List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2013

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This is a list of songs which reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (or Pop Songs) chart in 2013.

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During 2013, a total of 16 singles hit number-one on the charts.

Chart history

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-performing single of 2013
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
January 5"Locked Out of Heaven" Bruno Mars [1]
January 12 [2]
January 19 [3]
January 26 [4]
February 2"I Knew You Were Trouble" Taylor Swift [5]
February 9 [6]
February 16 [7]
February 23 [8]
March 2 [9]
March 9 [10]
March 16 [11]
March 23"Thrift Shop" Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz [12]
March 30 [13]
April 6"Daylight" Maroon 5 [14]
April 13"When I Was Your Man" Bruno Mars [15]
April 20 [16]
April 27 [17]
May 4"Stay" Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko [18]
May 11 [19]
May 18"Just Give Me a Reason" P!nk featuring Nate Ruess [20]
May 25 [21]
June 1"Mirrors" Justin Timberlake [22]
June 8 [23]
June 15 [24]
June 22"Can't Hold Us"Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton [25]
June 29 [26]
July 6 [27]
July 13 [28]
July 20"Blurred Lines" Dagger-14-plain.png Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams [29]
July 27 [30]
August 3 [31]
August 10 [32]
August 17 [33]
August 24 [34]
August 31 [35]
September 7 [36]
September 14 [37]
September 21 [38]
September 28"Roar" Katy Perry [39]
October 5 [40]
October 12 [41]
October 19 [42]
October 26 [43]
November 2"Royals" Lorde [44]
November 9"Wake Me Up!" Avicii [45]
November 16 [46]
November 23 [47]
November 30"Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus [48]
December 7 [49]
December 14"Demons" Imagine Dragons [50]
December 21"The Monster" Eminem featuring Rihanna [51]
December 28 [52]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Firework (song)</span> 2010 single by Katy Perry

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">E.T. (song)</span> 2011 single by Katy Perry

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wide Awake (Katy Perry song)</span> 2012 single by Katy Perry

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brave (Sara Bareilles song)</span> 2013 single by Sara Bareilles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roar (song)</span> 2013 single by Katy Perry

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Unconditionally</span> 2013 single by Katy Perry

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bridges (Broods song)</span> 2014 single by Broods

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