The top selling digital album of 2013 was The 20/20 Experience, with 1.03 million. SoundScan began tracking digital sales in 2003.Ĥ1 percent of all albums sold in 2013 were downloads - up from 37 percent in 2012 (and 31 percent in 2011). (2012 marked the best year for album downloads, with 117.68 million.) Physical CD sales were down 14 percent in 2012 while digital album downloads were also down - for the first time - by less than 1 percent to 117.58 million. fell by 8 percent to 289.41 million from 315.96 million in 2012. This is the first time in the SoundScan era that a husband and wife have both separately placed albums among the top 10 sellers in a calendar year.ĭuring the 52 weeks that ended Dec. 10 with Magna Carta…Holy Grail (1.1 million). 9 seller of 2013 (1.11 million), while Beyonce’s husband - Jay Z - is No.
14 for the year (969,000).īlake Shelton‘s Based On a True Story is the No. The next-highest ranked leading lady is Katy Perry, with “PRISM,” at No. 14.īeyonce is also 2013’s best selling album by a woman. Beyonce is also the youngest title among the top 10 albums of 2013, having only been released on Dec. 7 album of 2013, with 1.34 million, while Beyonce‘s self-titled album is ranked at No. 47 album of that year) while Here’s to the Good Times sold 181,000 in 2012.ĭrake’s Nothing Was the Same is the No. Mars’ set sold 480,000 in 2012 (making it the No. 5 on the year-end list, with just under 1.40 million, while Florida Georgia Line’s Here’s to the Good Times is No. “Night Visions” is also the highest-ranked album on the year-end best sellers list that did not hit No. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is naturally the biggest rap album of 2013, while Bryan’s Crash is the year’s best selling country release. Night Visions is also the top selling rock album of 2013, while Timberlake’s set is the best selling R&B/hip-hop set. The set was released in 2012, and sold 417,000 that year (making it the No. Imagine Dragons’ Night Visions is 2013’s fourth-biggest album, with 1.4 million sold in the year. It followed his compilation Spring Break… Here to Party, which also debuted at No. 1 albums for Bryan in 2013 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart. STORY: Best of 2013: Top 10 Music Videos of the YearĬrash My Party was one of two No. 1 and 2 albums (4.83 million and 4.10 million, respectively). It’s the highest-ranked year-end album by a male country artist since 1992, when Billy Ray Cyrus‘ Some Gave All and Garth Brooks’ Ropin’ the Wind finished as that year’s Nos. Luke Bryan‘s Crash My Party is 2013’s third-biggest album, with 1.52 million sold. He also finished among the top 10 in 2009 (No. 1 album of the year with Recovery (3.41 million), while he was also the champ of 2002 with The Eminem Show (7.61 million). It’s the sixth time Eminem has placed an album among a year’s top 10 sellers. “21” also reigned in 2011 as the top selling release, with 5.82 million that year.Ģ013’s second-biggest selling album is Eminem‘s “ The Marshall Mathers LP 2, with 1.73 million. As with everything that Koenig touches, the verse is a complete gem - the sincerity in his voice as he nonchalantly utters “not many women can refuse this pimping” is unparalleled (and I genuinely believe his assertion).A year ago, the top selling album of 2012 was Adele’s 21, with 4.41 million sold in 2012. By far, the greatest part of the cover occurs when Koenig attempts T.I.’s verse. Frontman Ezra Koenig tackles Thicke’s impressive vocal range, alternating between his signature falsetto and an imitation of Thicke’s cheeky tenor vocals. The instrumental is almost identical to Thicke’s original, but Vampire Weekend’s playfully eccentric vocals and goofy lyrical alterations (prime example: “you the hottest fish in this place!”) set their cover apart. Earlier this week, Vampire Weekend - along with three incredibly sassy backup singers - performed a cover of “Blurred Lines” for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. “ Blurred Lines” is undoubtedly one of this summer’s hottest songs, but Robin Thicke can’t claim all the credit for a surge in the track’s popularity.
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