YouTube has revealed the UK’s top 10 most-watched music videos of 2023.
Earning the Number One spot on the annual list is Miley Cyrus‘ Grammy-nominated track "Flowers". The video has 644 million views.
"Flowers" debuted at Number One on the UK Singles chart as well as the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cyrus’ second Number One song toping the chart since 2013’s "Wrecking Ball". It also debuted at number one on the Billboard Global 200 chart and stayed on top for thirteen non-consecutive weeks.The song was also the highest-earning song on Spotify in 2023.
Following "Flowers" is Central Cee and Dave’s hit "Sprinter". The video, which was shot in London and Monaco, and features Nigerian artist Slawn, has 154 million views.
The track debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, marking the biggest opening week of the year (per the Official Charts). "Sprinter" opened with 108,200 chart units in its first tracking week alongside 13.4 million streams which marked the biggest week of streams for a rap single ever in UK history (per BBC News).
At the third spot is Libianca’s "People".
The annual list highlighted musical diversity, with the most-viewed videos coming from a number of different genres, including pop, alt-pop, dancehall, UK rap and dance.
The list also showed that the British public gave equal air time to established pop icons such as Cyrus, as well as Lewis Capaldi who entered at number 6 with "Wish You The Best", to rising stars including Byron Messia and Irish-Jamaican newcomer Jazzy, whose club-ready track "Giving Me" introduced Irish house to the UK.
