Poptastic Confessions!: Tidbits about the 2023 countdown

Friday, January 5, 2024

Tidbits about the 2023 countdown

Dear Poptastic Readers,

Happy New Year! Every January, we do a recap about the countdown we just had in December. We share some interesting (and maybe not so interesting) tidbits about the Top 21. Here are the chart toppers of 2023 ...

1. "Padam Padam" by Kylie Minogue

2. "Back To You" by Carda

3. "Feel The Love" by Bananarama

4. "Tension" by Kylie Minogue

5. "(It Goes Like) Nanana" by Peggy Gou

6. "Black Moonlight" by Duran Duran

7. "Hold On To Now" by Kylie Minogue

8. "Sweet Summer Feels" by Flora Summers

9. "Heartbreak In The Making" by Dagny

10. "Goodbye Berlin" by Parralox

11. "Sexodus" by Army Of Lovers

12. "If U Go" by Belinda Carlisle

13. "Birthday" by B*Witched

14. "Boy 4 Life" by Vanessa White

15. "Love Is Blue" by Army Of Lovers featuring Olya Polyakova

16. "10 Out Of 10" by Oliver Heldens featuring Kylie Minogue

17. "Gravity" by Lastlings

18. "Tears Of Faith" by Parralox featuring Jane Badler

19. "When The Rain Comes" by Sugababes

20. "Romanism" by Army Of Lovers

And our special bonus ...

21. "We Could Be The One" by Dannii Minogue

And now for the tidbits ...

Kylie Minogue had the most songs in the Top 21 with 4 songs! Army Of Lovers had 3 songs in the Top 21, and Parralox had 2 songs!

Newcomers on our countdown this year were Peggy Gou, Flora Summers, Vanessa White, Olya Polyakova, Oliver Heldens, and Jane Badler. However, Flora has been on our countdowns before as 1/2 of Isle Of You. Vanessa has also been in our countdowns as 1/5 of The Saturdays.

Returning artists who have had the #1 song before were ...

"Get Out Of My Way" by Kylie Minogue was our #1 Song of 2010

"Now Or Never" by Bananarama was our #1 Song of 2012

"Not Giving Up" by The Saturdays (Vanessa White) was our #1 Song of 2014

"Electric Nights" by Parralox was our #1 Song of 2017

"Stuff Like That" by Bananarama was our #1 Song of 2019

The international makeup of artists are ...

4 artists from the UK

1 artist from Sweden

4 artists from Australia

2 artists from the USA

1 artist from Ireland

1 artist from Ukraine

1 artist from Norway

See the rest of the Top 101 Songs of 2022 here ...

#22-#61

#62-#101

Next week, we will start promoting new music, and we will create a new 2024 Spotify Playlist. Until then, check out our 2023 Poptastic Confessions Playlist on Spotify. Remember, the best way to support the artist is to legally buy their music. Please do so. Enjoy!