Legendary musician Elton John<\/b> has revealed his 15 favorite songs released this year in a new post shared on his official social media channels. <\/p>\n
Among those included on the singer’s list are Boygenius<\/b>, Mitski<\/b>, Chappell Roan<\/b>, Stormzy<\/b> and Raye<\/b>, James Blake<\/b> and plenty more.<\/p>\n
“2023 has been a fantastic year for new artists and great songs,” says John. “There’s been a lot of upcoming artists like David Kushner, Chappell Roan, HotWax, The Last Dinner Party and Elmiene. All fantastic artists and all artists to watch out for next year.”<\/p>\n
“We’ve had soulful sounds from artists like Jalen Ngonda, ANOHNI and Gabriels,” he continues. “There’s been a lot of great women this year like Baby Queen, Mitski, LOONY and boygenius. They’re ruling the roost at the moment. You go, girls. And of course there’s been some great dance tracks from artists like CamelPhat and Ali Love, Romy, and The Chemical Brothers. We always like to dance around the room at the end of the show, and these people are making us move!”<\/p>\n
Elton signs off by saying, “Thank you to all of you for the music and I can’t wait to hear more in 2024.”<\/p>\n
Elton John’s favorite songs of 2023: <\/p>\n
CamelPhat & Ali Love – Compute
Jalen Ngonda – Come Around and Love Me
Baby Queen – We Can Be Anything
Chappell Roan – Red Wine Supernova
David Kushner – Daylight
ANOHNI – It Must Change
Romy – She’s On My Mind
Mitski – My Love Is Mine All Mine
Gabriels – Offering
James Blake – Loading
Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now (Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 7\/24\/2022)
Stormzy & RAYE – The Weekend
BERWYN – Bulletproof
Tom Odell – Black Friday
boygenius – Not Strong Enough <\/p>\n