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    This is a summary of the year 2013 in the Canadian music industry.

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    Top hits on record

    The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

    Top 10 Canadian albums

    Rank Artist Album Peak
    position         		Sales Certification
    1 Celine Dion Loved Me Back to Life 1 320,000 4× Platinum [33]
    2 Arcade Fire Reflektor 1 240,000 [34] [35] 3× Platinum [36]
    3 Johnny Reid A Christmas Gift to You 1 160,000 [34] 2× Platinum [37]
    4 Michael Bublé To Be Loved 1 160,000 [38] 2× Platinum [39]
    5 Drake Nothing Was the Same 1 108,000 [34] Platinum [40]
    6 City and Colour The Hurry and the Harm 1 80,000 [34] [41] Platinum [42]
    7 Gord Bamford Christmas in Canada TBA 80,000 Platinum [43]
    8 Hedley Wild Life 4 80,000 [34] Platinum [44]
    9 Justin Bieber Believe Acoustic 1 80,000 Platinum [45]
    10 Various Artists MuchDance 2014 N/A 80,000 Platinum [46]

    Top 10 International albums

    Rank Artist Album Peak
    position         		Sales Certification
    1 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 1 320,000 [34] [47] 4× Platinum [48]
    2 Various Artists Frozen 1 240,000 [49] [50] 3× Platinum [51]
    3 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience 1 160,000 2× Platinum [52]
    4 Katy Perry Prism 1 160,000 2× Platinum [53]
    5 Lorde Pure Heroine 2 160,000 2× Platinum [54]
    6 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 1 160,000 2× Platinum [55]
    7 Avicii True 2 80,000 Platinum [56]
    8 The Beatles On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 TBA 80,000 Platinum [57]
    9 Beyoncé Beyoncé 1 80,000 Platinum [58]
    10 Black Sabbath 13 1 80,000 Platinum [59]

    Top 10 singles

    Rank Artist Song Album Peak
    position         		Sales Certification
    1 Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell " Blurred Lines" Blurred Lines 1 720,000 [34] [60] [61] 9× Platinum [62]
    2 Pitbull featuring Kesha " Timber" Meltdown 1 560,000 7× Platinum [63]
    3 Avicii " Wake Me Up" True 2 523,000 [34] Platinum [64]
    4 A Great Big World " Say Something (A Great Big World song)" Is There Anybody Out There? 1 480,000 6× Platinum [65]
    5 Pink featuring Nate Ruess " Just Give Me a Reason" The Truth About Love 1 499,000 [34] 6× Platinum [66]
    6 Lorde " Royals" Pure Heroine 1 480,000 6× Platinum [67]
    7 OneRepublic " Counting Stars" Native 1 480,000 6× Platinum [68]
    8 Passenger " Let Her Go" All the Little Lights 5 480,000 6× Platinum [69]
    9 Pharrell Williams " Happy" G I R L 1 480,000 6× Platinum [70]
    10 Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams " Get Lucky" Random Access Memories 1 400,000 5× Platinum [71]

    Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

    No. Artist(s) Title
    1 Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell " Blurred Lines"
    2 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz " Thrift Shop"
    3 Pink featuring Nate Ruess " Just Give Me a Reason"
    4 The Lumineers " Ho Hey"
    5 Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko " Stay"
    6 Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams " Get Lucky"
    7 Avicii " Wake Me Up"
    8 will.i.am and Britney Spears " Scream & Shout"
    9 Imagine Dragons " Radioactive"
    10 Katy Perry " Roar"
    11 Bruno Mars " Locked Out of Heaven"
    12 Taylor Swift " I Knew You Were Trouble"
    13 Bruno Mars " When I Was Your Man"
    14 Serena Ryder " Stompa"
    15 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton " Can't Hold Us"
    16 Justin Timberlake " Mirrors"
    17 Classified featuring David Myles " Inner Ninja"
    18 Lorde " Royals"
    19 Armin van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie " This Is What It Feels Like"
    20 Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera " Feel This Moment"
    21 Pink " Try"
    22 Maroon 5 " Daylight"
    23 Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin " Don't You Worry Child"
    24 Walk off the Earth " Red Hands"
    25 Phillip Phillips " Home"
    26 Mumford & Sons " I Will Wait"
    27 Rihanna " Diamonds"
    28 Capital Cities " Safe and Sound"
    29 Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX " I Love It"
    30 Serena Ryder " What I Wouldn't Do"
    31 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert " Same Love"
    32 Miley Cyrus " We Can't Stop"
    33 Miley Cyrus " Wrecking Ball"
    34 Bruno Mars " Treasure"
    35 Maroon 5 " Love Somebody"
    36 Selena Gomez " Come & Get It"
    37 Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj " Beauty and a Beat"
    38 Demi Lovato " Heart Attack"
    39 Anna Kendrick " Cups"
    40 Maroon 5 " One More Night"
    41 Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida " Troublemaker"
    42 Drake featuring Majid Jordan " Hold On, We're Going Home"
    43 Jason Derulo " The Other Side"
    44 Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj " Girl on Fire"
    45 Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding " I Need Your Love"
    46 Tegan and Sara " Closer"
    47 Psy " Gangnam Style"
    48 Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch " Sweet Nothing"
    49 Zedd featuring Foxes " Clarity"
    50 Lady Gaga " Applause"
    51 Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake " Holy Grail"
    52 Adele " Skyfall"
    53 fun. " Some Nights"
    54 Imagine Dragons " Demons"
    55 Kesha " Die Young"
    56 Pitbull featuring TJR " Don't Stop the Party"
    57 Tyler Shaw " Kiss Goodnight"
    58 Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z " Suit & Tie"
    59 Lana Del Rey and Cedric Gervais " Summertime Sadness"
    60 Eminem " Berzerk"
    61 Passenger " Let Her Go"
    62 Tegan and Sara " I Was a Fool"
    63 Flo Rida " I Cry"
    64 Kelly Clarkson " Catch My Breath"
    65 Phillip Phillips " Gone, Gone, Gone"
    66 Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies and friends " Boys 'Round Here"
    67 will.i.am featuring Justin Bieber " #thatPOWER"
    68 Hedley " Anything"
    69 fun. " Carry On"
    70 OneRepublic " Counting Stars"
    71 Artists Against Bullying " True Colors"
    72 Fall Out Boy " My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
    73 Pink featuring Lily Allen " True Love"
    74 Ne-Yo " Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"
    75 Daniel Powter "Crazy All My Life"
    76 David Guetta featuring Sia " Titanium"
    77 Metric "Breathing Underwater"
    78 Taylor Swift " 22"
    79 Avril Lavigne " Here's to Never Growing Up"
    80 Darius Rucker " Wagon Wheel"
    81 Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift " Highway Don't Care"
    82 Marianas Trench "Stutter"
    83 Hedley " Kiss You Inside Out"
    84 Down with Webster "One in a Million"
    85 Kesha " C'Mon"
    86 Michael Bublé " It's a Beautiful Day"
    87 Hunter Hayes " I Want Crazy"
    88 Imagine Dragons " It's Time"
    89 Britney Spears " Work Bitch"
    90 Lady Antebellum " Downtown"
    91 Carly Rae Jepsen " Call Me Maybe"
    92 Nicki Minaj " Va Va Voom"
    93 Baauer " Harlem Shake"
    94 Kelly Clarkson " People Like Us"
    95 Blake Shelton " Sure Be Cool If You Did"
    96 Luke Bryan " Crash My Party"
    97 One Direction " Best Song Ever"
    98 Drake " Started from the Bottom"
    99 One Direction " Little Things"
    100 Taylor Swift " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" [72]

    Deaths

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