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Mediabase Reveals 2023 Year-End Chart Stats, Big Loud Lands In First Place

December 8, 2023/by Lorie Hollabaugh

Morgan Wallen. Photo: David Lehr

Mediabase has revealed its year end charts for 2023. Big Loud Records came out on top in country music with an 11.2% share, up from the third position and a 9.0% share in 2022.

The label also triumphed in the Most Played Artist field, winning the top spot with Morgan Wallen. Wallen dominated the country charts in 2023, racking up three of the top seven songs for the year.

Columbia jumped from fourth to second place this year, with a label share of 8.8%, and Broken Bow also had a strong showing, landing in the third spot with 7.8%. MCA moved from seventh place in 2022 to fourth in 2023, and the label’s chart share increased from 5.9% to 7.7%. Capitol posted another top 5 finish this year, with a 6.7% share.

Bailey Zimmerman’s “Rock And A Hard Place” was the most played song on the 2023 Year-End Country Chart.

The 2023 chart year is based on the time period from Nov. 6, 2022 through Nov. 4, 2023. All spins are tallied for the full 52 weeks and then converted into percentages for the chart share.

See the full slate of information here.

Mediabase 2023 Year-End Country Songs Chart Top 10:
1. “Rock And A Hard Place” by Bailey Zimmerman
2. “Dancin’ In The Country” by Tyler Hubbard
3. “Thought You Should Know” by Morgan Wallen
4. “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen
5. “Thank God” by Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown
6. “What My World Spins Around” by Jordan Davis
7. “You Proof” by Morgan Wallen
8. “Need A Favor” by Jelly Roll
9. “Heart Like A Truck” by Lainey Wilson
10. “Fast Car” by Luke Combs

Mediabase 2023 Year-End Country Label Market-Share:
1. Big Loud
2. Columbia
3. Broken Bow
4. MCA
5. Capitol
6. Stoney Creek
7. RCA
8. WEA
9. Valory
10. BMLGR

Mediabase 2023 Year-End Most-Played Country Artists:
1. Morgan Wallen
2. Luke Combs
3. Lainey Wilson
4. Bailey Zimmerman
5. Jordan Davis
6. Tyler Hubbard
7. Jelly Roll
8. Kane Brown
9. Thomas Rhett
10. Jason Aldean

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Lorie Hollabaugh
Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.
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