2013 in American music

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

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

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.

Deaths

See also

• 2010s in music
• 2013 in American television
• List of 2013 albums

References