Top Ten Major Songwriters 2023

The British Songwriting Awards focuses on the creators and songwriting talent behind the songs. We analyse the UK major charts each year and rank songwriters based on total distribution including streams, downloads, vinyl sales, CD sales and video streams in the UK during the preceding year. We collate and analysis figures from many leading sources including Billboard, The Official Charts Company, Rolling Stone and other major music industry bodies. Below is a top ten list of songs and their writers from last year. A noticeable trend in 2023 is that all the top songs in the UK Charts had songwriting teams and co-writers involved. All top ten songs were written by teams of up to 5 songwriters and none, not even those strongly associated with a solo artist, for example Harry Styles, were written by one songwriter or solely by the artists themselves.

2023 CHARTS

1.  FLOWERS
Written by:  Michael Pollack, Gregory “Aldae” Hein, Miley Cyrus
Performed by: Miley Cyrus

2 SPRINTER
Written by:  Oakley Neil Caesar-Su, David Orobosa Omoregie, James Olaloye, Jo Caleb, Jonny Leslie
Performed by:  Dave & Central Cee

3 ESCAPISM
Written by:  Rachel Keen, Mike Sabath, Danielle Balbuena
Performed by: Raye (Feat 070 Shake)

4. ANTI-HERO
Written by:  Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff
Performed by: Taylor Swift

5. MIRACLE
Written by: Ellie Goulding, Adam Wiles, Matthew James Burns, Pablo Bowman, Peter Rycroft
Performed by: Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding

6. CALM DOWN
Written by:  Divine Ikubor, Andre Vibez, Michael Hunter
Performed by:  Rema

7. KILL BILL
Written by: Solána Rowe, Rob Bisel, Carter Lang
Performed by: SZA

8. BOY'S A LIAR
Written by: Victoria Walker, Alexander Crossan
Performed by: Pink Pantheress

9. AS IT WAS
Written by: Harry Styles, Thomas Hull, Tyler Johnson
Performed by: Harry Styles

10. PEOPLE
Written by: Libianca Kenzonkinboum Fonji, Orhue Moses Odia
Performed by: Libianca