2013 in Canadian music

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This is a summary of the year 2013 in the Canadian music industry.

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Top hits on record

The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

Top 10 Canadian albums

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Celine Dion Loved Me Back to Life 1320,0004× Platinum [33]
2 Arcade Fire Reflektor 1240,000 [34] [35] 3× Platinum [36]
3 Johnny Reid A Christmas Gift to You 1160,000 [34] 2× Platinum [37]
4 Michael Bublé To Be Loved 1160,000 [38] 2× Platinum [39]
5 Drake Nothing Was the Same 1108,000 [34] Platinum [40]
6 City and Colour The Hurry and the Harm 180,000 [34] [41] Platinum [42]
7 Gord Bamford Christmas in CanadaTBA80,000Platinum [43]
8 Hedley Wild Life 480,000 [34] Platinum [44]
9 Justin Bieber Believe Acoustic 180,000Platinum [45]
10Various Artists MuchDance 2014 N/A80,000Platinum [46]

Top 10 International albums

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 1320,000 [34] [47] 4× Platinum [48]
2Various Artists Frozen 1240,000 [49] [50] 3× Platinum [51]
3 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience 1160,0002× Platinum [52]
4 Katy Perry Prism 1160,0002× Platinum [53]
5 Lorde Pure Heroine 2160,0002× Platinum [54]
6 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 1160,0002× Platinum [55]
7 Avicii True 280,000Platinum [56]
8 The Beatles On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 TBA80,000Platinum [57]
9 Beyoncé Beyoncé 180,000Platinum [58]
10 Black Sabbath 13 180,000Platinum [59]

Top 10 singles

RankArtistSongAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell "Blurred Lines" Blurred Lines 1720,000 [34] [60] [61] 9× Platinum [62]
2 Pitbull featuring Kesha "Timber" Meltdown 1560,0007× Platinum [63]
3 Avicii "Wake Me Up" True 2523,000 [34] Platinum [64]
4 A Great Big World "Say Something (A Great Big World song)" Is There Anybody Out There? 1480,0006× Platinum [65]
5 Pink featuring Nate Ruess "Just Give Me a Reason" The Truth About Love 1499,000 [34] 6× Platinum [66]
6 Lorde "Royals" Pure Heroine 1480,0006× Platinum [67]
7 OneRepublic "Counting Stars" Native 1480,0006× Platinum [68]
8 Passenger "Let Her Go" All the Little Lights 5480,0006× Platinum [69]
9Pharrell Williams"Happy" G I R L 1480,0006× Platinum [70]
10 Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams"Get Lucky" Random Access Memories 1400,0005× Platinum [71]

Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

No.Artist(s)Title
1 Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell "Blurred Lines"
2 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz "Thrift Shop"
3 Pink featuring Nate Ruess "Just Give Me a Reason"
4 The Lumineers "Ho Hey"
5 Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko "Stay"
6 Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams"Get Lucky"
7 Avicii "Wake Me Up"
8 will.i.am and Britney Spears "Scream & Shout"
9 Imagine Dragons "Radioactive"
10 Katy Perry "Roar"
11 Bruno Mars "Locked Out of Heaven"
12 Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble"
13Bruno Mars"When I Was Your Man"
14 Serena Ryder "Stompa"
15Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton "Can't Hold Us"
16 Justin Timberlake "Mirrors"
17 Classified featuring David Myles "Inner Ninja"
18 Lorde "Royals"
19 Armin van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie "This Is What It Feels Like"
20 Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera "Feel This Moment"
21Pink"Try"
22 Maroon 5 "Daylight"
23 Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin "Don't You Worry Child"
24 Walk off the Earth "Red Hands"
25 Phillip Phillips "Home"
26 Mumford & Sons "I Will Wait"
27Rihanna"Diamonds"
28 Capital Cities "Safe and Sound"
29 Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX "I Love It"
30Serena Ryder"What I Wouldn't Do"
31Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert "Same Love"
32 Miley Cyrus "We Can't Stop"
33Miley Cyrus"Wrecking Ball"
34Bruno Mars"Treasure"
35Maroon 5"Love Somebody"
36 Selena Gomez "Come & Get It"
37 Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj "Beauty and a Beat"
38 Demi Lovato "Heart Attack"
39 Anna Kendrick "Cups"
40Maroon 5"One More Night"
41 Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida "Troublemaker"
42 Drake featuring Majid Jordan "Hold On, We're Going Home"
43 Jason Derulo "The Other Side"
44 Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj"Girl on Fire"
45 Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding "I Need Your Love"
46 Tegan and Sara "Closer"
47 Psy "Gangnam Style"
48Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch "Sweet Nothing"
49 Zedd featuring Foxes "Clarity"
50 Lady Gaga "Applause"
51 Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake"Holy Grail"
52 Adele "Skyfall"
53 fun. "Some Nights"
54Imagine Dragons"Demons"
55 Kesha "Die Young"
56Pitbull featuring TJR "Don't Stop the Party"
57 Tyler Shaw "Kiss Goodnight"
58Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z"Suit & Tie"
59 Lana Del Rey and Cedric Gervais "Summertime Sadness"
60 Eminem "Berzerk"
61 Passenger "Let Her Go"
62Tegan and Sara"I Was a Fool"
63Flo Rida"I Cry"
64 Kelly Clarkson "Catch My Breath"
65Phillip Phillips"Gone, Gone, Gone"
66 Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies and friends"Boys 'Round Here"
67will.i.am featuring Justin Bieber"#thatPOWER"
68 Hedley "Anything"
69fun."Carry On"
70 OneRepublic "Counting Stars"
71 Artists Against Bullying "True Colors"
72 Fall Out Boy "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
73Pink featuring Lily Allen "True Love"
74 Ne-Yo "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"
75 Daniel Powter "Crazy All My Life"
76 David Guetta featuring Sia "Titanium"
77 Metric "Breathing Underwater"
78Taylor Swift"22"
79 Avril Lavigne "Here's to Never Growing Up"
80 Darius Rucker "Wagon Wheel"
81 Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift"Highway Don't Care"
82 Marianas Trench "Stutter"
83Hedley"Kiss You Inside Out"
84 Down with Webster "One in a Million"
85Kesha"C'Mon"
86 Michael Bublé "It's a Beautiful Day"
87 Hunter Hayes "I Want Crazy"
88Imagine Dragons"It's Time"
89Britney Spears"Work Bitch"
90 Lady Antebellum "Downtown"
91 Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"
92Nicki Minaj"Va Va Voom"
93 Baauer "Harlem Shake"
94Kelly Clarkson"People Like Us"
95Blake Shelton"Sure Be Cool If You Did"
96 Luke Bryan "Crash My Party"
97 One Direction "Best Song Ever"
98Drake"Started from the Bottom"
99One Direction"Little Things"
100Taylor Swift"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" [72]

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