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2013 in American music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2013 in music in the United States.

Contents

January

  • January 9 – Original Three Days Grace lead singer Adam Gontier leaves the band, citing health concerns
  • January 10 – Seven 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

  • February 3 – Alicia Keys sang the National Anthem and Beyoncé performed during the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show
  • February 4 – Fall Out Boy announce their reformation with a new album, Save Rock and Roll, and a concert tour
  • February 17 – American country singer Mindy McCready commits suicide at the age of 37
  • February 27 – Stone Temple Pilots fire their lead singer, Scott Weiland

    • March

  • March 4 – Blink-182's 20th Anniversary Tour finished in Claremont, Western Australia, with majority of their shows being sold out
  • 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.
  • March 22 – My Chemical Romance announce a breakup after 12 years together

    • April

  • April 2 – Bon Jovi member Richie Sambora announced his departure from the band just hours before a concert date scheduled in Calgary, Alberta
  • April 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
  • April 18 – Original drummer and co-founding member of Sum 41, Steve Jocz, announces his departure from the band
  • April 21 – Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies from breast cancer at the age of 53
  • April 30 - Kevin Richardson comes back to the Backstreet Boys permanently.

    • May

  • May 2 – Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies from cirrhosis of the liver at age 49
  • May 16 – Candice Glover is crowned winner of American Idol (season 12) while Kree Harrison is named runner-up
  • May 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
  • May 20 – The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies in Germany from bile duct cancer at age 74

    • June

  • June 18
  • Cher make a historic return after 11 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.
  • Kanye West released his sixth studio album Yeezus

    • July

  • July 4 – Jay Z releases his 12th studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail, selling over 550,000 copies in its first week
  • July 30 – The Backstreet Boys' eighth studio album, In a World Like This, was released about four and a half years after the release of This Is Us

    • August

  • August 25
  • The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York
  • 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 9 years
  • Katy Perry released her lead single "Roar" for her third studio album, Prism. The song reached number 1 and sold 9.9 Million around the world.

    • September

  • September 20 – Cher released her twenty-five studio album Closer to the Truth, peaking at number four in UK and number three in US (making it Cher's highest-peaking solo album in that country).

    • October

  • October 27 – Lou Reed, founding member of Velvet Underground, dies in Southampton, New York from liver disease at age 71
  • October 29 – The teen pop rock band Jonas Brothers announced an indefinite hiatus

    • November

  • 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.
  • November 6 – Lady Gaga's album, Artpop, was released, selling 258,000 copies in its first week.
  • November 24 – The American Music Awards of 2013 were held.

    • December

  • 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, maybe Beyoncé the first female artist, and second artist overall to debut at the top spot with her first five studio efforts.

    • Bands on hiatus

  • Bloc Party
  • Evanescence
  • Ghostland Observatory
  • Lifehouse
  • Mumford & Sons
  • The Walkmen

    • Top hits on record

    Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Hits

  • "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars (4 weeks in 2013, 2 weeks in 2012)
  • "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz (6 weeks)
  • "Harlem Shake" – Baauer (5 weeks)
  • "When I Was Your Man" – Bruno Mars (1 week)
  • "Just Give Me a Reason" – Pink feat. Nate Ruess (3 weeks)
  • "Can't Hold Us" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton (5 weeks)
  • "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell (12 weeks)
  • "Roar" – Katy Perry (2 weeks)
  • "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus (3 weeks)
  • "Royals" – Lorde (9 weeks)
  • "The Monster" – Eminem feat. Rihanna (2 weeks in 2013, 2 weeks in 2014)

    • Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

    References

    2013 in American music Wikipedia
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