As 2013 draws to close, the onslaught of year-in-review charts are making their way online. For music fans everywhere, however, there is only one chart that truly matters – Billboard’s year end charts.
Indeed, with a year filled with the likes of top hits like ‘Royals’ by newcomer Lorde or unexpected runaway hits like Robin Thicke‘s ‘Blurred Lines’, fans and industry insiders alike wait with bated breath to learn of the year’s top performers.
With statistical data based on radio airplay audience impressions, sales data, and streaming activity data provided by online music sources (i.e. Pandora, Youtube), 2013’s year-end tally has quite the few surprises with newcomers seeming to be running the ranking’s upper half.
See the top 50 below and find out where your fave landed:
1) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘Thrift Shop’
2) Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams & T.I. – ‘Blurred Lines’
3) Imagine Dragons – ‘Radioactive’
4) Baauer – ‘Harlem Shake’
5) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘Can’t Hold Us’
6) Justin Timberlake – ‘Mirrors’
7) P!nk – ‘Just Give Me A Reason’
8) Bruno Mars – ‘When I Was Your Man’
9) Florida Georgia LIne ft. Nelly – ‘Cruise’
10)Katy Perry – ‘Roar’
11)Bruno Mars – ‘Locked Out of Heaven’
12)The Lumineers – ‘Ho Hey’
13)Rihanna – ‘Stay’
14)Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams – ‘Get Lucky’
15)Lorde – ‘Royals’
16)Taylor Swift – ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’
17)Miley Cyrus – ‘We Can’t Stop’
18)Miley Cyrus – ‘Wrecking Ball’
19)Avicii – ‘Wake Me Up’
20)Justin Timberlake ft. Jay Z – ‘Suit & Tie’
21)Anna Kendrick – ‘Cups’
22)Jay Z ft. Justin Timberlake – ‘Holy Grail’
23)Will.I.Am. & Britney Spears – ‘Scream & Shout’
24)Zedd ft. Foxes – ‘Clarity’
25)Megalithic Symphony – ‘Sail AWOLNATION’
26)Swedish House Mafia – ‘Don’t You Worry Child’
27)Rihanna – ‘Diamonds’
28)Icona Pop – ‘I Love It’
29)Capital Cities – ‘Safe and Sound’
30)Bruno Mars – ‘Treasure’
31)Ariana Grande – ‘The Way’
32)Drake – ‘Started From the Bottom’
33)Selena Gomez – ‘Come & Get It’
34)Drake – ‘Hold On, We’re Going HOme’
35)Maroon 5 – ‘Daylight’
36)Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera – ‘Feel This Moment’
37)Lady Gaga – ‘Applause’
38)Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’
39)Lil Wayne ft. Drake & Future – ‘Love Me’
40)Fall Out Boy – ‘My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark’
41)A$AP Rocky – ‘F*ckin Problems’
42)Justin Bieber & Nicki Minaj – ‘Beauty & the Beat’
43)Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘Same Love’
44)Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – ‘Sweet Nothing’
45)Lana Del Rey – ‘Summertime Sadness’
46)Phillip Phillips – ‘Home’
47)Imagine Dragons – ‘It’s Time’
48)J. Cole ft. Miguel – ‘Power Trip’
49)Alicia Keys – ‘Girl On Fire’
50)Demi Lovato – ‘Heart Attack’
RihICONna slaying again with two entries, yasss ma.
Did I say two, I meant 4.
Not Pour it up making an appearance. Yassss.
WHAT????????? DO I SEE RIH ON THE LIST? BUT, BUT….I thought her career was over?
That top Ten list doe!!!!! Where is….. nevermind I’m going to be nice today.
Can’t wait til Lea makes it next year.
oh wait
None of Rihanna’s songs made the top 10? LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL. LOL.
Beyonce songs wont even make the top 50 WE ALL KNOW BEYONCE STRUGGLES ON POP RADIO. EVEN WITH THE NEW LP, THEY ARE GOING FOR BLOW AS TEH EURO SINGLE, THERE ARE NO POP HITS ON HER ALBUM, SO SHE WONT MAKE THE ACTUAL LIST.
RIH WILL BE ON NEXT YEAR, WITH MOSNTER, HER NE SONG AND THE SHAKIRA JAM.
she DID MAKE THE YEARLY TOP 10 CHECK THE FULL CHART, GILBERTO AND SEETHE IN HELL.
Top Artists
4. Rihanna
Hot 100 Songs
13. Stay
27. Diamonds
59. Bad (Wale feat. Rihanna)
70. Pour It Up
Hot 100 Artists
5. Rihanna
Billboard 200 Albums
10. Unapologetic
Top Tours
5. Diamonds World Tour (Total gross: $137,982,530)
More after the jump.
Billboard 200 Artists
14. Rihanna
Radio Songs
7. Stay
Radio Songs Artists
3. Rihanna
Digital Songs
10. Stay
33. Diamonds
Digital Songs Artists
6. Rihanna
Streaming Songs Artists
10. Rihanna
Streaming Songs
30. Bad (Wale feat. Rihanna)
31. Stay
49. Diamonds
Digital Albums
22. Unapologetic
Social 50 Artists
3. Rihanna
On-Demand Songs
23. Diamonds
Ringtones
14. Diamonds
34. Stay
44. Pour It Up
Ringtones Artists
5. Rihanna
Pop Songs Artists
7. Rihanna
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artists
4. Rihanna
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
6. Diamonds
14. Bad (Wale feat. Rihanna)
16. Pour It Up
42. The Monster (Eminem feat. Rihanna)
48. Loveeeeeee Song
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artists
4. Rihanna
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Artists
2. Rihanna
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Songs
3. Bad (Wale feat. Rihanna)
4. Pour It Up
11. Loveeeeeee Song
R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs Artists
2. Rihanna
R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs
4. Diamonds
6. Pour It Up
11. Loveeeeeee Song
R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs Artists
2. Rihanna
R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs
3. Diamonds
6. Pour It Up
17. Loveeeeeee Song
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
2. Unapologetic
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Artists
3. Rihanna
R&B Songs Artists
2. Rihanna
R&B Songs
3. Diamonds
6. Pour It Up
17. Loveeeeeee Song
R&B Digital Songs Artists
2. Rihanna
R&B Digital Songs
4. Diamonds
6. Pour It Up
11. Loveeeeeee Song
R&B Streaming Songs Artists
4. Rihanna
R&B Streaming Songs Artists
5. Diamonds
9. Pour It Up
R&B Albums Artists
3. Rihanna
R&B Albums
4. Unapologetic
Dance Club Artists
1. Rihanna
Canadian Hot 100
4. Stay
27. Diamonds
Canadian Hot 100 Artists
7. Rihanna
Canadian Albums
7. Unapologetic
I like the fact she slayed on POP RADIO – THAT IS WHERE THE HITS ARE MADE. LOL LOL WHEN BEYONCE’S PAYOLA RUNS OUT
Considering the fact Rihanna only releases a new album every year full of trash…also let me know when Rihanna sells 80000 copies in the first three hours.
beyonce will drop Blow and drunk in love, and next year drop XO. LOL LOL RIH HAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT . Thos singles aint saying s***.
Considering the fact Rihanna only releases a new album every year full of trash…also let me know when Rihanna sells 80000 copies in the first three hours.
UNA sold 4 mill by march of 2013. WE ARE IN DEC 2013. WILL THAT DO?
beyOLDce’s album will 4lop after this wears off. Watch.
WOW Royals made a swift move up there in those charts considering its release
Dead @ Applause (supposedly a huge comeback single) being under Miley, Selena, Ariana etc.. But that is where it should be – all of those songs were better than Applause to be honest – no one wants to hear a mad scientist on a track rambling about wanting applause when it isn’t well-deserved. Truth all wrapped up in a shiny bow for ya’ll Merry Xmas!
Not the queen slaying 2013 with songs from 2012? Where’s ciara
did u read the full list? or u were to lazy?
We Can’t Stop way higher than Diamonds
@NAVY body party is all the way down at 84.
Need a remind folks that Diamonds is a 2012 single so that fact it makes 2013 lists an achievement in itself!
That Harlem Shake even on there is a travesty
The list is terrible!
Especially the Top 10. Really!?
“Blurred Lines,” should have been #1.
And the fact that the forgotten “Girl On Fire,” is Top 50…. Shows the list is a mess!