Taylor Swift became a billionaire with a new boyfriend and the world went wild for a cinematic cocktail of atomic bombs and Barbie.
Bud Light lost its crown as America's best-selling beer, the 'king of crypto' Sam Bankman-Fried was also dethroned, and Hunter Biden's woes shifted from his embarrassing leaked nudes to a slew of criminal charges.
Yes, 2023 really was a year of big winners and epic losers.
Here, DailyMail.com chronicles ten of the year's greatest victors - and ten of its colossal failures.
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