These are the biggest songs and albums of 2023 so far

nme.com:

Official Charts Company‘s rundown of the 40 biggest tracks of the past six months is Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’, the lead single from the singer’s eighth album ‘Endless Summer Vacation’.The track gave Cyrus her first UK chart-topper in almost a decade, and achieved a 10-week stay at Number One.‘Flowers’ shifted 1.2million UK chart units overall since its release in January, according to data obtained by the Official Charts Company.

The single racked up more than 147million streams and in excess of 80,000 downloads, making it the most-streamed and most-downloaded song of 2023 so far.Additionally, ‘Flowers’ claimed the biggest week of any track this year – pushing 126,000 chart units during its second week at Number One.Cyrus also scored the longest-running UK Number One by a female artist, equalling the 10-week stint of Whitney Houston‘s ‘I Will Always Love You’ and Rihanna‘s ‘Umbrella’.Coming in at Number Two on the Official Charts Company‘s biggest songs of 2023 so far is ‘Escapism’ by RAYE.

The 070 Shake-featuring single gave the London singer her first UK Number One in January.RAYE told NME at the time that the feat felt like the “ultimate validation” as an independent artist. ‘Escapism’ has since shifted over 850,000 chart units in total.The rest of the top five consists of SZA‘s ‘Kill Bill’ (Number Three), PinkPantheress‘ ‘Boy’s A Liar’ (Number Four) and Taylor Swift‘s ‘Anti-Hero’ (Number Five).The top 10 biggest songs of the year so far are as follows (see the full Top 40 here):01. ‘Flowers’ – Miley Cyrus02. ‘Escapism’ – RAYE feat.

070 Shake 03. ‘Kill Bill’ – SZA04. ‘Boy’s A Liar’ – PinkPantheress05. ‘Anti-Hero’ – Taylor Swift06. ‘Calm Down’ – Rema 07. ‘Miracle’ – Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding08. ‘People’ –.