The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. In 2013, a total of 11 singles claimed the top spot in 52 issues of the magazine. One of which, "Locked Out of Heaven" by singer Bruno Mars started its peak position in late 2012. [1]
Throughout 2013, eight acts achieved their first US number-one single, either as a lead artist or a featured guest: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, [lower-alpha 1] Wanz, Baauer, Ray Dalton, Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus and Lorde. Nate Ruess, already having hit number one with Fun, earns his first number one song as a solo act. Five collaboration singles topped the chart. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' debut single "Thrift Shop" featuring Wanz became the best-performing single of 2013, peaking atop the chart for six weeks, [3] also topping the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. [4] The duo's second hit "Can't Hold Us" also reached the chart's top spot, making the duo the first act to score number-one singles on the Hot 100 with their first two charting songs since Lady Gaga with her hits "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" in 2009. [2] Baauer scored his first number-one hit with "Harlem Shake". [5] Originally, it was released commercially in June 2012, yet it did not sell significantly until February due to viral videos on YouTube and later created a meme with the same name. [6]
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were the only act to have more than one number one song, with two.
"When I Was Your Man" was Bruno Mars' fifth single to top the chart. [7] With the achievement, Mars became the fastest male artist to gain five number-one singles since Elvis Presley. [7] It was also the second hit only featuring piano and vocals to peak atop the Hot 100 chart since Adele's "Someone like You" (2011). [7] Singer Lorde's song "Royals" made her the youngest solo artist to achieve a number-one single in the US since Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" (1988). [8] [9] "The Monster" by Eminem featuring Rihanna became the former's fifth number-one single in the country, tying him with P. Diddy and Ludacris as the rappers with the most number-one songs on the chart. [10] Meanwhile, it also made Rihanna the artist with the third-most US number-one singles (13), alongside Michael Jackson. [11]
"Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell was the longest-running single of the year at the top spot, peaking at number one for twelve consecutive weeks. [3] With the combined chart run throughout June, July and August, "Blurred Lines" became Billboard's Song of the Summer 2013. [12] Lorde's "Royals" became the second longest-running number-one single, claiming the top spot for a total of nine weeks. [3] "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars and "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz both spent six weeks atop the Hot 100. [3] [lower-alpha 2]
Indicates best-performing single of 2013 |
No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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1021 | January 5 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Bruno Mars | [14] [15] |
January 12 | [16] [17] | |||
January 19 | [18] [19] | |||
January 26 | [20] [13] | |||
1022 | February 2 | "Thrift Shop" [4] | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | [21] [22] |
February 9 | [23] [24] | |||
February 16 | [25] [26] | |||
February 23 | [27] [28] | |||
1023 | March 2 | "Harlem Shake" | Baauer | [29] [5] |
March 9 | [30] [31] | |||
March 16 | [32] [33] | |||
March 23 | [34] [35] | |||
March 30 | [36] [37] | |||
re | April 6 | "Thrift Shop" [4] | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | [38] [39] |
April 13 | [40] [41] | |||
1024 | April 20 | "When I Was Your Man" | Bruno Mars | [42] [7] |
1025 | April 27 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess | [43] [44] |
May 4 | [45] [46] | |||
May 11 | [47] [48] | |||
1026 | May 18 | "Can't Hold Us" | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton | [49] [2] |
May 25 | [50] [51] | |||
June 1 | [52] [53] | |||
June 8 | [54] [55] | |||
June 15 | [56] [57] | |||
1027 | June 22 | "Blurred Lines" | Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell | [58] [59] |
June 29 | [60] [61] | |||
July 6 | [62] [63] | |||
July 13 | [64] [65] | |||
July 20 | [66] [67] | |||
July 27 | [68] [69] | |||
August 3 | [70] [71] | |||
August 10 | [72] [73] | |||
August 17 | [74] [75] | |||
August 24 | [76] [77] | |||
August 31 | [78] [79] | |||
September 7 | [80] [81] | |||
1028 | September 14 | "Roar" | Katy Perry | [82] [83] |
September 21 | [84] [85] | |||
1029 | September 28 | "Wrecking Ball" | Miley Cyrus | [86] [87] |
October 5 | [88] [89] | |||
1030 | October 12 | "Royals" | Lorde | [90] [91] |
October 19 | [92] [93] | |||
October 26 | [94] [95] | |||
November 2 | [96] [97] | |||
November 9 | [98] [99] | |||
November 16 | [100] [101] | |||
November 23 | [102] [103] | |||
November 30 | [104] [105] | |||
December 7 | [106] [107] | |||
re | December 14 | "Wrecking Ball" | Miley Cyrus | [108] [109] |
1031 | December 21 | "The Monster" | Eminem featuring Rihanna | [110] [10] |
December 28 | [111] [112] |
Position | Country | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
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1 | US | Robin Thicke | 12 |
US | T.I. | ||
US | Pharrell | ||
4 | US | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | 11 |
5 | NZ | Lorde | 9 |
6 | US | Wanz | 6 |
7 | US | Bruno Mars | 5 |
US | Baauer | ||
US | Ray Dalton | ||
10 | US | Pink | 3 |
US | Nate Ruess | ||
US | Miley Cyrus | ||
13 | US | Katy Perry | 2 |
US | Eminem | ||
BRB | Rihanna |
The Digital Songs or Digital Song Sales chart ranks the best-selling digital songs in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published by Billboard magazine. Although it originally started tracking song sales the week of October 30, 2004, it officially debuted in the issue dated January 22, 2005, and merged all versions of a song sold from digital music distributors. Its data was incorporated in the Hot 100 three weeks later. Since October 2004, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboard's music singles charts. The decision was based on the dramatic increase of the digital market while commercial single sales in a physical format were becoming negligible.
The Radio Songs chart is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres. It is one of the three components, along with sales and streaming activity, that determine the chart positions of songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the top R&B and hip hop songs in the United States, based on audience impressions from a panel of radio stations monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. It was also used in sister publication R&R, which listed the chart as Urban National Airplay. The chart is not the R&B/hip-hop subset of the Hot 100 Airplay chart, but rather uses a separate panel of R&B stations in urban and urban adult contemporary markets. It was the primary airplay component chart of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart until the issue dated October 20, 2012, when Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs was revamped to include digital sales, streaming, and airplay from all radio formats. The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart encompasses two separate airplay charts, both of which are based on radio spins rather than audience impressions: Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop and Adult R&B Airplay, which measure airplay on urban contemporary and urban adult contemporary stations respectively.
The Heist is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. It was released on October 9, 2012, by Macklemore LLC, distributed under the Alternative Distribution Alliance. The album was independently self-produced, self-recorded and self-released by the duo, with no mainstream promotion or support. After the album's release, the duo hired Warner Music Group's radio promotion department to help the push with their singles for a small percentage of the sales.
"Thrift Shop" is a song written and performed by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring vocals from American singer Wanz, released on August 27, 2012, as the fourth single from the former's debut studio album, The Heist (2012). The lyrics show Macklemore's esteem for thrift shops and saving money, rather than flaunting expensive items like many rappers. The song was met with universal acclaim, with various music reviewers praising its humorous lyrics and social critique.
The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 25, 2013, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Marking the 30th installment of the award show, they were the first to be held in New York City not to use a venue within the borough of Manhattan. Nominations were announced on July 17, 2013. Leading the nominees were Justin Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with six, followed by Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, and Robin Thicke with four. Pop singer Justin Timberlake was the big winner on the night with four awards, including Video of the Year for "Mirrors" and the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift were also among the winners of the night. The ceremony drew a total of 10.1 million viewers.
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"Blurred Lines" is a song by American singer Robin Thicke featuring fellow American musicians T.I. and Pharrell Williams from the former's sixth studio album of the same name (2013). Solely produced by the latter, it was released as the album's lead single on March 26, 2013, through Star Trak Recordings and Interscope Records. For the lyrics, Thicke said the song is about his former wife Paula Patton. Musically, "Blurred Lines" is an R&B and pop track with instrumentation consisting of bass guitar, drums, and percussion.
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. Throughout a year, Billboard will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot 100 chart based on the information. For 2013, the list was published on December 13, calculated with data from December 1, 2012, to November 30, 2013.