2023

• A first-semester memory.

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Apple Music Replay 2023, my real top ten

On the charts that year

• FlowersMiley Cyrus
• Kill BillSZA
• Last NightMorgan Wallen
• vampireOlivia Rodrigo
• Cruel SummerTaylor Swift
• Paint the Town RedDoja Cat
• Fast CarLuke Combs
• What Was I Made For?Billie Eilish
• Dance the NightDua Lipa
• Ella Baila SolaEslabon Armado & Peso Pluma
• WaterTyla
• greedyTate McRae

• Damar HamlinJanuary 2; collapsed on the field in Cincinnati, and recovered.
• Brady retires for goodFebruary 1; 23 seasons, seven rings.
• Chiefs 38, Eagles 35Super Bowl LVII, February 12; the Kelce brothers.
• Ohtani signs for $700 millionDecember 9; ten years with the Dodgers, most of it deferred.

Video

• Clark vs. ReeseApril 2; LSU's title, 9.9 million watching.
• Rahm's MastersApril 9.
• Celtics lose Game 7 at homeEastern Conference Finals, May 29; Derrick White's tip-in in Game 6, then the Heat by 19.

• Fortnite OGmineNovember 3; the 2018 map back for a month, 44 million players in a day.
• Lego FortniteDecember 7; survival, in bricks.
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomMay 12.
• Baldur's Gate 3August 3.
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIINovember 10.
• Hogwarts LegacyFebruary.
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2October.
• NBA 2K24Kobe on the cover, the first without him.
• Madden NFL 24Josh Allen.
• MLB The Show 23Jazz Chisholm Jr.
• EA Sports FC 24September; FIFA without FIFA.
• Super Mario Bros. WonderOctober.
• Diablo IVJune.
• StarfieldSeptember.
• Counter-Strike 2September.
• Pizza Tower and Dave the DiverThe indie year.

Mine

Everyone's

• Clark vs. Reese on ABCApril 2; LSU 102, Iowa 85, the you-can't-see-me.
• Damar Hamlin on Monday Night FootballJanuary 2; the game that stopped.
• Super Bowl LVII on FoxFebruary 12; Chiefs 38, Eagles 35, Rihanna at halftime.
• AirApril 5; Nike, Sonny Vaccaro and the Jordan deal.
• The Super Mario Bros. MovieApril 5.
• Creed IIIMarch 3.
• Gran TurismoAugust.
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseJune.
• Barbie and OppenheimerJuly 21; Barbenheimer.
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3May.
• Quarterback on NetflixJuly; a season inside Mahomes' helmet.
• Full SwingFebruary; golf's Drive to Survive.
• Ted Lasso finaleMay 31.
• Taylor Swift at ArrowheadSeptember 24; the Chiefs became a Sunday event.
• Kai Cenat's 30-day subathonFebruary; a Twitch record.
• Five Nights at Freddy'sOctober.

• Jokić's first titleNBA Finals, June 12; Nuggets over Heat.
• Golden Knights win the CupJune 13, in their sixth season.
• Messi joins Inter MiamiJuly 21; a free kick in his first game.

Most played

In the house

Out in the world

• Apple Vision Pro announcedJune 5.
• iPhone 15 with USB-CSeptember.
• M3 MacBook Pro and 15-inch MacBook Air
• Meta Quest 3October.
• PlayStation Portal and PS5 SlimNovember.
• Steam Deck OLEDNovember.
• Microsoft closes the Activision dealOctober 13.
• Midjourney v5 and the Pope in a puffer jacketMarch.
• iOS 17: StandBy, NameDrop, Journal

1. Graduated from Wootton High School

   2023-06

   Class of 2023.

2. Started at the University of South Carolina

   2023-08

   Columbia, South Carolina. Class of 2027.

Most played

• Coco Gauff's US OpenSeptember 9, at 19.
• Rangers over DiamondbacksWorld Series, November 1; the franchise's first.

• Fortnite OG battle bus
• Pink Barbie box
• Vision Pro
• Friendship bracelet
• Stanley cup
• Zonai device

• ChatGPT hits 100 million usersJanuary; GPT-4 followed on March 14.
• Threads launchesJuly 5; 100 million sign-ups in five days.
• Twitter becomes XJuly 24.
• BarbenheimerJuly 21.
• The Roman EmpireSeptember.
• Girl dinner and girl mathSummer.
• Grimace ShakeJune.
• Skibidi ToiletFebruary; a YouTube Shorts series.
• "Rizz" is Oxford's word of the year
• NPC streamingJuly; "ice cream so good".
• The Amazing Digital CircusOctober 13.
• Reddit API protestsJune.
• Netflix ends password sharingMay.