2013 in American music

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 a little over four 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 four years, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams.

June

• 18 — Cher make a historic return after eleven years of absence with "Woman's World", the lead single of 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 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

• 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
• Run the Jewels
• 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

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Top songs on record

''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)

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