Billboard's greatest pop stars of 2023: Taylor Swift tops list, here are the others
Top 10 pop stars of 2023
2023 is ending and as the new year approaches, the lists of people who made their mark in the passing year have begun to come out. From the world of science to entertainment, many remarkable things happened in 2023. In the latest, Billboard has released its list of the top pop stars of 2023.
1. Taylor Swift
Like the heart of Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift has also taken over the hearts of her fans by positioning herself as the top pop star of 2023. Beyond music, the 34-year-old has also dominated the football world after the news or her romance with Kelce came out. As per Billboard and reported by BroBible, “It was a year not to be judged against Swift’s 2023 peers, but against the entirety of modern pop history.”
2. SZA
SZA, whose full name is Solana Imani Rowe, grabbed the second position in the Billboard list. The 34-year-old singer did not let her 2022 Grammy win become more than herself as she continued to “move at her own pace and reaped unbeatable dividends.”
3. Beyonce
Beyonce got the third position in this year’s Billboard list. The ‘Queen Bey’ started off this year on a high note by winning four Grammies, two in dance categories and two in R&B. Besides, in May, she started her Renaissance World Tour in Sweden. But amid the busy schedule, Beyonce did not forget to support her female friends as she attended Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
4. Ice Spice
This year seems to be the year of women as the number four on the Billboard chart is Ice Spice, whose real name is Isis Naija Gaston. Called ‘the People’s Princess’ by her fans, Ice Spice has already made her mark in the music industry in such a short time. However, the 23-year-old is believed to be “plotting an even bigger 2024,” as per Billboard.
5. Morgan Wallen
The first male star on the top pop stars list of 2023 is Morgan Wallen, who broke records with his new release — ‘Last Night’. The song was not just the first to enter the list of country Hot 100 by a solo lead male in over four decades but also made way for three more male stars – Jason Aldean, Oliver Anthony Music, and Zach Bryan (with Kacey Musgraves).
6. Karol G
Karol G has clinched the sixth position among the top ten pop stars of 2023 by Billboard. Her popularity’s best example was her performance at the two-day “Manana Sera Bonito” Festival in Medellin, Colombia, which was attended by more than 40,000 fans each day. At the time, the 32-year-old singer reportedly said, “My home is the place where the dream began, the desire, the motivation, where we took the first step […] Who said that no one is a prophet in their own land when Colombia has given me everything?”
7. Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo created a sensation with the release of ‘Vampire’ this year, which soon made it to the Billboard Hot 100. The 20-year-old, however, did not stop there as she went on to release ‘Bad Idea, Right?’ and ‘Good 4 U’. Rodrigo’s second album, 'Guts', forced critics to say that she had 'avoided the sophomore slump.”
8. Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny was at Billboard’s number 1 position in 2022. But this year, he slid down to eighth. The 29-year-old singer, however, did manage to uplift himself and his fans’ moods with the first all-Spanish LP to receive a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
9. Doja Cat
Doja Cat is at number 9 on Billboard’s list thanks to her ‘Scarlet’, as noted by the magazine. Billboard also added that the 28-year-old rapper has continued to be “the most consistent pop star of the 2020s, and one of only four artists to appear on all three Greatest Pop Star top 10 rankings Billboard has done this decade.”
10. Drake
Drake began 2023 on a high note with a performance at the Apollo Theatre. Then came some not-so-great time for the rapper. However, he once again proved himself with the release of ‘For All The Dogs’, which debuted at No 1 and tied Michael Jackson’s record for solo males on the Billboard Hot 100, along with the J Cole team-up ‘First Person Shooter,’ the magazine reported.
