List of Kodiak Grand 50 Songs number-one songs of 2023

These are the songs that topped the Kodiak Grand 50 Songs in 2023, the fifth year of the charts.
In 2023, twenty songs have topped the chart, a twenty-first song, "Jackie Cane" by Hooverphonic, started its run at number one in December 2021, therefore it's not counted. In total, twenty-one artists topped the chart in 2023, either as a main artist of a featured guest, of these, sixteen - Melt Yourself Down, White Town, Gavin Clark, Emiliana Torrini, Eels, Linkin Park, Anna von Hausswolff, Dengue Fever, Thin Lizzy, MSPaint, Toumani Diabaté, Sidiki Diabaté, -M-, Fatoumata Diawara, Smoke City and Monika Roscher Bigband. - reached the top of the charts for the first time.
Melt Yourself Down, UNKLE, Eels and Hooverphonic are the only artists to have multiple number one songs this year, with two each.
The version of Charlie Brown Jr.'s "Aquela Paz" that is listed is the 1997 original recording, the 2005 remake is credited in the charts as "Aquela Paz (2005)".
This was also the first year in the history of the charts where the number one song of the year, in this case, Dayvan Cowboy by Boards of Canada, never reached number one in the charts. It peaked at number three for one week, but it did stay within the top 10 for 31 weeks and spent every single week of the year in the charts.
== History ==
The year-end number one song of the year, "Dayvan Cowboy" by Boards of Canada, never reached number one in the charts.
Week	Week 	Song 	Artist 	Origin
181 	January 7 	"Jackie Cane" 	Hooverphonic 	
182 	January 14 	"Pray for Me I Don't Fit In" 	Melt Yourself Down 	
183 	January 21 	"Lawless" 	UNKLE 	
184 	January 28 	"Lawless" 	UNKLE 	
185 	February 4 	"Your Woman" 	White Town 	
186 	February 11 	"Balance" 	Melt Yourself Down 	
187 	February 18 	"Balance" 	Melt Yourself Down 	
188 	February 25 	"Balance" 	Melt Yourself Down 	
189 	March 4 	"Broken" 	UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark 	
190 	March 11 	"Broken" 	UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark 	
191 	March 18 	"Broken" 	UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark 	
192 	March 25 	"Broken" 	UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark 	
193 	April 1 	"To Be Free" 	Emiliana Torrini 	
194 	April 8 	"Biscuit" 	Portishead 	
195 	April 15 	"To Be Free" 	Emiliana Torrini 	
196 	April 22 	"Biscuit" 	Portishead 	
197 	April 29 	"Flyswatter" 	Eels 	
198 	May 6 	"Broken" 	UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark 	
199 	May 13 	"Broken" 	UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark 	
200 	May 20 	"Broken" 	UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark 	
201 	May 27 	"In the End" 	Linkin Park 	
202 	June 3 	"In the End" 	Linkin Park 	
203 	June 10 	"The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra"	Anna von Hausswolff 	
204 	June 17 	"The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra"	Anna von Hausswolff 	
205 	June 24 	"The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra"	Anna von Hausswolff 	
206 	July 1 	"Sni Bong" 	Dengue Fever 	
207 	July 8 	"Sni Bong" 	Dengue Fever 	
208 	July 15 	"Sni Bong" 	Dengue Fever 	
209 	July 22 	"Novocaine for the Soul" 	Eels 	
210 	July 29 	"Novocaine for the Soul" 	Eels 	
211 	August 5 	"Aquela Paz" 	Charlie Brown Jr. 	
212 	August 12 	"Novocaine for the Soul" 	Eels 	
213 	August 19 	"Bad Reputation" 	Thin Lizzy 	
214 	August 26 	"Bad Reputation" 	Thin Lizzy 	
215 	September 2 	"Free From the Sun" 	MSPaint 	
216 	September 9 	"Free From the Sun" 	MSPaint 	
217 	September 16	"Crx" 	Casino Royale 	
218 	September 23	"Crx" 	Casino Royale 	
219 	September 30	"Bad Reputation" 	Thin Lizzy 	
220 	October 7 	"Solidarité" 	Toumani Diabaté, Sidiki Diabaté, -M- & Fatoumata Diawara	
221 	October 14 	"Solidarité" 	Toumani Diabaté, Sidiki Diabaté, -M- & Fatoumata Diawara	
222 	October 21 	"Solidarité" 	Toumani Diabaté, Sidiki Diabaté, -M- & Fatoumata Diawara	
223 	October 28 	"Devil Mood" 	Smoke City 	
224 	November 4 	"Devil Mood" 	Smoke City 	
225 	November 11 	"Devil Mood" 	Smoke City 	
226 	November 18 	"Devil Mood" 	Smoke City 	
227 	November 25 	"A Taste of the Apocalypse" 	Monika Roscher Bigband 	
228 	December 2 	"No Way Out" 	Graveyard 	
229 	December 9 	"Eden" 	Hooverphonic 	
230 	December 16 	"Eden" 	Hooverphonic 	
231 	December 23 	"Eden" 	Hooverphonic 	
232 	December 30 	"A Taste of the Apocalypse" 	Monika Roscher Bigband 	
== Year-end top 10 ==
# 	Song 	Artist 	Peak
1 	"Dayvan Cowboy" 	Boards of Canada 	#3 for 1 week
2 	"Biscuit" 	Portishead 	#1 for 2 weeks
3 	"To Be Free" 	Emiliana Torrini 	#1 for 2 weeks
4 	"Broken" 	UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark 	#1 for 7 weeks
5 	"Balance" 	Melt Yourself Down 	#1 for 3 weeks
6 	"Novocaine for the Soul"	Eels 	#1 for 3 weeks
7 	"Eden" 	Hooverphonic 	#1 for 3 weeks
8 	"Sni Bong" 	Dengue Fever 	#1 for 3 weeks
9 	"Nothing Left to Lose" 	Everything But the Girl	#5 for 1 week
10	"Your Woman" 	White Town 	#1 for 1 week
== Bonus Trivia ==
* Spending a second week at the top, "Jackie Cane" by Hooverphonic became the most successful belgian song in the story of the charts.
*UNKLE scored two number one songs this year, with "Lawless" and "Broken", the latter one was responsible for making UNKLE the second act with most number one songs in the history of the charts, with three in total, the fourth week of Broken's reign also made UNKLE broke the record for artist with the most weeks spent topping the charts, with ten weeks overall. A couple of weeks later, Broken would also break the record for longest running number one song in the history of the charts, with seven weeks at the top, surpassing Blood Ceremony's Drawing Down the Moon's six weeks, a feature that, coincidentally, happened in the 200th week of the charts.
*Melt Yourself Down scored two number one songs this year: "Pray for Me I Don't Fit In" and "Balance".
*Dengue fever became the first south-asian band to top the charts, with the song "Sni Bong".
*Thin Lizzy became the first irish artist to top the charts, with "Bad Reputation".
*Casino Royale became the first italian artist to top the charts, with "Crx".
*"Solidarité" broke the record for most artists credited for one number one single, with four, it's also notable for being the first malian song to top the charts.
*Two artists got their third number one songs back to back. First, Graveyard with "No Way Out", followed by Hooverphonic's "Eden" in the next week.
==See Also==
*List of Kodiak Grand 50 Songs Top 10 songs of 2023
*Kodiak Hot 50 Songs of the Week
*Kodiak Grand 20 Artist Charts History
*Kodiak Grand 50 Achievements And Milestones