one in 2023. Seventeen artists reached the top of the chart for the first time—Rema, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Karol G, Shakira, Grupo Frontera, Fifty Fifty, Yoasobi, Peso Pluma, Myke Towers, Jungkook, Latto, Doja Cat, Jack Harlow, Jennie, Iñigo Quintero, and Tate McRae. Miley Cyrus spent the most weeks at the top spot with thirteen weeks at number one for her single "Flowers".
† | Indicates best-performing song of 2023 on the Global 200 [1] |
‡ | Indicates best-performing song of 2023 on the Global Excl. US [2] |
Issue date | Billboard Global 200 | Billboard Global Excl. US | Ref. | ||
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Song | Artist(s) | Song | Artist(s) | ||
January 7 | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | [3] |
January 14 | "Kill Bill" | SZA | "Calm Down" | Rema and Selena Gomez | [4] |
January 21 | [5] | ||||
January 28 | "Flowers" † | Miley Cyrus | "Flowers" ‡ | Miley Cyrus | [6] |
February 4 | [7] | ||||
February 11 | [8] | ||||
February 18 | [9] | ||||
February 25 | [10] | ||||
March 4 | [11] | ||||
March 11 | "TQG" | Karol G and Shakira | "TQG" | Karol G and Shakira | [12] |
March 18 | "Flowers" † | Miley Cyrus | "Flowers" ‡ | Miley Cyrus | [13] |
March 25 | [14] | ||||
April 1 | [15] | ||||
April 8 | [16] | ||||
April 15 | [17] | ||||
April 22 | [18] | ||||
April 29 | "Ella Baila Sola" | Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma | [19] | ||
May 6 | "Un x100to" | Grupo Frontera and Bad Bunny | "Un x100to" | Grupo Frontera and Bad Bunny | [20] |
May 13 | [21] | ||||
May 20 | "Ella Baila Sola" | Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma | [22] | ||
May 27 | "Cupid" | Fifty Fifty | [23] | ||
June 3 | "Where She Goes" | Bad Bunny | [24] | ||
June 10 | "Ella Baila Sola" | Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma | "Idol" | Yoasobi | [25] |
June 17 | "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 55" | Bizarrap and Peso Pluma | [26] | ||
June 24 | "Take Two" | BTS | "Take Two" | BTS | [27] |
July 1 | "Ella Baila Sola" | Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma | "Idol" | Yoasobi | [28] |
July 8 | "Flowers" † | Miley Cyrus | [29] | ||
July 15 | "Vampire" | Olivia Rodrigo | "Vampire" | Olivia Rodrigo | [30] |
July 22 | "LaLa" | Myke Towers | [31] | ||
July 29 | "Seven" | Jungkook featuring Latto | "Seven" | Jungkook featuring Latto | [32] |
August 5 | [33] | ||||
August 12 | [34] | ||||
August 19 | [35] | ||||
August 26 | [36] | ||||
September 2 | [37] | ||||
September 9 | [38] | ||||
September 16 | "Paint the Town Red" | Doja Cat | [39] | ||
September 23 | [40] | ||||
September 30 | "Paint the Town Red" | Doja Cat | [41] | ||
October 7 | [42] | ||||
October 14 | "3D" | Jungkook featuring Jack Harlow | "3D" | Jungkook featuring Jack Harlow | [43] |
October 21 | "IDGAF" | Drake featuring Yeat | "You & Me" | Jennie | [44] [45] |
October 28 | "Monaco" | Bad Bunny | "Monaco" | Bad Bunny | [46] |
November 4 | "Cruel Summer" | Taylor Swift | "Si No Estás" | Iñigo Quintero | [47] |
November 11 | "Is It Over Now?" | [48] | |||
November 18 | "Standing Next to You" | Jungkook | "Standing Next to You" | Jungkook | [49] |
November 25 | "Greedy" | Tate McRae | [50] | ||
December 2 | "Greedy" | Tate McRae | [51] | ||
December 9 | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | [52] |
December 16 | [53] | ||||
December 23 | [54] | ||||
December 30 | [55] | ||||
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