Music in Quebec in 2023: the year of Taylor, Miley, the Cowboys and country

Which song was the most listened to in Quebec in 2023? Which artists have played most often on your favorite music platform? Data published Tuesday morning by the Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec provide us with the answers. The newspaper broke this down for you.

Taylor Swift dominates

It was everywhere and Quebec was no exception. Who other than Taylor Swift, the absolute queen of pop music, could top the list of performers with the most streams in our country in 2023? Rapper Drake, champion in 2022, could only bow to the one who will fill the Rogers Center in Toronto six times in November 2024.

Country darlings

Country music is on the rise in Quebec and we even have some favorites. Morgan Wallen (3^e), Luke Combs (4^e) and Zach Bryan (10^e) all finished the year in the top 10 of the most listened to artists. Better still, four of their songs rank among the 20 most popular, Last Nightfrom Wallen, even getting on the podium thanks to a 3^e place. In 2022, no country songs appeared on the charts.

The Cowboys Fringants on the rise

For reasons we know, Les Cowboys Fringants made headlines like never before. Result: in one year, the group went from 15^e at 6^e rank of the most listened to artists. Taking into account the fact that Karl Tremblay died on November 15 and that the data from the firm Luminate Data was compiled between December 30, 2022 and November 30, 2023, we can bet that the Cowboys will gain a few levels when the results of the full year will be revealed later in 2024.

Unbreakable Charlotte Cardin

Charlotte Cardin is another who has Quebec at her feet and she is now impossible to dislodge from the end-of-year charts. In 2023, she even achieved the feat of being the only Quebecer to place a song, Confetti, in the list of the 20 most listened to tracks. It also points to 11^e rank of artists that Quebecers listen to the most, up nine positions compared to 2022.

Flowers for Miley

Finally, what is the song that was played most often in the province in 2023? Here too, Quebecers did not stand out from the rest of America. It’s the pop anthem Flowers, Miley Cyrus’ love revenge song, which won the prize. She succeeds Heat Wavesby Glass Animals, which was crowned in 2022.

The 20 performers with the most listens

1. Taylor Swift
2. Drake
3. Morgan Wallen
4. Luke Combs
5. The Weeknd
6. The Dashing Cowboys
7. Eminem
8. Ed Sheeran
9. Rihanna
10. Zach Bryan
11. Charlotte Cardin
12. Miley Cyrus
13. imagine Dragons
14. Travis Scott
15. Post Malone
16. Kanye West
17. Billie Eilish
18. Lana Del Rey
19. SZA
20. Harry Styles

The 20 tracks with the most plays

1. Flowers, by Miley Cyrus
2. Calm Down, by Rema and Selena Gomez
3. Last Nightby Morgan Wallen
4. I’m Good (Blue)by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha
5. Fast Carby Luke Combs
6. Kill Billby SZA
7. Creepin’by Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage
8. Die For Youby The Weeknd
9. Daylightby David Kushner
10. I Ain’t Worriedfrom OneRepublic
11. As It Wasby Harry Styles
12. Another Loveby Tom Odell
13. Something in the Orangeby Zach Bryan
14. Confettiby Charlotte Cardin
15. The Kind of Love We Makeby Luke Combs
16. Unholyby Sam Smith and Kim Petras
17. Until I Found Youby Stephen Sanchez
18. Heat Wavesby Glass Animals
19. Escapismby Raye
20. 10:35by Tiësto and Tate McRae

Source: Quebec Culture and Communications Observatory, Luminate Data