Weddings Wrapped 2023 - wedding special

bride and groom dancing at wedding with sax player

With Spotify Wrapped 2023 having just dropped, Encore Musicians, the UK's largest musician bookings platform has analysed 2,300 song requests by newlyweds to see the most requested songs and artists for weddings in 2023.

The company also surveyed 1,000 of its customers and musicians to discover the UK's favourite and least favourite songs to hear at weddings.

Although Ed Sheeran's Perfect ranked as the most common song for first dances, it also ranked as the second least popular song to hear at weddings with one in seven ranking it as their least favourite. My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion ranked as the least popular wedding song overall with a quarter of people (24%) voting it as their least favourite.

Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love ranked as the UK's favourite wedding song with one in six (16%) people saying its their favourite song to hear at weddings. Mr Brightside by The Killers seems to divide wedding crowds, with 6% rating it as their favourite and 3% ranking it as their least favourite.

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