2013 in American music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2013 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• 8 – American Alternative Rock duo Twenty One Pilots released their third and major-label debut album Vessel after signing with Fueled by Ramen.
• 9 – Original Three Days Grace lead singer Adam Gontier leaves the band, citing health concerns^[1]
• 10 – Six and a half years after releasing FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake announces his return to music with a new album titled The 20/20 Experience, and a summer tour with Jay-Z.

February

• 3 – Alicia Keys performed the National Anthem and Beyoncé performed during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII.
• 4 – Fall Out Boy announced their reformation with a new album and concert tour.^[2]
• 10 — The 55th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, hosted by LL Cool J. Dan Auerbach wins the most awards of the night with five. Mumford and Sons win Album of the Year with Babel, while Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know", featuring Kimbra, wins Record of the Year.
• 17 – Country singer Mindy McCready commits suicide at the age of 37^[3]
• 27 – Stone Temple Pilots fire their lead singer, Scott Weiland^[4]

March

• 15 – Justin Timberlake's album, The 20/20 Experience, was released selling 968,000 copies in its first week. It became the best-selling album of the year in the U.S.
• 22 – My Chemical Romance break up after twelve years together. They end up reuniting six years later.^[5]

April

• 2 – Bon Jovi member Richie Sambora announced his departure from the band just hours before a concert date scheduled in Calgary, Alberta
• 7 - The Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
  • New Kids on the Block released their first album in five years, 10
• 12 – Fall Out Boy released their first album in a little over four years, Save Rock and Roll.
• 14 – Founding Deftones bassist Chi Cheng passes away at age 42 after spending more than 4 years in a coma as a result of a 2008 car accident^[6]
• 21 – Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies from breast cancer at the age of 53

May

• 2 – Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies from cirrhosis of the liver at age 49
• 16 – Candice Glover is crowned winner of American Idol (season 12) while Kree Harrison is named runner-up
• 18 – Chester Bennington of Linkin Park fame plays his first show as the singer for Stone Temple Pilots; also STP's first concert since original singer Scott Weiland was terminated^[7]
• 19 — The Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Taylor Swift took home the most awards of the night with eight including Top Artist.
• 20 – The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies in Germany from bile duct cancer at age 74
• 22 – Thirty Seconds to Mars released their first studio album in four years, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams.

June

• 18 — Cher make a historic return after eleven years of absence with "Woman's World", the lead single of her twenty-fifth studio album Closer to the Truth which is released three months later.
  • Danielle Bradbery wins the fourth season of The Voice. Michelle Chamuel is named runner-up. The Swon Brothers finishing third place.
• 25 — Stone Gossard released his first solo album in twelve years, Moonlander

July

• 4 – Jay Z released his first solo studio album in four years, Magna Carta Holy Grail, which sold over 550,000 copies in its first week.
• 30 – The Backstreet Boys released their first studio album in four years, In a World Like This. This is their first album with Kevin Richardson since Never Gone (2005).

August

• 25 — The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Justin Timberlake was awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, also performing a 15-minutes medley including a reunion with NSYNC, the first time in nine years. Miley Cyrus creates controversy by twerking at Robin Thicke's crotch area, during a performance.
  • Katy Perry released her lead single "Roar" for her fourth studio album, Prism. The song reached number 1 and sold 9.9 million copies around the world.
• 30 — Nine Inch Nails released their first studio album in five years, Hesitation Marks.

September

• 20 – Cher released her first studio album in twelve years, Closer to the Truth, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 (making it Cher's first highest-peaking solo album on the chart).

October

• 8 – Stone Temple Pilots released their High Rise EP, their only release to feature Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington on lead vocals.
• 14 – The Dismemberment Plan released their first album in twelve years, Uncanney Valley.
• 27 – Lou Reed, founding member of Velvet Underground, dies in Southampton, New York, from liver disease at age 71.
• 29 – The teen pop rock band Jonas Brothers announced an indefinite hiatus following many disagreements. They announced a return in 2019.

November

• 5 – Eminem's album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, was released selling 792,000 copies in its first week, and was the second-best-selling album of the year in the U.S.
• 6 — The CMA Awards took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 19 — Reggie and the Full Effect released their first album in five years, No Country for Old Musicians
• 24 — The American Music Awards took place at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

December

• 6 — Master P released his first studio album in twelve years, The Gift.
• 13 – Beyoncé released her surprise fifth studio album, Beyoncé, a 'visual album' containing 14 songs and an accompanying music video for each song. The album debuts at #1 based on 3 days of digital sales, making Beyoncé the first female artist, and second artist overall to debut at the top spot with her first five studio efforts.
• 17 – Tessanne Chin wins the fifth season of The Voice. Jacquie Lee is named runner-up. Will Champlin finishing third place.

Bands formed

• Beach Slang
• Big Data
• Bully
• Childbirth
• Dead Poet Society
• Fame on Fire
• Fight or Flight
• G.R.L.
• I Prevail
• Julian Casablancas+The Voidz
• Pup
• Rae Sremmurd
• Royal Blood
• Run the Jewels
• Starbomb
• Sylvan Esso

Bands reformed

• Black Flag
• The Calling
• Danity Kane
• Failure
• The Fall of Troy
• Fall Out Boy
• Medicine
• Neutral Milk Hotel
• Nine Inch Nails
• The Postal Service
• Rocket from the Crypt
• Story of the Year
• TLC

Bands on hiatus

• Ben Folds Five
• Bloc Party
• Evanescence^[8]
• Ghostland Observatory
• Lifehouse
• Mumford & Sons
• The Walkmen

Bands disbanded

• A Life Once Lost
• A Tribe Called Quest
• Allstar Weekend
• A Rocket to the Moon
• Asobi Seksu
• Attack Attack!
• Azari & III
• Bloodhound Gang
• The Calling
• The Chariot
• Charlie Brown Jr.
• Churchill
• The Click Five
• Comadre
• Dr. Acula
• E for Explosion
• Friends
• Gifts From Enola
• Girls Aloud
• Go Radio
• God Forbid
• Great Big Sea
• Honor Society
• Jonas Brothers^[9]
• Kid Dynamite
• Klymaxx
• Lostprophets
• Madina Lake
• The Mars Volta^[10]
• My Chemical Romance^[11]
• New Boyz
• The Postal Service
• S.C.U.M
• Sharks
• Static-X
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• Supercute!
• Swedish House Mafia
• Tribes
• Underoath
• Weapon
• Wild Flag
• Woe, Is Me

Albums released

See also: List of 2013 albums.

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
8		Black Veil Brides[12]
	Signed and Sealed in Blood	Dropkick Murphys	Celtic punk
	Vessel	Twenty One Pilots
15	Long. Live. ASAP	ASAP Rocky	Hip hop
	Fall Into Me	Katie Armiger	Country
	Kidz Bop 23	Kidz Bop Kids
	Beautiful	Teena Marie	R&B
	Goldenheart	Dawn Richard[13]
22	Set You Free	Gary Allan	Country rock
	True North	Bad Religion[14]
		Casting Crowns
	Just Movement	Robert DeLong	Electronic
	FIDLAR	FIDLAR
	How Country Feels	Randy Houser	Country
	Tim McGraw & Friends[15]	Tim McGraw	Country
	My True Story	Aaron Neville[16]	R&B
	Beta Love	Ra Ra Riot
	True Believers	Darius Rucker[17]	Country
	Reborn	Trapt
	Vulnerable (II)	The Used[18]	Alternative rock
29	Love Songs	Destiny's Child[19]	R&B
	A Messenger	Colton Dixon[20]
	Hummingbird	Local Natives[21]	Indie rock
	No Fairy Tale	Lisa Loeb[22]
	Give In	On An On
	Sentimental Journey	Emmy Rossum
	Love, Charlie	Charlie Wilson[23]	R&B

February

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
5		Coheed and Cambria	Progressive rock
	All That Echoes	Josh Groban
	In Guards We Trust	Guards
	Greatest Hits	Jewel[24]
	Two Lanes of Freedom	Tim McGraw	Country
	Conventional Weapons	My Chemical Romance
	Release the Panic	Red	Alternative metal
	Now 45	Various artists	Pop
12	Eyrth, Wynd & Fyre	Cappadonna[25]	Hip hop
	Barmageddon	Ras Kass	Hip hop
19	Czarface	Czarface	Hip hop
	The Dixie Dead[26]	Wednesday 13	Horror punk
26	Amok	Atoms for Peace
	Black Gold	Kutt Calhoun	Hip hop
	Need You Now	Plumb

March

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
5	Spring Break…Here to Party	Luke Bryan	Country
	This... Is Marcus Canty	Marcus Canty	R&B
	People, Hell & Angels	Jimi Hendrix[27]
	Welcome Oblivion	How to Destroy Angels
	Nanobots	They Might Be Giants[28]
	Like a Rose	Ashley Monroe	Country
	The Beast in Its Tracks	Josh Ritter	Folk
	Honky Tonk	Son Volt	Alternative country
12	Kings & Queens	Audio Adrenaline
	What About Now	Bon Jovi	Rock
	It Happens All the Time	Megan Hilty	Pop
	All Around the World	Mindless Behavior
14	Trunk Muzik Returns	Yelawolf	Hip hop
15	Earth Rocker	Clutch
19	Specter at the Feast	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
	Same Trailer Different Park	Kacey Musgraves	Country
	The RZA Presents Shaolin Soul Selection: Volume 1	Various Artists
	The 20/20 Experience	Justin Timberlake
26	No Matter How Far	David Archuleta[29]	Pop
	All That for This	Crystal Bowersox[30]	Folk rock
	Collider	Cartel
	Girl Who Got Away	Dido	Pop
	I Am Not a Human Being II	Lil Wayne[31]	Hip hop
	Native	OneRepublic[32]
	The Nacirema Dream	Papoose[33]	East Coast hip hop
	Wild & Free	A Rocket to the Moon
	Black Out the Sun	Sevendust[34]
	Based on a True Story…	Blake Shelton	Country
	What You Don't See	The Story So Far	Pop punk
	Comedown Machine	The Strokes[35]	Indie rock
	Just Feels Good	Thompson Square	Country
	Afraid of Heights	Wavves

April

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
2	My Shame Is True	Alkaline Trio[36]	Punk rock
	Pioneer	The Band Perry[37]	Country
	Sempiternal	Bring Me the Horizon	Metalcore
	Dear Miss Lonelyhearts	Cold War Kids[38]	Indie rock
	En Peligro de Extinction	Intocable
	RKives (rarities album)	Rilo Kiley
	10	New Kids on the Block[39]
	Wolf	Tyler, The Creator[40]	West Coast hip hop
	Anatidaephobia	Watch The Duck
	Right on Time	Gretchen Wilson[41]	Country
4	Paint the Sky	Bradley Joseph[42]
9	Device	Device
	Three Chords and a Half Truth	Face to Face	Punk rock
	The Road Less Traveled	Jake Miller	Hip hop
	Wheelhouse	Brad Paisley	Country
	Paramore	Paramore
	Should've Gone to Bed (EP)	Plain White T's	Pop rock
	Found	Rival Schools
	Hotel California	Tyga[43]	Hip hop
	Wakin' on a Pretty Daze	Kurt Vile	Indie rock
	Rough	Chuck Wicks	Country
15	Strawberries and Cream	Ninja Sex Party
16	Standoff	Casey Donahew band	Country
	In the Marrow	Dead Confederate
	Save Rock and Roll	Fall Out Boy[44]
	The Terror	The Flaming Lips
	Twelve Reasons to Die	Ghostface Killah[45]	Hip hop
	Ghost on Ghost	Iron & Wine
	Indicud	Kid Cudi[46]	Alternative hip hop
	Free the Universe	Major Lazer
	Rat Farm	Meat Puppets
	Heroes for Sale	Andy Mineo	Christian hip hop
	Let's Face the Music and Dance	Willie Nelson	Country
	As It Is On Earth	Spacehog	Alternative rock
	Legendary	The Summer Set	Pop punk
	Desperate Ground	The Thermals[47]
	Mosquito	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Alternative rock
22	I Love You.	The Neighbourhood
23	Illumination Ritual	The Appleseed Cast[48]
	Side Effects of You	Fantasia Barrino[49]	R&B
	Prisoner of Conscious	Talib Kweli[50]	Alternative hip hop
	Reincarnated	Snoop Lion	Reggae
	Tate Stevens	Tate Stevens[51]	Country
	willpower	will.i.am[52]
	Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor	Rob Zombie	Alternative Rock
30	Such Hot Blood	The Airborne Toxic Event
	Life on a Rock	Kenny Chesney[53]	Country
	Authentic	LL Cool J	Hip hop
	The Pop Underground	Andrew McMahon
	Me, You & the Music	Jessica Sanchez
	The Hands That Thieve	Streetlight Manifesto
	Wake Up	Youngblood Hawke

May

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
7	2.0	98 Degrees	Pop
	More Than Just a Dream	Fitz and the Tantrums[54]
	Golden	Lady Antebellum[55]
	Mother	Natalie Maines[56] [57]	Rock
	Annie Up	Pistol Annies[58]	Country
	Volume 3	She & Him[59] [60]
10	Secondhand Rapture	MS MR
14	Love Will...	Trace Adkins	Country
	American Love LP[61]	Bad Rabbits
	One of Us Is the Killer	The Dillinger Escape Plan
	Ungrateful	Escape the Fate
	Lip Lock	Eve[62]	Hip hop
	The Features[63]	The Features[64]
	Demi	Demi Lovato	Pop
	Love Is Everything	George Strait[65]	Country
	Modern Vampires of the City	Vampire Weekend[66] [67]
	The Greatest Generation	The Wonder Years	Pop punk
21	Excuse My French	French Montana[68]	East Coast hip hop
	Trouble Will Find Me[69]	The National	Indie rock
	Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams	Thirty Seconds to Mars[70]	Experimental rock
28	The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here	Alice in Chains[71]	Heavy metal
	Wrote a Song for Everyone	John Fogerty[72]
	IV Play	The-Dream[73]	Contemporary R&B
	Almost Home	Kid Ink	Hip Hop
29	Stop the Bleeding	Sponge	Alternative rock
31	From the Hills Below the City	Houndmouth

June

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
4		George Benson	Jazz
	In a Tidal Wave of Mystery	Capital Cities
	Forever Halloween	The Maine
	Super Collider (album)	Megadeth
	Evil Friends	Portugal. The Man
	...Like Clockwork	Queens of the Stone Age	Stoner rock
	Spitfire	LeAnn Rimes[74]	Country
	Nightingale Floors	Rogue Wave	Indie rock
	Feel	Sleeping With Sirens	Post-hardcore
11	Saaab Stories	Action Bronson	Hip hop
	Fear Inside Our Bones	The Almost
	24/Seven	Big Time Rush	Pop
	Every Man Should Know	Harry Connick Jr.[75]
	Sunbather	Deafheaven
	Magnetic	Goo Goo Dolls[76]
	Damage	Jimmy Eat World[77]	Alternative rock
	The Wack Album	The Lonely Island[78]
	Southeastern	Jason Isbell
	Better	Chrisette Michelle
	Victim to Villain	New Years Day
18	Omens	3OH!3
	Dark of the Daylight	The Crash Kings
	Fashionably Late	Falling in Reverse
	Anthem	Hanson[79]	Pop rock
	Born Sinner	J. Cole[80]	Hip hop
	Watching Movies with the Sound Off	Mac Miller	Hip hop
	Waiting for the Dawn	The Mowgli's
	Talk a Good Game	Kelly Rowland
	Yeezus	Kanye West	Hip hop
25	J.A.C.K.	Forever the Sickest Kids
	Zero	Hawthorne Heights
	Pick Up Your Head	Middle Class Rut	Alternative rock
	Queensrÿche	Queensrÿche[81]
	Rise	Skillet[82]
	In a Warzone	Transplants	rock
	The Gifted	Wale	Hip hop

July

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
9	Somnambulist	Abandoned Pools	Alternative rock
	Ciara	Ciara[83]
	Magna Carta... Holy Grail	Jay-Z[84]	Hip hop
16	Trials & Tribulations	Ace Hood[85]	Hip hop
	The Blessed Unrest	Sara Bareilles[86]
	Amelita	Court Yard Hounds[87]	Country
	White Teeth, Black Thoughts	Cherry Poppin' Daddies
	Stranger Than Fiction	Kevin Gates[88]	Hip hop
	Where Does This Door Go	Mayer Hawthorne[89]
	The Kitchen	Hieroglyphics[90]	Alternative hip hop
	No Filter	Lil Wyte & JellyRoll[91]	Hip hop
	Believers	¡Mayday![92]	Hip hop
	Pepper	Pepper[93]
23	Torches & Pitchforks	Mona
	Rich Gang	Rich Gang	Hip hop
	Stars Dance	Selena Gomez
	The Distortion Field	Trouble[94]
	The Keynote Speaker	U-God[95]	Hip hop
	Ricky Reed is Real	Wallpaper.
30	In a World Like This	Backstreet Boys[96]
	Apex Predator	Crooked I[97]	Hip hop
	Nothing to Lose	Emblem3[98]
	The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1	Five Finger Death Punch[99]
	All People	Michael Franti & Spearhead[100]
	Something Else	Tech N9ne[101]	Hip hop
	Blurred Lines	Robin Thicke[102]

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
6	The Civil Wars	The Civil Wars
	Golden Record	The Dangerous Summer
	Exorcise Tape (Esorcizzare Nastro)	Demon Queen
	With Love	Christina Grimmie
	Cracking the Safe (EP)	Saving Abel[103]
13	Crash My Party	Luke Bryan[104]	Country
	No Regerts	Chastity Belt	Indie rock
	Paradise Valley	John Mayer[105]
	Rebellious Soul	K. Michelle[106]
	Call Your Friends	Zebrahead
18	Hear Ye Him	No Malice[107]	Hip hop
20	Genuine & Counterfeit	William Beckett	Pop rock
	Sway	Blue October
	Songs from St. Somewhere	Jimmy Buffett
	Frames	Lee DeWyze[108]
	Doris	Earl Sweatshirt[109]	Alternative hip hop
	The Walking in Between	Ben Rector[110]	Pop rock
	Sleeper	Ty Segall
27	Hail to the King	Avenged Sevenfold[111]
	Hall of Fame	Big Sean[112]	Hip hop
	Age Against the Machine	Goodie Mob[113]	Hip hop
	Stay Trippy	Juicy J[114]	Hip hop

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Savage Life 4ever	Webbie	Hip hop
3	Bad Blood	Blood on the Dance Floor[115]
	Love and War	Tamar Braxton[116]	R&B
	Yours Truly	Ariana Grande[117]
	Love in the Future	John Legend[118]
	Hesitation Marks	Nine Inch Nails[119]
	Peace	Vista Chino[120]	Stoner rock
9	The Things We Think We're Missing	Balance and Composure
	MDNA World Tour	Madonna	Pop
10		2 Chainz[121]	Southern hip hop
	Feels Like Home	Sheryl Crow	Country
	The Standards	Gloria Estefan
	Back 2 Life	Sean Kingston[122]
	On Oni Pond	Man Man
	The Electric Lady	Janelle Monáe[123]
	All I Want	The Reverb Junkie[124]
	Fuse	Keith Urban[125]	Country
17	Wise Up Ghost	Elvis Costello and The Roots[126]
	We Are Tonight	Billy Currington[127]	Country
	Bookmarks	Five for Fighting	Pop rock
	Spreading Rumours	Grouplove
	From Here to Now to You	Jack Johnson
	Fight for My Soul	Jonny Lang
	Self Made Vol. 3	Maybach Music Group[128]	Hip hop
	MGMT	MGMT	Psychedelic rock
	Off the Beaten Path	Justin Moore	Country
	Loud Like Love	Placebo[129]	Alternative rock
	Saves the Day	Saves the Day
	A.M.	Chris Young	Country
	Zendaya	Zendaya
24	Closer to the Truth	Cher[130]
	Tattoos	Jason Derulo[131]
	Suffering from Success	DJ Khaled[132]	Hip hop
	Dream Theater	Dream Theater[133]	Progressive metal
	Shout!	Gov't Mule	Hard rock
	The Bluegrass Album	Alan Jackson[134]	Bluegrass
	Get Wet	Krewella
	Mechanical Bull	Kings of Leon[135]
	Ludaversal	Ludacris[136]
	Not What You Expected	Mest
	Through the Never	Metallica	Heavy metal
	To All the Girls...	Willie Nelson[137]	Country
	Louder	R5	Pop Rock
	Rise	A Skylit Drive	Post-hardcore
30	Redneck Crazy	Tyler Farr	Country
	M.O.	Nelly[138]
		Justin Timberlake[139]

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Deltron Event II	Deltron 3030[140]	Alternative hip hop
	Days Are Gone	Haim	Indie pop
	Unvarnished	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts[141]	Hard rock
7	Brighter	Patent Pending
8	Common Courtesy	A Day To Remember
	Before It Caves	A Loss For Words	Pop punk
	Fortress	Alter Bridge	Rock
	Old	Danny Brown	Alternative hip hop
	Melophobia[142]	Cage the Elephant
	Bangerz	Miley Cyrus[143]	Pop
	Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song	Amos Lee
	The Paradigm Shift	Korn
	Monsters in the Closet	Mayday Parade
	Crickets	Joe Nichols	country
	Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!	Panic! at the Disco
	Frame by Frame	Cassadee Pope
	Soy el Mismo	Prince Royce
	My Name Is My Name	Pusha T	Hip hop
	Bitter Rivals	Sleigh Bells
	The Finer Things	State Champs	Pop punk
	High Rise (EP)	Stone Temple Pilots
	Page Avenue: 10 Years and Counting	Story of the Year	Acoustic
	My Independence	Erika Van Pelt	Pop rock
15	A Mary Christmas	Mary J. Blige[144]
	Magpie and the Dandelion	The Avett Brothers
	Make a Move	Gavin DeGraw[145]
	Let's Be Still	The Head and the Heart
	New	Paul McCartney	Rock
	See You Tonight	Scotty McCreery[146]	Country
	Last Patrol	Monster Magnet[147]	Stoner metal
	To All the Girls...	Willie Nelson	Country
	Lightning Bolt	Pearl Jam[148]
	Vengeance Falls	Trivium[149]
22	Burials	AFI[150]	Alternative rock
	12 Stories	Brandy Clark	Country
	Better Together	Fifth Harmony[151]
	Prism	Katy Perry[152]	Pop
29	Wrapped in Red	Kelly Clarkson[153]
		Duck Dynasty	Christmas
	Night Time, My Time	Sky Ferreira[154]
	Everything is Debatable	Hellogoodbye
	Drinks After Work	Toby Keith
	The Flood and the Mercy	Ed Kowalczyk
	Recharged	Linkin Park
	It Goes Like This	Thomas Rhett	Country
	Corsicana Lemonade	White Denim

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
5	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	Eminem[155]	Hip hop
	Antiphon	Midlake	Alternative
	PTX, Vol. II	Pentatonix[156]	A cappella
11	ARTPOP	Lady Gaga[157]
	The Woman I Am	Kellie Pickler[158]	Country
	Winter Loverland	Tamar Braxton	Christmas
12		Jewel	Christmas
	See the Light	Less Than Jake
	weRwe Records: Volume One	Various Artists [159]	Mult-genre
19	Homecoming	Sammy Adams	Hip hop
	Baptized	Daughtry
	The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2	Five Finger Death Punch	Rock
	Seven + Mary	Rainbow Kitten Surprise	Indie rock
	No Country for Old Musicians	Reggie and the Full Effect
25	Foreverly	Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones	Folk
	Danielle Bradbery	Danielle Bradbery[160]	Country
26	Knock Madness	Hopsin[161]	Hip hop

December

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
3	Britney Jean	Britney Spears[162]
10	Because the Internet	Childish Gambino	Hip hop
13	BEYONCÉ	Beyoncé[163]
	Celestial Skies	This World
16	Somewhere Somehow	We the Kings	Pop punk
17	Underground Luxury	B.o.B	Hip hop
	Starbomb	Starbomb

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2013, List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2013 and Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2013.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell (12 weeks)
• "Can't Hold Us" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton (5 weeks)
• "Harlem Shake" – Baauer (5 weeks)
• "Just Give Me a Reason" – Pink feat. Nate Ruess (3 weeks)
• "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars (4 weeks in 2013, 2 weeks in 2012)
• "Roar" – Katy Perry (2 weeks)
• "Royals" – Lorde (9 weeks)
• "The Monster" – Eminem feat. Rihanna (2 weeks in 2013, 2 weeks in 2014)
• "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz (6 weeks)
• "When I Was Your Man" – Bruno Mars (1 week)
• "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus (3 weeks)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

See also

• 2010s in music
• 2013 in American television
• List of 2013 albums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Singer Adam Gontier Explains Departure From Three Days Grace. Kaufman. Spencer. January 9, 2013. Loudwire.com. November 15, 2013.
2. Web site: Fall Out Boy reform and announce a London date in February. Willioms. Scott. April 13, 2013. Egig.com. Williams. November 15, 2013.
3. News: Country star Mindy McCready dead at 37 of apparent suicide. Payne & Lavandera. Ed. February 19, 2013. Cnn.com. November 15, 2013.
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