Top songs of 2013

What was the number one song of 2013?

The number one song of 2013 was “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2013. It spent 6 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated February 2, 2013.

“Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell was number one for the most weeks of 2013: 12 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated June 22, 2013.

Born in 2013? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2013, year-end Hot 100 of 2013).

How many songs reached number one in 2013?

10 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2013. Counting “Locked Out of Heaven”, which was already at number one when the year began, 11 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2013, “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell stayed there longest: 12 weeks in total, from the chart dated June 22, 2013.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 2013. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2013?

2 acts had more than one number one in 2013, counting lead and featured credits. Bruno Mars and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had 2 each.

• Bruno Mars: “Locked Out of Heaven” and “When I Was Your Man”
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: “Thrift Shop” and “Can't Hold Us”

What were the biggest songs of 2013?

The five biggest songs of 2013 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz, “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons, “Harlem Shake” by Baauer and “Can't Hold Us” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “The Way” Ariana Grande featuring Mac Miller
32. “Started from the Bottom” Drake
33. “Come & Get It” Selena Gomez
34. “Hold On, We're Going Home” Drake featuring Majid Jordan
35. “Daylight” Maroon 5
36. “Feel This Moment” Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera
37. “Applause” Lady Gaga
38. “One More Night” Maroon 5
39. “Love Me” Lil Wayne featuring Drake and Future
40. “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)” Fall Out Boy
41. “Fuckin' Problems” ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
42. “Beauty and a Beat” Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj
43. “Same Love” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert
44. “Sweet Nothing” Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
45. “Summertime Sadness” Lana Del Rey and Cédric Gervais
46. “Home” Phillip Phillips
47. “It's Time” Imagine Dragons
48. “Power Trip” J. Cole featuring Miguel
49. “Girl on Fire” Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj
50. “Heart Attack” Demi Lovato
51. “Love Somebody” Maroon 5
52. “I Will Wait” Mumford & Sons
53. “Try” Pink
54. “Wagon Wheel” Darius Rucker
55. “Gangnam Style” Psy
56. “I Need Your Love” Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding
57. “Die Young” Kesha
58. “Some Nights” Fun
59. “Bad” Wale featuring Tiara Thomas or Rihanna
60. “Boys 'Round Here” Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies and Friends
61. “Gone, Gone, Gone” Phillip Phillips
62. “Demons” Imagine Dragons
63. “Counting Stars” OneRepublic
64. “I Cry” Flo Rida
65. “Little Talks” Of Monsters and Men
66. “The Other Side” Jason Derulo
67. “Berzerk” Eminem
68. “Catch My Breath” Kelly Clarkson
69. “Crash My Party” Luke Bryan
70. “Pour It Up” Rihanna
71. “22” Taylor Swift
72. “I Want Crazy” Hunter Hayes
73. “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” Ylvis
74. “Best Song Ever” One Direction
75. “The A Team” Ed Sheeran
76. “Carry On” Fun
77. “Highway Don't Care” Tim McGraw featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban
78. “That's My Kind of Night” Luke Bryan
79. “Swimming Pools (Drank)” Kendrick Lamar
80. “Sure Be Cool If You Did” Blake Shelton
81. “#Beautiful” Mariah Carey featuring Miguel
82. “Troublemaker” Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida
83. “Body Party” Ciara
84. “Adorn” Miguel
85. “Hall of Fame” The Script featuring will.i.am
86. “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)” Ne-Yo
87. “U.O.E.N.O.” Rocko featuring Future and Rick Ross
88. “Next to Me” Emeli Sandé
89. “Mama's Broken Heart” Miranda Lambert
90. “It Goes Like This” Thomas Rhett
91. “Bugatti” Ace Hood featuring Future and Rick Ross
92. “Wanted” Hunter Hayes
93. “Downtown” Lady Antebellum
94. “Get Your Shine On” Florida Georgia Line
95. “#thatPower” will.i.am featuring Justin Bieber
96. “Brave” Sara Bareilles
97. “Let Her Go” Passenger
98. “Runnin' Outta Moonlight” Randy Houser
99. “I'm Different” 2 Chainz
100. “Still Into You” Paramore

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2013, year-end Hot 100 of 2013).

What songs should go on a 2013 mix CD?

A 2013 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 19 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Locked Out of Heaven” by Bruno Mars and closing with “Royals” by Lorde, for 78:09 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2013, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 78:47, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 2013 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2013 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 2010s?

Popular music in the 2010s moved from electronic dance-pop to hip-hop and streaming-era pop as listening shifted to streaming services. By 2013 the Hot 100 counted streaming alongside sales and airplay.

From 2010 to 2019, 116 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 14 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 116, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey spent the most weeks at number one: 21 in total. Rihanna had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 9. The typical number one of these years ran 3:41 (the median of the 90 with a known length).