Still, even with the past now in constant competition with the present, 2023 has managed to give us an impressive bounty of genuinely new jams - songs actually making their debut, or poking their head onto the charts for the first time - to keep us from totally drowning in reruns. When even Taylor Swift has to deviate from her planned Midnights promotional cycle to push a song from four albums ago, clearly anarchy reigns on the contemporary pop timeline. 1 from The Weeknd coming via a new remix of a 2016 deep cut, old is new again on top 40, and there’s never been less of a dividing line between catalog and current. More than perhaps any time previously, this year has forced us to ask: What does it even mean for a song to be from “this year”? The Billboard charts are more confusing than ever on those grounds: With 2023 Hot 100 hits from Lady Gaga, Miguel and Tyler, the Creator all originally released in the 2010s, and a No. Read on for the best pop songs ever made.Ĭontributors: India Lawrence, Andrzej Lukowski, James Manning, Ella Doyle, Nick Levine, Amy Smith, Alyssa Ammirato, Jess Phillips, Matthew Singer.It’s a little funny to do a midyear songs list in 2023.

All of these tunes do just that, and then some. The only criteria? It has to be feel good, and it has to make you want to get up and dance. Here you'll find everyone from Outkast to MIA, and from Kelis to Harry Styles. There are fabulous pop songs from every era, and they all deserve a spot on our ultimate list.

Don't listen to what Radiohead said: pop will never, ever die. It's 2023, and banging new pop songs are getting released every week. Madonna's 2023 anthem ‘Padam Padam’ has even made it to our top spot on this list, with its euphoric electropop vibes, and Dua Lipa's ‘Barbie’ tune ‘Dance the Night’ is up there with the greats.īut of course, the 21st century is a long one, and you've got to make space for the classics too.

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