As we cross the midway point of 2023, Morgan Wallen’s impressive album ‘One Thing at a Time’ has emerged as the United States’ most cherished album. Simultaneously, Miley Cyrus’ hit single ‘Flowers’ takes the throne as the most-streamed track, according to data from Luminate. The rankings include a combination of on-demand, audio, and video streams. Additionally, ‘Flowers’ has been the most played song on the radio, with a staggering 2.4 billion audience impressions.
Between December 30, 2022, and June 29, 2023, Wallen’s ‘One Thing at a Time’ dominated the US charts. Released on March 3, 2023, through Big Loud/Mercury/Republic Records, the album secured 3.312 million equivalent album units in the first half of 2023. The album’s hit single “Last Night” accumulated 588.7 million on-demand audio streams, sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 13 nonconsecutive weeks from March to July.
In contrast, Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ led the charts in total on-demand streams, amassing 750.7 million clicks during the year’s first half. This track topped the Hot 100 for eight nonconsecutive weeks, marking Cyrus’ second chart-topping hit following 2013’s ‘Wrecking Ball.’
The rankings, according to Luminate, consider equivalent album units that comprise traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). All of the numbers in this report are rounded, specific to the US, and do not include programmed streams or broadcast radio or digital radio broadcasts listening.
Among the top five albums at mid-year in the US were Wallen’s ‘One Thing at a Time,’ SZA’s ‘SOS,’ Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights,’ Wallen’s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album,’ and Metro Boomin’s ‘Heroes & Villains.’
Here’s a look at the Top 10 albums of 2023 mid-year in the US by Equivalent Album Units:
- Morgan Wallen, ‘One Thing at a Time’ (3.312 million)
- SZA, ‘SOS’ (1.982 million)
- Taylor Swift, ‘Midnights’ (1.876 million)
- Morgan Wallen, ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ (1.173 million)
- Metro Boomin’, ‘Heroes & Villains’ (1.038 million)
- Bad Bunny, ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ (967,000)
- Drake & 21 Savage, ‘Her Loss’ (898,000)
- Zach Bryan, ‘American Heartbreak’ (769,000)
- Karol G, ‘Mañana Séra Bonito’ (716,000)
- Taylor Swift, ‘Lover’ (711,000)
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*Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2022, through June 29, 2023. UGC (user-generated content) streams are not included in this chart, but are included in Luminate’s on-demand streaming charts (below). Luminate’s equivalent album unit totals include SEA and TEA for an album’s songs registered before an album’s release, but only during the tracking period.
