Our most played artists of 2023
Written by gerry on 11 January 2024
We’ve crunched our airtime numbers for the past year and can now reveal our top 100 most played artists of 2023 with their comparative ranks for 2022 and 2021.
| 2023 | Artist | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Nutini | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | The Proclaimers | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Joseph Malik | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Adam Holmes | 19 | 38 |
| 5 | Karine Polwart | 97 | 4 |
| 6 | Katie Gregson-MacLeod | 6 | – |
| 7 | Rachel Newton | – | – |
| 8 | Constant Follower | – | – |
| 9 | CHVRCHES | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Nati Dreddd | – | 81 |
| 11 | Kathryn Joseph | – | – |
| 12 | KT Tunstall | 18 | 2 |
| 13 | Amy Macdonald | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Sorcha Richardson | 22 | 48 |
| 15 | Travis | 40 | 5 |
| 16 | Lucia & The Best Boys | 30 | – |
| 17 | Del Amitri | 20 | 11 |
| 18 | Emma Pollock | 85 | 7 |
| 19 | Sandi Thom | – | 27 |
| 20 | Elvis Costello | 33 | – |
| 21 | VUKOVI | 23 | – |
| 22 | Capercaillie | – | 45 |
| 23 | Niteworks | 11 | 17 |
| 24 | Dean Owens | – | – |
| 25 | Annie Lennox | – | 50 |
| 26 | Stanley Odd | 17 | 43 |
| 27 | A Band Called Paul | 13 | 63 |
| 28 | John Martyn | 31 | 86 |
| 29 | Emeli Sandé | – | 83 |
| 30 | Eddi Reader | 16 | 26 |
| 31 | The Vegan Leather | 28 | 32 |
| 32 | Blondie | 68 | 58 |
| 33 | Rebecca Pidgeon | – | 39 |
| 34 | Cocteau Twins | – | 36 |
| 35 | Cannons | – | – |
| 36 | Iona Fyfe | 7 | 28 |
| 37 | Susan O’Neill | 8 | 100 |
| 38 | Lloyd Cole and the Commotions | 47 | – |
| 39 | Simple Minds | 32 | 14 |
| 40 | HYYTS | 10 | 54 |
| 41 | Bob Dylan | 39 | – |
| 42 | Eurythmics | 60 | 34 |
| 43 |
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38 | – |
| 44 | Honeyblood | – | 6 |
| 45 | Jackson Browne | 15 | 13 |
| 46 | Joesef | – | – |
| 47 | D Cullen | – | – |
| 48 | Mànran | 57 | – |
| 49 | Declan Welsh and The Decadent West | 42 | 57 |
| 50 | Bob Marley | 12 | 29 |
| 51 | The Blue Nile | 50 | 41 |
| 52 | Martha Ffion | 24 | – |
| 53 | The Associates | 82 | 95 |
| 54 | The Clash | 73 | 80 |
| 55 | Kobi Onyame | – | – |
| 56 | Gerry Rafferty | 35 | 98 |
| 57 | Big Country | 81 | 1 |
| 58 | Niamh Regan | 49 | 59 |
| 59 | Alex Amor | 64 | – |
| 60 | Denise Chaila | 59 | 61 |
| 61 | The Ninth Wave | 63 | 37 |
| 62 | King Creosote | 55 | 44 |
| 63 | The Fratellis | 53 | 76 |
| 64 | Garbage | – | 60 |
| 65 | Karen Matheson | 36 | 25 |
| 66 | Camera Obscura | – | 89 |
| 67 | The Delgados | – | 90 |
| 68 | Trashcan Sinatras | 62 | 64 |
| 69 | Runrig | 43 | 19 |
| 70 | Fatherson | 100 | – |
| 71 | Idlewild | 66 | 71 |
| 72 | Snack Villain | – | – |
| 73 | Admiral Fallow | – | – |
| 74 | UB40 | 37 | 47 |
| 75 | Young Fathers | 77 | 93 |
| 76 | Franz Ferdinand | 86 | 73 |
| 77 | Larkin Poe | – | – |
| 78 | Tom Petty | 21 | 22 |
| 79 | Loki | 45 | 97 |
| 80 | Arctic Monkeys | 74 | – |
| 81 | Hozier | 48 | – |
| 82 | Edwyn Collins | – | 84 |
| 83 | The Phantom Band | 65 | – |
| 84 | Vistas | 70 | – |
| 85 | Chiara Berardelli | – | – |
| 86 | CMAT | 92 | – |
| 87 | Malcolm MacWatt | 89 | 75 |
| 88 | Taylor Swift | 71 | – |
| 89 | Saltwater Sun | 29 | 52 |
| 90 | Anna Leyden | 67 | 99 |
| 91 | Texas | 26 | 15 |
| 92 | Della Mae | – | – |
| 93 | The Specials | – | – |
| 94 | The Silencers | 75 | 94 |
| 95 | David Bowie | – | – |
| 96 | Biffy Clyro | 69 | 20 |
| 97 | swim school | – | – |
| 98 | Fairground Attraction | 95 | – |
| 99 | Richard Thompson | 90 | – |
| 100 | First Aid Kit | 72 | 79 |
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