Hot Hits of 2013: Avicii’s Guitars & Lorde’s Anti-Glamour
Avicii blended bluegrass and festival EDM in Wake Me Up, while 16-year-old Lorde disrupted opulent hip-hop culture with Royals.
EDM reached stadium headlining peak status globally across Tomorrowland and Ultra.
Hot Chart Hits of 2013
11 tracks
Wake Me Up
Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc
“Pioneered folktronica by fusing EDM synth drops with bluegrass acoustic guitar.”
Radioactive
Imagine Dragons
“Held the record for most weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 at 87 weeks.”
Roar
Katy Perry
“One of only a few videos in history to cross 4 Billion YouTube views.”
Royals
Lorde
“Lorde wrote this at age 16; won Grammy for Song of the Year.”
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke ft. T.I., Pharrell
“Spent 12 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.”
Thrift Shop
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz
“Billboard Year-End #1 single of 2013; won two Grammy Awards as an independently released song.”
Counting Stars
OneRepublic
“One of the most-watched music videos in YouTube history with over 4.1 billion views.”
Get Lucky
Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams
“Won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 56th Grammy Awards.”
Wrecking Ball
Miley Cyrus
“Won Video of the Year at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards; over 1.2 billion views.”
Timber
Pitbull ft. Kesha
“Harmonica-driven country-EDM crossover that reached #1 in over 15 countries.”
The Monster
Eminem ft. Rihanna
“Fourth chart collaboration between the duo, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the Grammys.”
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