The result was a top 10 adult pop hit. Britney Spears came out swinging with this first single from the Britney Jean album project. Later in the year the slightly sultry dance pop of "Replay" broke Zendaya at mainstream pop radio. “Reflektor” suggests a culmination of those experiments. And now "I Need Your Love." This is the standout achievement from . This year we received "Yes!" It’s wholly possible that “1Train” won’t be topped next year, either.—Nick Petrillo, Thao Nguyen, the vocalist behind San Francisco’s Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, is known her upbeat, twangy tracks that toe the line between pop and country. The thoroughly entertaining music video also includes dancing heavily influenced by Michael Jackson. This rap hit is overflowing with charm in the vocals that makes the listener want to comfort Big Sean and send best wishes for future success in romantic relationships. It samples A-ha's "Take on Me," Aguilera's vocals are on point, and the song is a feel-good that makes you want raise your drinks as you dance with your friends. I know she sang backup for Toni and is a great reality-TV star, but being a musician is a whole 'nother league. In the US he gained exposure to mainstream pop audiences by opening in concert for Ed Sheeran. The accompanying bittersweet music video is well worth seeing. “Some say love is a burning thing and it makes a fiery ring,” he says, but clearly he thinks differently, answering that love can fade as “fickle as a feather in a stream” or even hurt, “disfiguring.” The song sees Houck paint love as a cage that he welcomed, and later vowing to never experience again, even calling out the audience that comes to witness his pain. "Holy Grail" has received two Grammy Award nominations. 1", "Phillip Phillips Album & Song Chart History", "Rihanna Remains Atop Hot 100, Adds Radio Songs Reign", "PSY Still Stuck At No. 20) "Take Back the Night"—Justin Timberlake. The song includes one of Nicki Minaj's top featured performances of the year. New Politics are a Danish rock band with a powerful pop sensibility. Top 10 New Pop Artists Of 2013 - Their Hits and Legacy, A Great Big World - "Say Something" featuring Christina Aguilera, M.L.S, Library Science, Indiana University.
It sounds as big and urgent and monumental as “Wake Up” or “Keep the Car Running” or “Ready to Start,” except they’ve found new ways to convey those ideas.—Stephen Deusner, With the fizziness of an Alka-Seltzer hitting water, Daft Punk returned with this slice of straight-up, no apologies dance music circa 1977. The true litmus test is whether a modern take on the classics can hold your attention, or makes you immediately reach for your Transformer record. Here on "Team" she sounds even more confident and unafraid of bucking convention in thoughful, human fashion. The aching voice of lead singer Jesse Rutherford will instantly stick in your mind. Calvin Harris - "I Need Your Love" featuring Ellie Goulding. "Wake Me Up," blending folk and country instrumental elements with soulful vocals by Aloe Blacc and electronic dance music beats, became one of the biggest worldwide pop hits of the year. See Billboard's rankings of this year's most popular songs, albums, and artists. The song sounds comfortable, even effortless, delivered naturally and without the labor that much of the recent output from The National seems to require. That's four top hits in less than a year. After a moving live performance of the song on America's Got Talent, "Beneath Your Beautiful" became a major pop hit on this side of the Atlantic. 1 on Hot 100 with 'One More Night, "Maroon 5 Still Tops Hot 100, PSY One Step From No. Since I am neither of those things, I have stayed far away from him—but I'm weak, people. It's THE song of the summer, which I think surprised everyone because it seemed like "Get Lucky" was going to take the crown. Let’s remember this out-of-nowhere triumph from before she had a target on her back herself, a finger-snapping, simple singalong for people who simply haven’t seen a diamond in the flesh, and plenty who have.-Dan Weiss, Although “No Below” sports a lot of the characteristics that define Speedy Ortiz—gnarly guitars, tongue-in-cheek lyrics—here’s the hooky, anthemic outlier on Major Arcana that’s got the word “single” planted right on it. On this song Drake turns away from rapping to explore, as he put it, channeling Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. Ciara's career has been dragged down by a series of disappointments, but fortunately that has not stopped her. 1 on Hot 100", "Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' Holds Atop Hot 100", "Katy Perry's 'Roar' Rules Hot 100 For Second Week, Lorde Reaches Top 3", "Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' Spends Second Week Atop Hot 100", "Eminem, Rihanna Rule Hot 100 With 'The Monster, "Eminem, Rihanna Remain Atop Hot 100 With 'The Monster, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_top-ten_singles_in_2013&oldid=973170824, Lists of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 August 2020, at 19:44.
Glamour may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. “Ya Hey” is no exception. But back to the music: Quad has a great voice, and I'm really looking forward to her releasing more hits like "Hey Love": __15) "Holy Grail"—Jay-Z feat. From the very first resounding beat, “Hey Doreen” has all of the hallmarks of a soulful pop hit. He may be the coolest cat to come out of Philadelphia since Wilt Chamberlain. Russian-German DJ and electronic music producer Zedd broke into the US pop mainstream this year with "Clarity."
Olly Murs - "Troublemaker" featuring Flo Rida. But let's put all of that aside for a second because the real treat buried underneath the song's "I'mma get you hyped" shell is Ray Dalton, who sings the chorus and sounds amazingly like John Legend. The airy dance remix seems perfectly suited to Lana Del Rey's world weary vocals. This song sounds like a textbook MC jam from the '90s: honey vocals juxtaposed against a rapper-spitting rhymes. The spare production allows Drake's mellow singing to slowly sink in with one of the very best retro soul sounds of the year. 100 Best Songs of 2013 Daft Punk went disco, Kendrick Lamar murdered the competition, and a 16-year-old New Zealander dissed bling and made the whole world sing The biggest pop comeback story of the year is Justin Timberlake. Pop Hits: 2013 Apple Music Pop Preview Editors’ Notes Big and bigger, with Drake, Icona Pop, Zedd, and Daft Punk. This year much of the rest of the world discovered her as well. During the year, 62 songs and 59 acts charted in the tier, and 34 of these acts scored their first top-ten single in the US either as a lead or featured artist. Selena Gomez' slightly reedy voice seems perfectly suited for the dance floor. / Forget about it.”—Eric Gossett, “1Train” set the bar immensely high for posse tracks when LONG.LIVE.A$AP made its debut in January. Both are now signed to U.K.-based Wichita Recordings, Katie with Waxahatchee and Allison with Swearin’. Say what you will about Dr. Seaver Jr (er…Thicke) — “Blurred Lines” is a standout pop track. Zedd - "Stay the Night" featuring Hayley Williams. "The Fox" by the Norwegian duo Ylvis is the biggest hit of this type this year. Among the biggest unexpected pop hits of 2013 is this infectious track from OneRepublic. Dancing, to be honest, that is all starting to look the same. The soaring vocals are provided by British singer-songwriter Foxes who had her own breakthrough pop hit at home with "Youth.". After going to #1 as featured singer on the hit "Feel the Love" by Rudimental, John Newman kicked his own career into high gear with this #1 UK pop hit. Former contestant Olly Murs is one of today's biggest mainstream pop artists at home in the UK. The singer-songwriter’s music—which is often dreamy, sometimes romantic—has a tendency to make stomachs clench and hearts thump.
And better yet, the sentiment is packaged as a Dire Straits or Bruce Springsteen song, giving the period piece a little extra nudge of authenticity. No other act has ever accomplished that feat with albums released on an independent label. He has dual Canadian and American citizenship. "Slow Down" beautifully blends her voice with contemporary electronic dance effects in a well mannered and controlled production by the Cataracs. Ariana Grande - "The Way" featuring Mac Miller.
Play the guessing game all day where the immaculate, liquid-sauna production is stolen from: Luther Vandross meets Toto?—Dan Weiss, Disclosure released one of the best electronic/house albums of 2013 with their debut LP Settle. Avril Lavigne celebrates staying young forever. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - "Can't Hold Us" featuring Ray Dalton. Bruno Mars says this sad reflection on a past love was one of his most difficult songs to record and sing. The star says that this is among the most personal music that she is recording. Yet in her clever hands and tensile voice, it’s anything but.-Dan Weiss, There’s a lot to like about arty Canadian two-piece Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, even without hearing a single note. The result was this quirky #1 alternative hit. Because in the end, it felt right.—Nick Petrillo, Who says a band’s defining song can’t happen two decades into their career? This song can do no wrong. "Q.U.E.E.N." When The Dismemberment Plan returned with its first album in over a decade, the band stepped back with all the wry charm it was known for. “I have only two emotions, careful fear and dead devotion, I can’t get the balance right.” Or “Everything I love is on the table.” Or maybe even “Don’t know if anyone I know is awake.” These kind of quips are straight from the lives of people whose narratives peak late at night, who place too much significance in relationships or music or their own emotions, outsiders, the misunderstood, the self-destructive. Chris Brown - "Love More" featuring Nicki Minaj. It permeates every track on the record, and it’s just as angelic and powerful as ever on “A New Life.” Sonically speaking, the album draws more from the down-tempo grooves of James’ oeuvre rather than the bombastic stadium rock often associated with his work with My Morning Jacket.—Wyndham Wyeth, Lyrically, it’s pretty fitting to have Justin Timberlake and and Jay-Z lamenting the drawbacks of fame, but the now that the track has dominated the airwaves with its earwormy chorus and witty rhymes, it’s just as easy to sing along—and no matter how many times you listen to the track or maybe even try to whine out the Timberlake hook yourself, it’s probably not going anywhere.—Dacey Orr, “Hold On, We’re Going Home” is Drake’s best song; while “Take Care” and “Make Me Proud” and “HYFR” are maybe on-par, those past triumphs belong to Rihanna (and Jamie xx), Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne. Calvin Harris - "I Need Your Love" featuring Ellie Goulding. Like most of Black Joe Lewis’ music, it’s just easy to groove along to.—Stephanie Fang, Parquet Courts were there this year to feed our need for reverb-laden stoner tunes. To simplify subscriber access, we have temporarily disabled the password requirement.
Robin Thicke - "Give It 2 U" featuring Kendrick Lamar. His primary reference point was the Off the Wall era music of Michael Jackson. UZU’s first single, “One,” is the record’s heaviest track, with its tribal vocals and a heavy bass riff that throbs throughout. In fact, the chem is so good that a teensy part of me wants her to get rid of Nick Cannon and marry Miguel. Jeff Bhasker's spare, percussion heavy production gives the pair plenty of opportunity to soar vocally. The simple piano and vocal arrangement is affecting with a powerful emotional resonance from the star's singing. However, this final release is well worth hearing with a quirky R&B mix and an appearance from rising celebrated artist Chance the Rapper.
Oh, and there’s horns.-Dan Weiss? The response from many critics and fans was underwhelming, but the song does wear a bit better than expected.