Robin Thicke teamed up with T.I. and Pharrell Williams to record "Blurred Lines", which became the UK's best-selling single of 2013, topping the charts for five weeks and spending 14 weeks inside the top 10.French electronic music duo Daft Punk had the year's second best selling single with "Get Lucky", which also featured vocals from Pharrell Williams. It spent four weeks at number-one and lasted 14 weeks in the top 10.Swedish DJ Avicii had four singles in the top 10 during 2013, including two number-ones. "I Could Be the One", which spent a week at number-one in February, was a collaboration with Nicky Romero. "Wake Me Up", which featured uncredited vocals from Aloe Blacc, became the year's third best selling single, spending three weeks at number-one and lasting 11 weeks in the top 10.
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2013, as well as singles which peaked in 2012 and 2014 but were in the top 10 in 2013. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
"Impossible" by British singer-songwriter and X Factorseries 9 winner James Arthur returned to number-one for the first two weeks of 2013, giving the single a total of three weeks on top of the chart. It had vacated the top spot for one week as The Justice Collective secured the 2012 Christmas number-one with "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", a charity single in aid of the Hillsborough Disaster. The first new number-one single of the year was "Scream & Shout" by American singers Britney Spears & will.i.am. Overall, thirty different singles peaked at number-one in 2013, with Avicii, Miley Cyrus and Pharrell Williams (2) having the joint most singles hit that position.
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One-hundred and fifty-two singles charted in the top 10 in 2013, with one-hundred and forty singles reaching their peak this year.
Sixty-five artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2013, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, five went on to record another hit single that year: Bastille, Breach, Demi Lovato, Disclosure and Union J. 2 Chainz and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had two other entries in their breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
Ryan Tedder and his group OneRepublic had one of the biggest selling singles of the year with "Counting Stars", which spent a total of 11 weeks in the UK top 10, two of which were at number-one.Ellie Goulding scored her first UK number-one single in August 2013 with "Burn", which topped the chart for three consecutive weeks. It was one of three top 10 entries for Goulding this year.Swedish duo Icona Pop entered the UK charts at number-one in July of this year with "I Love It", which features guest vocals from English singer Charli XCX.John Newman achieved two top 10 singles in 2013, including "Love Me Again", which reached number-one for one week in July.New Zealand singer Lorde was just sixteen years old when she reached number-one in the UK Singles Chart in 2013 with her debut single "Royals".
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2013, including singles that reached their peak in 2012 or 2014. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2013 is also shown.
a "Stay" and "Don't You Worry Child" re-entered the top 10 at number seven and number nine respectively on 12 January 2013 (week ending).
b "I Knew You Were Trouble" re-entered the top 10 at number six on 2 March 2013 (week ending).
c "White Noise" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 23 March 2013 (week ending).
d "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" re-entered the top 10 at number one on 6 April 2013 (week ending) following a performance by Ant and Dec on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway; the single originally peaked at number 9 in 1994.
e "Heart Attack" re-entered the top 10 at number ten on 8 June 2013 (week ending).
f "Get Lucky" re-entered the top 10 at number nine on 3 August 2013 (week ending).
g "Skyscraper" was originally released in 2012, but entered the top 10 at number seven on 12 October 2013 (week ending).
h "Hold On, We're Going Home" re-entered the top 10 at number ten on 2 November 2013 (week ending).
i "Do What U Want" re-entered the top 10 at number ten on 14 December 2013 (week ending).
j "Roar" and "Counting Stars" re-entered the top 10 at number eight and number ten respectively on 4 January 2014 (week ending).
k "Animals" re-entered the top 10 at number eight on 11 January 2014 (week ending).
l "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" entered the chart following the death of Margaret Thatcher as a protest against her politics when she was Prime Minister.
u Figure includes an appearance on the Justice Collective charity single "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother".
v Figure includes appearance on Dizzee Rascal's "Something Really Bad".
w Figure includes appearances on Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty" and Tinie Tempah's "Trampoline".
x Figure includes two top 10 singles with the group Lawson.
y Figure includes appearance on Calvin Harris' "I Need Your Love".
z Figure includes appearances on Labrinth's "Beneath Your Beautiful" and Naughty Boy's "Lifted".
aa Figure includes appearances on Tinie Tempah's "Children of the Sun", Swedish House Maffia's "Don't You Worry Child", and Sebastian Ingrosso and Tommy Trash's "Reload".
bb Figure includes appearance on Jay-Z's "Holy Grail".
cc Figure includes appearance on Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines".
dd Figure includes appearance on Eminem's "The Monster".
ee Figure includes appearance on Tinie Tempah's "Drinking from the Bottle".
ff Figure includes appearance on Conor Maynard's "Animal".
gg Figure includes appearance on Disclosure's "You & Me".
hh Figure includes appearance on Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie".
ii Figure includes appearance on The Saturdays' "What About Us".
jj Figure includes one top 10 single with the group Swedish House Maffia.
kk Figure includes appearance on Daft Punk's "Get Lucky".
ll Figure includes appearance on Iggy Azalea's "Change Your Life".
mm Figure includes single that first charted in 2012 but peaked in 2013.
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