2013 in American music

See also: Timeline of musical events

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2013 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• 8 – American Alternative Rock duo Twenty One Pilots released their third and major-label debut album Vessel after signing with Fueled by Ramen.
• 9 – Original Three Days Grace lead singer Adam Gontier leaves the band, citing health concerns
• 10 – Six and a half years after releasing FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake announces his return to music with a new album titled The 20/20 Experience, and a summer tour with Jay-Z.

February

• 3 – Alicia Keys performed the National Anthem and Beyoncé performed during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII.
• 4 – Fall Out Boy announced their reformation with a new album and concert tour.
• 10 – The 55th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, hosted by LL Cool J. Dan Auerbach wins the most awards of the night with five. Mumford and Sons win Album of the Year with Babel, while Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know", featuring Kimbra, wins Record of the Year.
• 17 – Country singer Mindy McCready commits suicide at the age of 37
• 27 – Stone Temple Pilots fire their lead singer, Scott Weiland

March

• 15 – Justin Timberlake's album, The 20/20 Experience, was released selling 968,000 copies in its first week. It became the best-selling album of the year in the U.S.
• 22 – My Chemical Romance break up after twelve years together. They end up reuniting six years later.

April

• 2 – Bon Jovi member Richie Sambora announced his departure from the band just hours before a concert date scheduled in Calgary, Alberta.
  • New Kids on the Block released their first album in five years, 10.
• 7 – The Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
• 12 – Fall Out Boy released their first album in nearly five years, Save Rock and Roll.
• 14 – Founding Deftones bassist Chi Cheng passes away at age 42 after spending more than 4 years in a coma as a result of a 2008 car accident
• 21 – Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies from breast cancer at the age of 53.

May

• 2 – Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies from cirrhosis of the liver at age 49.
• 16 – Candice Glover is crowned winner of American Idol (season 12) while Kree Harrison is named runner-up.
• 18 – Chester Bennington of Linkin Park fame plays his first show as the singer for Stone Temple Pilots; also STP's first concert since original singer Scott Weiland was terminated
• 19 – The Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Taylor Swift took home the most awards of the night with eight including Top Artist.
• 20 – The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies in Germany from bile duct cancer at age 74.
• 21 – Thirty Seconds to Mars released their first studio album in nearly four years, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams.

June

• 18 – Cher makes a historic return after eleven years of absence with "Woman's World", the lead single off her twenty-fifth studio album, Closer to the Truth, which is released three months later.
  • Danielle Bradbery wins the fourth season of The Voice. Michelle Chamuel is named runner-up. The Swon Brothers finishing third place.
• 25 – Stone Gossard released his first solo album in twelve years, Moonlander.

July

• 4 – Jay Z released his first solo studio album in four years, Magna Carta Holy Grail, which sold over 550,000 copies in its first week.
• 30 – The Backstreet Boys released their first studio album in four years, In a World Like This. This is their first album with Kevin Richardson since Never Gone (2005).

August

• 25 – The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Justin Timberlake was awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, also performing a 15-minutes medley including a reunion with NSYNC, the first time in nine years. Miley Cyrus creates controversy by twerking at Robin Thicke's crotch area, during a performance.
  • Katy Perry released her lead single "Roar" for her fourth studio album, Prism. The song reached number 1 and sold 9.9 million copies around the world.
• 30 – Nine Inch Nails released their first studio album in five years, Hesitation Marks.

September

• 20 – Cher released her first studio album in twelve years, Closer to the Truth, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 (making it Cher's first highest-peaking solo album on the chart).

October

• 8 – Stone Temple Pilots released their High Rise EP, their only release to feature Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington on lead vocals.
• 27 – Lou Reed, founding member of The Velvet Underground, dies in Southampton, New York, from liver disease at age 71.
• 29 – The teen pop rock band Jonas Brothers announced an indefinite hiatus following many disagreements. They announced a return in 2019.

November

• 5 – Eminem's album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, was released selling 792,000 copies in its first week, and was the second-best-selling album of the year in the U.S.
• 6 – The CMA Awards took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 19 – Reggie and the Full Effect released their first album in five years, No Country for Old Musicians.
• 24 – The American Music Awards took place at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

December

• 3 – Boston released their first studio album in eleven years, Life, Love & Hope. Some songs on the album posthumously feature the vocals of the band's original frontman, Brad Delp, who died in 2007.
• 13 – Beyoncé released her surprise fifth studio album, Beyoncé, a 'visual album' containing 14 songs and an accompanying music video for each song. The album debuts at #1 based on 3 days of digital sales, making Beyoncé the first female artist, and second artist overall to debut at the top spot with her first five studio efforts.
• 17 – Tessanne Chin wins the fifth season of The Voice. Jacquie Lee is named runner-up. Will Champlin finishing third place.

Bands formed

• Beach Slang
• Beverly
• Big Data
• Bully
• Cannons
• Childbirth
• Dead Poet Society
• The Empty Hearts
• Fame on Fire
• Fight or Flight
• G.R.L.
• Heart Attack Man
• I Prevail
• Julian Casablancas+The Voidz
• Marian Hill
• Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
• Rae Sremmurd
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise
• Run the Jewels
• Spanish Love Songs
• Starbomb
• Sylvan Esso

Bands reformed

• Black Flag
• The Calling
• Danity Kane
• Failure
• The Fall of Troy
• Fall Out Boy
• Girls Against Boys
• Medicine
• Neutral Milk Hotel
• Nine Inch Nails
• The Postal Service
• Rocket from the Crypt
• Story of the Year
• TLC

Bands on hiatus

• Ben Folds Five
• Evanescence
• Fleet Foxes
• Ghostland Observatory
• Just Surrender
• Lifehouse
• The Walkmen

Bands disbanded

• A Life Once Lost
• A Tribe Called Quest
• Allstar Weekend
• Asobi Seksu
• Attack Attack!
• The Calling
• The Chariot
• Churchill
• The Click Five
• Comadre
• Dr. Acula
• E for Explosion
• Friends
• Gifts From Enola
• Go Radio
• God Forbid
• Honor Society
• Jonas Brothers
• Kid Dynamite
• Klymaxx
• Madina Lake
• The Mars Volta
• My Chemical Romance
• New Boyz
• The Postal Service
• A Rocket to the Moon
• Static-X
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• Supercute!
• Underoath
• Wild Flag
• Woe, Is Me

Albums released

See also: List of 2013 albums

January

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
8	Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones	Black Veil Brides	Glam metal heavy metal punk rock
	Signed and Sealed in Blood	Dropkick Murphys	Celtic punk
	Vessel	Twenty One Pilots	Alternative rock alternative hip hop rock indie rock hip hop
15	Long. Live. ASAP	ASAP Rocky	Hip hop
	Fall Into Me	Katie Armiger	Country
	Kidz Bop 23	Kidz Bop Kids	Children's pop
	Beautiful	Teena Marie	R&B
	Goldenheart	Dawn Richard	R&B pop dance
22	Set You Free	Gary Allan	Country rock
	True North	Bad Religion	Melodic hardcore punk rock
	The Acoustic Sessions: Volume One	Casting Crowns	Acoustic worship
	Just Movement	Robert DeLong	Electronic
	FIDLAR	FIDLAR	Garage punk garage rock
	How Country Feels	Randy Houser	Country
	Tim McGraw & Friends	Tim McGraw	Country
	My True Story	Aaron Neville	R&B
	Beta Love	Ra Ra Riot	Indie rock indie pop electronica synthpop
	True Believers	Darius Rucker	Country
	Reborn	Trapt	Alternative rock post-grunge hard rock alternative metal
	Vulnerable (II)	The Used	Alternative rock
29	Love Songs	Destiny's Child	R&B
	A Messenger	Colton Dixon	Christian alternative rock
	Hummingbird	Local Natives	Indie rock
	No Fairy Tale	Lisa Loeb
	Give In	On An On	Indie rock dream pop
	Sentimental Journey	Emmy Rossum	Traditional pop vocal
	Love, Charlie	Charlie Wilson	R&B

February

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
5	The Afterman: Descension	Coheed and Cambria	Progressive rock
	All That Echoes	Josh Groban	Operatic pop classical
	In Guards We Trust	Guards	Indie rock power pop
	Greatest Hits	Jewel	Folk-pop pop dance-pop country country pop
	Two Lanes of Freedom	Tim McGraw	Country
	Conventional Weapons	My Chemical Romance	Punk rock alternative rock
	Release the Panic	Red	Alternative metal
	Now 45	Various artists	Pop
12	Eyrth, Wynd & Fyre	Cappadonna	Hip hop
	Barmageddon	Ras Kass	Hip hop
17	Splitting Branches	Tree	Experimental rock indie rock
19	Czarface	Czarface	Hip hop
	The Dixie Dead	Wednesday 13	Horror punk
26	Amok	Atoms for Peace	Experimental rock electronica
	Black Gold	Kutt Calhoun	Hip hop
	Need You Now	Plumb	Modern rock alternative rock

March

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
5	Spring Break...Here to Party	Luke Bryan	Country
	This... Is Marcus Canty	Marcus Canty	R&B
	Waking Up Is Hard to Do	Giant Drag	Indie rock alternative rock
	People, Hell & Angels	Jimi Hendrix	Blues rock psychedelic rock hard rock acid rock funk rock
	Welcome Oblivion	How to Destroy Angels	Post-industrial electronica
	Nanobots	They Might Be Giants	Alternative experimental
	Like a Rose	Ashley Monroe	Country
	The Beast in Its Tracks	Josh Ritter	Folk
	Honky Tonk	Son Volt	Alternative country
12	Kings & Queens	Audio Adrenaline	Contemporary Christian Christian alternative Christian rock
	What About Now	Bon Jovi	Rock
	It Happens All the Time	Megan Hilty	Pop
	All Around the World	Mindless Behavior	R&B pop
14	Trunk Muzik Returns	Yelawolf	Hip hop
15	Earth Rocker	Clutch	Stoner rock blues rock
19	Specter at the Feast	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Alternative rock garage rock blues rock
	Same Trailer Different Park	Kacey Musgraves	Country
	The RZA Presents Shaolin Soul Selection: Volume 1	Various Artists	R&B soul
	The 20/20 Experience	Justin Timberlake	Pop R&B
26	No Matter How Far	David Archuleta	Pop
	All That for This	Crystal Bowersox	Folk rock
	Collider	Cartel	Pop rock pop punk
	Girl Who Got Away	Dido	Pop
	I Am Not a Human Being II	Lil Wayne	Hip hop
	Native	OneRepublic	Pop rock alternative rock
	The Nacirema Dream	Papoose	East Coast hip hop
	Wild & Free	A Rocket to the Moon	Alternative rock pop rock indie rock pop punk
	Black Out the Sun	Sevendust	Heavy metal alternative metal
	Based on a True Story...	Blake Shelton	Country
	What You Don't See	The Story So Far	Pop punk
	Comedown Machine	The Strokes	Indie rock
	Just Feels Good	Thompson Square	Country
	Afraid of Heights	Wavves	Pop punk indie rock

April

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
2	My Shame Is True	Alkaline Trio	Punk rock
	Pioneer	The Band Perry	Country
	Sempiternal	Bring Me the Horizon	Metalcore
	Dear Miss Lonelyhearts	Cold War Kids	Indie rock
	En Peligro de Extinction	Intocable	Norteño Tejano
	RKives (rarities album)	Rilo Kiley	Indie pop indie rock
	10	New Kids on the Block	Pop dance
	Wolf	Tyler, The Creator	West Coast hip hop
	Anatidaephobia	Watch The Duck	Trap electronic dubstep neo-soul
	Right on Time	Gretchen Wilson	Country
4	Paint the Sky	Bradley Joseph	Contemporary instrumental smooth jazz Neoclassical (New Age)
9	Device	Device	Industrial metal nu metal alternative metal hard rock
	Three Chords and a Half Truth	Face to Face	Punk rock
	The Road Less Traveled	Jake Miller	Hip hop
	Wheelhouse	Brad Paisley	Country
	Paramore	Paramore	Alternative rock emo pop rock pop punk
	Should've Gone to Bed (EP)	Plain White T's	Pop rock
	Found	Rival Schools	Alternative rock post-hardcore
	Hotel California	Tyga	Hip hop
	Wakin' on a Pretty Daze	Kurt Vile	Indie rock
	Rough	Chuck Wicks	Country
15	Strawberries and Cream	Ninja Sex Party	Comedy rock synthpop
16	Standoff	Casey Donahew Band	Country
	In the Marrow	Dead Confederate	Rock alternative rock
	Save Rock and Roll	Fall Out Boy	Alternative rock pop rock
	The Terror	The Flaming Lips	Alternative rock neo-psychedelia experimental rock
	Twelve Reasons to Die	Ghostface Killah	Hip hop
	Ghost on Ghost	Iron & Wine	Indie pop indie folk jazz blues
	Indicud	Kid Cudi	Alternative hip hop
	Free the Universe	Major Lazer	Electronic dancehall reggae dubstep bounce moombahton
	Rat Farm	Meat Puppets	Alternative rock country rock
	Heroes for Sale	Andy Mineo	Christian hip hop
	Let's Face the Music and Dance	Willie Nelson	Country
	Something Beautiful	Oleander	Alternative rock
	As It Is On Earth	Spacehog	Alternative rock
	Legendary	The Summer Set	Pop punk
	Desperate Ground	The Thermals
	Mosquito	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Alternative rock
22	I Love You.	The Neighbourhood	Alternative rock indie pop
23	Illumination Ritual	The Appleseed Cast	Indie rock post-rock emo
	Side Effects of You	Fantasia Barrino	R&B
	Prisoner of Conscious	Talib Kweli	Alternative hip hop
	Reincarnated	Snoop Lion	Reggae
	Tate Stevens	Tate Stevens	Country
	#willpower	will.i.am	Rap pop
	Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor	Rob Zombie	Alternative Rock
30	Such Hot Blood	The Airborne Toxic Event	Alternative rock Indie rock
	Life on a Rock	Kenny Chesney	Country
	Authentic	LL Cool J	Hip hop
	The Pop Underground	Andrew McMahon	Piano rock indie rock electronic
	Me, You & the Music	Jessica Sanchez	Pop R&B
	The Hands That Thieve	Streetlight Manifesto	Ska-Punk punk rock
	Wake Up	Youngblood Hawke	Indie pop new wave

May

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
7	2.0	98 Degrees	Pop
	More Than Just a Dream	Fitz and the Tantrums	Soul pop alternative rock
	Golden	Lady Antebellum	Country country pop
	Mother	Natalie Maines	Rock
	Annie Up	Pistol Annies	Country
	Volume 3	She & Him	Indie pop alternative country
10	Secondhand Rapture	MS MR	Indie pop alternative rock
14	Love Will...	Trace Adkins	Country
	American Love LP	Bad Rabbits	Indie pop R&B funk
	One of Us Is the Killer	The Dillinger Escape Plan	Mathcore progressive metal
	Ungrateful	Escape the Fate	Post-hardcore metalcore Alternative metal hard rock emo
	Lip Lock	Eve	Hip hop
	The Features	The Features	Indie rock indie pop
	Demi	Demi Lovato	Pop
	Love Is Everything	George Strait	Country
	Modern Vampires of the City	Vampire Weekend	Indie pop indie rock
	The Greatest Generation	The Wonder Years	Pop punk
21	Excuse My French	French Montana	East Coast hip hop
	Trouble Will Find Me	The National	Indie rock
	Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams	Thirty Seconds to Mars	Experimental rock
28	The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here	Alice in Chains	Heavy metal
	Wrote a Song for Everyone	John Fogerty	Country folk country rock
	IV Play	The-Dream	Contemporary R&B
	Almost Home	Kid Ink	Hip Hop
29	Stop the Bleeding	Sponge	Alternative rock
31	From the Hills Below the City	Houndmouth	Indie rock blues rock alternative country

June

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
4	Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole	George Benson	Jazz
	In a Tidal Wave of Mystery	Capital Cities	Indie pop dance-pop pop rock
	Forever Halloween	The Maine	Alternative rock pop rock
	Super Collider	Megadeth	Heavy metal hard rock thrash metal
	Evil Friends	Portugal. The Man	Psychedelic rock indie rock
	...Like Clockwork	Queens of the Stone Age	Stoner rock
	Spitfire	LeAnn Rimes	Country
	Nightingale Floors	Rogue Wave	Indie rock
	Feel	Sleeping With Sirens	Post-hardcore
11	Saaab Stories	Action Bronson	Hip hop
	Fear Inside Our Bones	The Almost	Alternative rock post-hardcore
	24/Seven	Big Time Rush	Pop
	Every Man Should Know	Harry Connick Jr.	Jazz big band
	Sunbather	Deafheaven	Ambient black metal post-metal post-rock shoegazing
	Magnetic	Goo Goo Dolls	Alternative rock pop rock
	Damage	Jimmy Eat World	Alternative rock
	The Wack Album	The Lonely Island	Comedy comedy hip hop
	Southeastern	Jason Isbell	Rock progressive country alternative country
	Better	Chrisette Michelle	R&B soul pop
	Victim to Villain	New Years Day	Post-hardcore pop punk alternative metal
18	Omens	3OH!3	Pop synthpop electronic rock
	Dark of the Daylight	The Crash Kings	Alternative rock hard rock
	Fashionably Late	Falling in Reverse	Post-hardcore metalcore pop punk hard rock
	Anthem	Hanson	Pop rock
	Born Sinner	J. Cole	Hip hop
	Watching Movies with the Sound Off	Mac Miller	Hip hop
	Waiting for the Dawn	The Mowgli's	Alternative rock pop rock
	Talk a Good Game	Kelly Rowland	Pop R&B
	Yeezus	Kanye West	Hip hop
25	J.A.C.K.	Forever the Sickest Kids	Pop punk pop rock
	Zero	Hawthorne Heights	Alternative rock post-hardcore emo
	Pick Up Your Head	Middle Class Rut	Alternative rock
	Queensrÿche	Queensrÿche	Heavy metal progressive metal
	Rise	Skillet	Christian rock alternative rock hard rock
	In a Warzone	Transplants	rock
	The Gifted	Wale	Hip hop

July

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
9	Somnambulist	Abandoned Pools	Alternative rock
	Skitszo	Colette Carr	Hip-hop dance-pop electropop
	Ciara	Ciara	Crunk&B pop
	Magna Carta... Holy Grail	Jay-Z	Hip hop
16	Trials & Tribulations	Ace Hood	Hip hop
	The Blessed Unrest	Sara Bareilles	Pop rock soul
	Amelita	Court Yard Hounds	Country
	White Teeth, Black Thoughts	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	Swing jazz rock rockabilly country
	Stranger Than Fiction	Kevin Gates	Hip hop
	Where Does This Door Go	Mayer Hawthorne	Neo soul PBR&B
	The Kitchen	Hieroglyphics	Alternative hip hop
	No Filter	Lil Wyte & JellyRoll	Hip hop
	Believers	¡Mayday!	Hip hop
	Pepper	Pepper	Alternative rock ska
23	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros	Indie folk folk rock
	Torches & Pitchforks	Mona	Alternative rock indie rock
	Rich Gang	Rich Gang	Hip hop
	Stars Dance	Selena Gomez	EDM electropop
	The Distortion Field	Trouble	Doom metal heavy metal
	The Keynote Speaker	U-God	Hip hop
	Ricky Reed is Real	Wallpaper.	Pop hip hop electronic
30	In a World Like This	Backstreet Boys	Pop dance-pop
	Apex Predator	Crooked I	Hip hop
	Nothing to Lose	Emblem3	Reggae pop pop rock
	The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1	Five Finger Death Punch	Heavy metal groove metal alternative metal hard rock
	All People	Michael Franti & Spearhead	Reggae fusion ska punk
	Something Else	Tech N9ne	Hip hop
	Blurred Lines	Robin Thicke	Dance-pop funk soul

August

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
6	The Civil Wars	The Civil Wars	Indie rock alternative country
	Golden Record	The Dangerous Summer	Alternative rock pop punk emo
	Exorcise Tape (Esorcizzare Nastro)	Demon Queen	Electro-funk synth-funk R&B trap
	With Love	Christina Grimmie	Pop R&B soul
	Cracking the Safe (EP)	Saving Abel	Hard rock post-grunge alternative rock
13	Crash My Party	Luke Bryan	Country
	No Regerts	Chastity Belt	Indie rock
	Paradise Valley	John Mayer	Folk rock country rock southern rock Americana
	Rebellious Soul	K. Michelle	R&B soul
	Call Your Friends	Zebrahead	Punk rock pop punk alternative rock rapcore
18	Hear Ye Him	No Malice	Hip hop
20	Genuine & Counterfeit	William Beckett	Pop rock
	Sway	Blue October	Rock alternative rock
	Songs from St. Somewhere	Jimmy Buffett	Soft rock country pop
	Frames	Lee DeWyze	Folk rock
	Doris	Earl Sweatshirt	Alternative hip hop
	The Walking in Between	Ben Rector	Pop rock
	Sleeper	Ty Segall	Folk rock psychedelic
27	Hail to the King	Avenged Sevenfold	Heavy metal hard rock
	Hall of Fame	Big Sean	Hip hop
	Age Against the Machine	Goodie Mob	Hip hop
	Stay Trippy	Juicy J	Hip hop

September

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Savage Life 4ever	Webbie	Hip hop
3	Bad Blood	Blood on the Dance Floor	Electronic crunkcore
	Love and War	Tamar Braxton	R&B
	Yours Truly	Ariana Grande	R&B pop
	Love in the Future	John Legend	R&B neo soul
	Hesitation Marks	Nine Inch Nails	Industrial rock alternative rock electronica
	Peace	Vista Chino	Stoner rock
9	The Things We Think We're Missing	Balance and Composure	Emo alternative rock
	MDNA World Tour	Madonna	Pop
10	B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time	2 Chainz	Southern hip hop
	Feels Like Home	Sheryl Crow	Country
	The Standards	Gloria Estefan	Traditional pop swing
	Back 2 Life	Sean Kingston	Reggae fusion hip hop R&B pop
	On Oni Pond	Man Man	Experimental rock indie pop
	The Electric Lady	Janelle Monáe	Neo soul R&B funk psychedelic soul
	All I Want	The Reverb Junkie	Electropop electronica
	Fuse	Keith Urban	Country
17	Wise Up Ghost	Elvis Costello and The Roots
	We Are Tonight	Billy Currington	Country
	Bookmarks	Five for Fighting	Pop rock
	Spreading Rumours	Grouplove	Alternative rock indie pop
	From Here to Now to You	Jack Johnson	Folk rock soft rock
	Fight for My Soul	Jonny Lang
	Self Made Vol. 3	Maybach Music Group	Hip hop
	MGMT	MGMT	Psychedelic rock
	Off the Beaten Path	Justin Moore	Country
	Loud Like Love	Placebo	Alternative rock
	Saves the Day	Saves the Day	Pop punk emo
	A.M.	Chris Young	Country
	Zendaya	Zendaya	Pop dance-pop R&B
24	Closer to the Truth	Cher	Pop Electronic
	Tattoos	Jason Derulo	R&B pop
	Suffering from Success	DJ Khaled	Hip hop
	Dream Theater	Dream Theater	Progressive metal
	The Ghost List (EP)	Girls Against Boys	Post-hardcore
	Shout!	Gov't Mule	Hard rock
	The Bluegrass Album	Alan Jackson	Bluegrass
	Get Wet	Krewella	Electro house progressive rock dubstep
	Mechanical Bull	Kings of Leon	Alternative rock Southern rock
	Ludaversal	Ludacris	Hip hop R&B
	Not What You Expected	Mest	Pop punk punk rock
	Through the Never	Metallica	Heavy metal
	To All the Girls...	Willie Nelson	Country
	Louder	R5	Pop rock
	Rise	A Skylit Drive	Post-hardcore
30	Redneck Crazy	Tyler Farr	Country
	M.O.	Nelly	Hip hop R&B
	The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2	Justin Timberlake	Pop R&B

October

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
1	Deltron Event II	Deltron 3030	Alternative hip hop
	Days Are Gone	Haim	Indie pop
	Unvarnished	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	Hard rock
7	Brighter	Patent Pending	Pop-punk pop rock
8	Common Courtesy	A Day To Remember	Pop punk post-hardcore
	Before It Caves	A Loss For Words	Pop punk
	Fortress	Alter Bridge	Rock
	Old	Danny Brown	Alternative hip hop
	Melophobia	Cage the Elephant	Alternative rock garage rock
	Bangerz	Miley Cyrus	Pop
	Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song	Amos Lee	Folk neo soul
	The Paradigm Shift	Korn	Nu metal alternative metal
	Monsters in the Closet	Mayday Parade	Punk rock pop punk
	Crickets	Joe Nichols	country
	Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!	Panic! at the Disco	Alternative rock power pop
	Frame by Frame	Cassadee Pope	Country pop rock
	Soy el Mismo	Prince Royce	Latin pop bachata
	My Name Is My Name	Pusha T	Hip hop
	Bitter Rivals	Sleigh Bells	Noise pop indie rock
	The Finer Things	State Champs	Pop punk
	High Rise (EP)	Stone Temple Pilots	Alternative rock hard rock
	Page Avenue: Ten Years and Counting	Story of the Year	Acoustic
	My Independence	Erika Van Pelt	Pop rock
15	A Mary Christmas	Mary J. Blige	Christmas R&B
	Magpie and the Dandelion	The Avett Brothers	Folk indie rock
	Make a Move	Gavin DeGraw	Pop blue-eyed soul
	Let's Be Still	The Head and the Heart	Indie pop indie folk
	New	Paul McCartney	Rock
	See You Tonight	Scotty McCreery	Country
	Last Patrol	Monster Magnet	Stoner metal
	To All the Girls...	Willie Nelson	Country
	Lightning Bolt	Pearl Jam	Alternative rock hard rock
	Vengeance Falls	Trivium	Heavy metal melodic metalcore
22	Burials	AFI	Alternative rock
	12 Stories	Brandy Clark	Country
	Better Together	Fifth Harmony	Pop R&B
	Prism	Katy Perry	Pop
29	Wrapped in Red	Kelly Clarkson	Christmas pop
	Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas	Duck Dynasty	Christmas
	Night Time, My Time	Sky Ferreira	Indie rock synthpop
	Everything is Debatable	Hellogoodbye	Pop punk indie pop alternative rock
	Drinks After Work	Toby Keith	Country
	The Flood and the Mercy	Ed Kowalczyk	Alternative rock rock
	Recharged	Linkin Park	Alternative rock electronic rock rap rock
	It Goes Like This	Thomas Rhett	Country
	Corsicana Lemonade	White Denim	Indie rock garage rock progressive rock Southern rock

November

Day	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
5	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	Eminem	Hip hop
	Antiphon	Midlake	Alternative
	PTX, Vol. II	Pentatonix	A cappella
11	ARTPOP	Lady Gaga	EDM synth-pop
	The Woman I Am	Kellie Pickler	Country
	Winter Loverland	Tamar Braxton	Christmas
12	Let It Snow: A Holiday Collection	Jewel	Christmas
	See the Light	Less Than Jake	Punk rock ska punk
	weRwe Records: Volume One	Various Artists	Mult-genre
19	Homecoming	Sammy Adams	Hip hop
	Baptized	Daughtry	Rock alternative rock
	The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2	Five Finger Death Punch	Rock
	Seven + Mary	Rainbow Kitten Surprise	Indie rock
	No Country for Old Musicians	Reggie and the Full Effect	Alternative rock pop-punk
25	Foreverly	Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones	Folk
	Danielle Bradbery	Danielle Bradbery	Country
26	Knock Madness	Hopsin	Hip hop

December

Date	Title	Artist	Genre(s)
3	Life, Love & Hope	Boston	rock hard rock pop rock
	Britney Jean	Britney Spears	Pop EDM urban
10	Because the Internet	Childish Gambino	Hip hop
13	BEYONCÉ	Beyoncé	R&B pop
	Celestial Skies	This World	World Contemporary Christian progressive rock
16	Somewhere Somehow	We the Kings	Pop punk
17	Underground Luxury	B.o.B	Hip hop
	Starbomb	Starbomb	Comedy hip hop synthpop nerdcore

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2013, List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2013, and Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2013

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell (12 weeks)
• "Can't Hold Us" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton (5 weeks)
• "Harlem Shake" – Baauer (5 weeks)
• "Just Give Me a Reason" – Pink feat. Nate Ruess (3 weeks)
• "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars (4 weeks in 2013, 2 weeks in 2012)
• "Roar" – Katy Perry (2 weeks)
• "Royals" – Lorde (9 weeks)
• "The Monster" – Eminem feat. Rihanna (2 weeks in 2013, 2 weeks in 2014)
• "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz (6 weeks)
• "When I Was Your Man" – Bruno Mars (1 week)
• "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus (3 weeks)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

• "22" – Taylor Swift (#20)
• "23" – Mike Will Made It feat. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J (#11)
• "All Me" – Drake feat. 2 Chainz and Big Sean (#20)
• "Applause" – Lady Gaga (#4)
• "#Beautiful" – Mariah Carey feat. Miguel (#15)
• "Beauty and a Beat" – Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj (#5)
• "Berzerk" – Eminem (#3)
• "Best Song Ever" – One Direction (#2)
• "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell (#1)
• "Bound 2" – Kanye West (#12)
• "Boys 'Round Here" – Blake Shelton feat. Pistol Annies and Friends (#12)
• "Burn" – Ellie Goulding (#13)
• "Can't Hold Us" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton (#1)
• "Carry On" – fun. (#20)
• "Catch My Breath" – Kelly Clarkson (#19)
• "Clarity" – Zedd feat. Foxes (#8)
• "Come & Get It" – Selena Gomez (#6)
• "Counting Stars" – OneRepublic (#3)
• "Crash My Party" – Luke Bryan (#18)
• "Cruise" – Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly (#4)
• "Cups (Pitch Perfect's "When I'm Gone")" – Anna Kendrick (#6)
• "Dark Horse" – Katy Perry feat. Juicy J (#17)
• "Daylight" – Maroon 5 (#7)
• "Demons" – Imagine Dragons (#6)
• "Diamonds" – Rihanna (#2 in 2013, #1 in 2012)
• "Diana" – One Direction (#11)
• "Die Young" – Kesha (#6 in 2013, #2 in 2012)
• "Do What U Want" – Lady Gaga feat. R. Kelly (#13)
• "Don't Stop the Party" – Pitbull feat. TJR (#17)
• "Don't You Worry Child" – Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin (#6)
• "Dope" – Lady Gaga (#8)
• "Feel This Moment" – Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera (#8)
• "Fuckin' Problems" – ASAP Rocky feat. Drake, Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz (#8)
• "Gangnam Style" – PSY (#6 in 2013, #2 in 2012)
• "Gentleman" – PSY (#5)
• "Get Lucky" – Daft Punk feat. Pharrell (#2)
• "Girl on Fire" – Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj (#12 in 2013, #11 in 2012)
• "Gone" – Kanye West feat. Cam'ron and Consequence (#18)
• "Harlem Shake" – Baauer (#1)
• "Heart Attack" – Demi Lovato (#10)
• "Heartbreaker" – Justin Bieber (#13)
• "Here's to Never Growing Up" – Avril Lavigne (#20)
• "Ho Hey" – The Lumineers (#3)
• "Hold On, We're Going Home" – Drake feat. Majid Jordan (#4)
• "Holy Grail" – Jay-Z feat. Justin Timberlake (#4)
• "Home" – Phillip Phillips (#6)
• "I Cry" – Flo Rida (#8 in 2013, #6 in 2012)
• "I Knew You Were Trouble" – Taylor Swift (#2)
• "I Love It" – Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX (#7)
• "I Need Your Love" – Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding (#16)
• "I Want Crazy" – Hunter Hayes (#19)
• "I Will Wait" – Mumford & Sons (#12)
• "It's Time" – Imagine Dragons (#15)
• "Just Give Me a Reason" – Pink feat. Nate Ruess (#1)
• "Let Her Go" – Passenger (#9)
• "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" – Ne-Yo (#15 in 2013, #6 in 2012)
• "Little Drummer Boy" – Pentatonix (#13)
• "Little Talks" – Of Monsters and Men (#20)
• "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars (#1)
• "Lolly" – Maejor Ali feat. Juicy J and Justin Bieber (#19)
• "Love Me" – Lil Wayne feat. Drake and Future (#9)
• "Love Somebody" – Maroon 5 (#10)
• "Mama's Broken Heart" – Miranda Lambert (#20)
• "Midnight Memories" – One Direction (#12)
• "Mirrors" – Justin Timberlake (#2)
• "My Nigga" – YG feat. Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan (#19)
• "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" – Fall Out Boy (#13)
• "One More Night" – Maroon 5 (#7 in 2013, #1 in 2012)
• "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" – One Direction (#13)
• "Pour It Up" – Rihanna (#19)
• "Power Trip" – J. Cole feat. Miguel (#19)
• "Radioactive" – Imagine Dragons (#3)
• "Rap God" – Eminem (#7)
• "Roar" – Katy Perry (#1)
• "Royals" – Lorde (#1)
• "Safe and Sound" – Capital Cities (#8)
• "Sail" – AWOLNATION (#17)
• "Same Love" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert (#11)
• "Say Something" – A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera (#4)
• "Scream & Shout" – will.i.am feat. Britney Spears (#3)
• "Some Nights" – fun. (#13 in 2013, #3 in 2012)
• "Started from the Bottom" – Drake (#6)
• "Stay" – Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko (#3)
• "Stay the Night" – Zedd feat. Hayley Williams (#19)
• "Story of My Life" – One Direction (#6)
• "Suit & Tie" – Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z (#3)
• "Summertime Sadness" – Lana Del Rey and Cedric Gervais (#6)
• "Survival" – Eminem (#16)
• "Sweater Weather" – The Neighbourhood (#14)
• "Sweet Nothing" – Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch (#10)
• "Swimming Pools (Drank)" – Kendrick Lamar (#20 in 2013, #17 in 2012)
• "#thatPower" – will.i.am feat. Justin Bieber (#17)
• "That's My Kind of Night" – Luke Bryan (#15)
• "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" – Ylvis (#6)
• "The Monster" – Eminem feat. Rihanna (#1)
• "The Other Side" – Jason Derulo (#18)
• "The Way" – Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller (#9)
• "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz (#1)
• "Timber" – Pitbull feat. Kesha (#2)
• "Treasure" – Bruno Mars (#5)
• "Try" – Pink (#9)
• "Unconditionally" – Katy Perry (#14)
• "U.O.E.N.O." – Rocko feat. Future and Rick Ross (#20)
• "Wagon Wheel" – Darius Rucker (#15)
• "Wake Me Up!" – Avicii (#4)
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – Taylor Swift (#17 in 2013, #1 in 2012)
• "We Can't Stop" – Miley Cyrus (#2)
• "We Own It (Fast & Furious)" – 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa (#16)
• "When I Was Your Man" – Bruno Mars (#1)
• "White Walls" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Schoolboy Q and Hollis (#15)
• "Work Bitch" – Britney Spears (#12)
• "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus (#1)

Deaths

• January 1 – Patti Page, 85, country singer ("Tennessee Waltz")
• January 4 – Sammy Johns, 66, country singer-songwriter
• January 7 – Sam Pace, 68, R&B singer (The Esquires)
• January 11 – Jimmy O'Neill, 73, radio and television host
• January 18 – Bobby Bennett, 74, R&B singer (The Famous Flames)
• January 19 – Steve Knight, 77, keyboardist (Mountain)
• January 20 – Bob Engemann, 77, singer (The Lettermen)
• January 22 – Tony Douglas, 83, country singer
• January 25 – Gregory Carroll, 83, singer-songwriter and producer
• January 26 – Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, 69, R&B singer (The Ohio Players)
• January 30
  • Patty Andrews, 94, pop singer (The Andrews Sisters)
  • Ann Rabson, 67, singer, pianist, and guitarist
• February 5 – Paul Tanner, 95, big band trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra)
• February 16 – Stanley Knight, 64, rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
• February 17 – Mindy McCready, 37, country music singer ("Guys Do It All the Time")
• February 18 – Damon Harris, 62, R&B singer (The Temptations)
• February 21 – Cleotha Staples, 78, gospel singer (The Staple Singers)
• February 25 – Dan Toler, 64, guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band)
• February 27
  • Van Cliburn, 78, pianist
  • Richard Street, 70, R&B singer (The Temptations)
• February 28 – DJ Ajax, 41, Australian techno musician and producer
• March 1
  • Jewel Akens, 79, singer and record producer
  • Magic, 37, rapper (Body Head Bangerz)
• March 3 – Bobby Rogers, 73, R&B singer-songwriter (The Miracles)
• March 4 – Fran Warren, 87, pop singer
• March 7 – Claude King, 90, country singer-songwriter ("Wolverton Mountain")
• March 8
  • Ricardo da Force, 45, English dance vocalist and rapper (The KLF, N-Trance)
  • Sammy Masters, 82, rockabilly musician
• March 12 – Clive Burr, 56, English metal drummer (Iron Maiden)
• March 14 – Jack Greene, 83, country singer ("There Goes My Everything")
• March 16
  • Bobby Smith, 76, R&B singer (The Spinners)
  • Jason Molina, 39, folk singer-songwriter
• March 19 – Floyd "Buddy" McRae, 85, singer (The Chords)
• March 20 – Eddie Bond, 79, rockabilly singer and guitarist
• March 24 – Deke Richards, 68, songwriter
• March 26 – Margie Alexander, 64, gospel and soul singer
• April 6 – Don Shirley, 86, jazz pianist and composer
• April 8 – Annette Funicello, 70, actress and pop singer ("Tall Paul")
• April 11 – Jonathan Winters, 87, stand-up comedian, actor and recording artist
• April 13 – Chi Cheng, 42, metal and alternative bassist (Deftones)
• April 15 – Scott Miller, 53, alternative singer-songwriter (Game Theory, The Loud Family)
• April 17 – George Perkins, 70, singer
• April 22 – Nathaniel Romerson, 75, R&B singer (The Ballads)
• April 21 – Chrissy Amphlett, 53, Australian rock singer (Divinyls)
• April 22 – Richie Havens, 72, folk singer ("Here Comes the Sun")
• April 26 – George Jones, 81, country singer ("He Stopped Loving Her Today")
• May 1 – Chris Kelly, 34, rapper (Kris Kross)
• May 2 – Jeff Hanneman, 49, metal guitarist (Slayer)
• May 7 – Romanthony, 46, electronic dance singer and producer ("One More Time")
• May 11 – Ollie Mitchell, 86, trumpet player (The Wrecking Crew)
• May 17 – Alan O'Day, 72, singer-songwriter
• May 20
  • Ray Manzarek, 74, rock organist (The Doors) and record producer
  • Zach Sobiech, 18, singer-songwriter
• May 21
  • Raymond Reid, 60, trombonist (Crown Heights Affair)
  • Bob Thompson, 88, composer, arranger, and orchestra leader
• May 24 – Lorene Mann, 76, country music singer and songwriter
• May 25
  • Tyrone Brunson, 57, singer and musician
  • Marshall Lytle, 79, bassist (Bill Haley & His Comets)
• May 26 – Clarence Burke, Jr, 64, soul singer (The Five Stairsteps)
• May 29 – Marvin Junior, 77, R&B singer (The Dells)
• May 31 – Shelbra Bennett, 66, singer (The Soul Children)
• June 2
  • Rob Morsberger, 53, American-English singer-songwriter
  • MickDeth, 35, bass player (Eighteen Visions and Clear)
• June 4
  • Joey Covington, 67, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna)
  • Cornelius "Nini" Harp, 73, singer (The Marcels)
  • Jim Sundquist, 75, guitarist (The Fendermen)
• June 5
  • Don Bowman, 75, country music singer
  • Marshall Sewell, 75, bass singer (The Edsels)
• June 6 – Elaine Laron, 83, songwriter
• June 11 – Johnny Smith, 90, jazz guitarist
• June 14 – Tom Tall, 75, rockabilly singer
• June 15 – Robert Morris "B.J." Jones (70), rock guitarist (Sweathog)
• June 17 – Carmen Carrozza, 92, accordionist
• June 19 – Slim Whitman, 90, country singer-songwriter ("Secret Love")
• June 21 – Mary Love, 69, soul and gospel singer
• June 23
  • Bobby Bland, 83, soul and blues singer ("That's the Way Love Is" )
  • Little Willie Littlefield, 81, singer-songwriter and pianist
• June 24
  • Puff Johnson, 40, singer-songwriter
  • Alan Myers, 58, new wave drummer (Devo)
• June 27 – Paul Giacalone, 73, singer (The Fireflies)
• July 1 – Texas Johnny Brown, 85, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• July 8 – Brett Walker, 51, songwriter and producer
• July 9 – Jim Foglesong, 90, record producer
• July 11 – Charles Pope, 76, R&B singer (The Tams)
• July 16 – T-Model Ford, (exact age unknown; believed to be in early 90s), blues guitarist and singer
• July 21 – Faye Hunter, 59, alternative bassist (Let's Active)
• July 23 – Dominguinhos, 72, composer, accordionist, and singer
• July 26 – J.J. Cale, 74, blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Cocaine")
• August 1 – Toby Saks, 71, cellist
• August 3 – Les Cooper, 92, doo wop musician
• August 4 – Tim Wright, experimental rock bassist (Pere Ubu, DNA)
• August 5 – George Duke, 67, jazz and funk keyboardist
• August 8 – Jack Clement, 82, country singer-songwriter
• August 10
  • Eydie Gormé, 84, singer
  • Jody Payne, 77, country guitarist (Willie Nelson's Family)
• August 13 – Tompall Glaser, 79, country singer
• August 14 – Allen Lanier, 67, rock keyboardist and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)
• August 19 – Cedar Walton, 79, hard-bop jazz pianist
• August 20 – Marian McPartland, 95, jazz pianist and radio broadcaster (Piano Jazz)
• August 23 – Joey LaCaze, 42, metal drummer (Eyehategod)
• September 1 – Joe Kelley, 67, guitarist and bassist (The Shadows of Knight)
• September 9 – Forrest, 60, singer
• September 16 – Mac Curtis, 74, rockabilly singer
• September 17 – Marvin Rainwater, 88, country and rockabilly singer and songwriter
• September 25 – Billy Mure, 97, guitarist
• September 30 – Zulema, 66, singer and songwriter
• October 8 – Larry Verne, 79, singer
• October 10
  • Jan Kuehnemund, 51, hard rock guitarist (Vixen)
  • Cal Smith, 81, country music singer
• October 15 – Gloria Lynne, 83, jazz singer
• October 20 – Leon Ashley, 77, country singer
• October 26 – Al Johnson, 65, R&B singer (The Unifics)
• October 27 – Lou Reed, 71, rock singer-songwriter (The Velvet Underground)
• October 30 – Pete Haycock, 62, musician (Climax Blues Band) and film score composer
• October 31 – Bobby Parker, 76, blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
• November 6
  • Lee Crystal, drummer (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
  • Clyde Stacy, 77, rockabilly singer
• November 11 – Bob Beckham, 86, country singer
• November 29
  • Oliver Cheatham, 65, R&B singer ("Get Down Saturday Night")
  • Dick Dodd, 68, drummer and singer (The Standells)
• December 2 – Rex Garvin, 73, singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• December 8 – John Wyker, 68, songwriter (Sailcat)
• December 11 – Tommy Ruger, 67, drummer (The Nightcrawlers)
• December 16 – Ray Price, 87, country singer-songwriter ("Crazy Arms")
• December 20 – Lord Infamous, 40, rapper (Three 6 Mafia)
• December 23 – Yusef Lateef, 93, jazz musician
• December 29 – Benjamin Curtis, 35, alternative guitarist and songwriter (Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells, Tripping Daisy)

See also

• 2010s in music
• 2013 in American television
• List of 2013 albums