# 2013 in Canadian music

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

## Events

* January 9 – Adam Gontier, lead singer of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, resigns from the band, citing health concerns.
* February 5 – Silverstein releases their first album with Paul Marc Rousseau as an official member.
* March 10 – 2013 East Coast Music Awards
* April 17 – Steve Jocz, drummer for Sum 41, resigns from the band.
* April 21 – Juno Awards of 2013
* May 25 – Online streaming service CBC Music sponsors the first CBC Music Festival at Ontario Place's new Echo Beach music venue.
* June 13 – Preliminary longlist for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
* July 10 – Mo Kenney and Keith Kouna are named the English and French winners of the 2013 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.
* July 16 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
* September 23 – Godspeed You! Black Emperor's 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! is announced as the winner of the Polaris Music Prize.

## Bands reformed

* Despistado

## Albums released
### A

* Anciients, Heart of Oak
* Arcade Fire, Reflektor – October 28
* Austra, Olympia – June 18

### B

* Jason Bajada, Le résultat de mes bétises
* Alexis Baro, Blue Skin
* Jill Barber, Chansons – January 29
* The Beaches, The Beaches
* Bear Mountain, XO
* Daniel Bélanger, Chic de ville – March 5
* The Besnard Lakes, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO
* The Bicycles, Stop Thinking So Much
* Justin Bieber, Believe Acoustic – January 29
* Bleu Jeans Bleu, Haute couture
* Born Ruffians, Birthmarks – April 16
* Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow – September 30
* Louise Burns, The Midnight Mass – July 9

### C

* Chic Gamine, Closer
* City and Colour, The Hurry and the Harm, June 4
* Classified, Classified – January 22
* The Cliks, Black Tie Elevator
* Corridor, Un magicien en toi
* Counterparts, The Difference Between Hell and Home – July 24
* The Courtneys, The Courtneys – June 7
* Eliana Cuevas, Espejo

### D

* Thomas D'Arcy, What We Want
* The Deep Dark Woods, Jubilee
* Devours, Dignity
* DIANA, Perpetual Surrender
* Céline Dion, Loved Me Back to Life
* Marc Dupré, Nous sommes les mêmes

### E

* Fred Eaglesmith, Tambourine
* Elephant Stone, Elephant Stone

### F

* Stephen Fearing, Between Hurricanes
* Michael Feuerstack, Tambourine Death Bed – May 7
* Freedom Writers, Now
* Fresh Snow, I
* Front Line Assembly, Echogenetic – July 9
* Fur Trade, Don't Get Heavy

### G

* Ghostkeeper, Horse Chief! War Thief!
* Grand Analog, Modern Thunder, August 20
* The Grapes of Wrath, High Road – March 19
* Jim Guthrie, Takes Time – May 7

### H

* Hayden, Us Alone – February 5
* Headstones, Love + Fury – July 23
* The Hidden Cameras, Age
* Hilotrons, At Least There's Commotion – February 5
* Hollerado, White Paint
* Hooded Fang, Gravez

### I

* Imaginary Cities, Fall of Romance – May 28

### K

* k-os, BLack on BLonde – January 29
* Ian Kelly, All These Lines – November 5
* Koriass, Rue des Saules
* Keith Kouna, Le voyage d’hiver
* Aidan Knight, Telecommunicate
* Nicholas Krgovich, Who Cares?

### L

* Mélissa Laveaux, Dying Is a Wild Night
* Avril Lavigne, Avril Lavigne
* Lee Harvey Osmond, The Folk Sinner – January 15
* Light Fires, Light Fires
* Murray Lightburn, Mass:Light
* Lightning Dust, Fantasy
* Rob Lutes, The Bravest Birds

### M

* Greg MacPherson, Fireball – October 29
* Maestro Fresh Wes, Orchestrated Noise – June 25
* Magneta Lane, Witchrock – February 12
* Majical Cloudz, Impersonator – May 21
* Dylan Menzie, Heather Avenue
* Millimetrik, Remix the Rhymes
* Ruth Moody, These Wilder Things

### N

* Naturally Born Strangers, The LegendsLeague Presents: Naturally Born Strangers
* New Country Rehab, Ghost of Your Charms – March 5
* The New Mendicants, Australia 2013 E.P.

### O

* Odds, the Most Beautiful Place on Earth – February 21

### P

* Dorothea Paas, A Thirst

### R

* Corin Raymond, Paper Nickels
* Lee Reed and John P, Written Large
* Amanda Rheaume, Keep a Fire
* Daniel Romano, Come Cry With Me – January 22
* Justin Rutledge, Valleyheart – February 12

### S

* The Sadies, Internal Sounds – September 17
* Sarahmée, Sans détour
* Ron Sexsmith, Forever Endeavour
* Shad, Flying Colours – October 15
* Shotgun Jimmie, Everything Everything
* Silverstein, This Is How the Wind Shifts – February 5
* Skinny Puppy, Weapon – May 28
* SNFU, Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You – October 24
* Rae Spoon, My Prairie Home
* The Strumbellas, We Still Move on Dance Floors – October 22
* Suuns, Images du futur
* Swollen Members, Beautiful Death Machine – March 19

### T

* Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob – January 29
* Tire le coyote, Mitan
* Maylee Todd, Escapology, April 2
* A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation
* Two Hours Traffic, Foolish Blood

### V

* Diyet van Lieshout, When You Were King
* Various Artists, Arts & Crafts: 2003–2013
* Various Artists, Arts & Crafts: X – May 28
* Leif Vollebekk, North Americana
* Lindy Vopnfjörð, Young Waverer

### W

* Martha Wainwright, Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 4 – February 26
* Wake Owl, Wild Country – January 29
* Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers, Southland
* Whitehorse, The Road to Massey Hall – February 15
* Woodpigeon, Thumbtacks + Glue
* Donovan Woods, Don't Get Too Grand – March 26

### Y

* Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, UZU
* Ken Yates, twenty-three
* Young Galaxy, Ultramarine

## 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 |
| 2 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor | 1 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum |
| 3 | Johnny Reid | A Christmas Gift to You | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
| 4 | Michael Bublé | To Be Loved | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
| 5 | Drake | Nothing Was the Same | 1 | 108,000 | Platinum |
| 6 | City and Colour | The Hurry and the Harm | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 7 | Gord Bamford | Christmas in Canada | TBA | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 8 | Hedley | Wild Life | 4 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 9 | Justin Bieber | Believe Acoustic | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 10 | Various Artists | MuchDance 2014 | N/A | 80,000 | Platinum |

### Top 10 International albums

| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
| 1 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | 1 | 320,000 | 4× Platinum |
| 2 | Various Artists | Frozen | 1 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum |
| 3 | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
| 4 | Katy Perry | Prism | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
| 5 | Lorde | Pure Heroine | 2 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
| 6 | Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
| 7 | Avicii | True | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 8 | The Beatles | On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 | TBA | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 9 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 10 | Black Sabbath | 13 | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum |

### 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 | 9× Platinum |
| 2 | Pitbull featuring Kesha | "Timber" | Meltdown | 1 | 560,000 | 7× Platinum |
| 3 | Avicii | "Wake Me Up" | True | 2 | 523,000 | Platinum |
| 4 | A Great Big World | "Say Something (A Great Big World song)" | Is There Anybody Out There? | 1 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum |
| 5 | Pink featuring Nate Ruess | "Just Give Me a Reason" | The Truth About Love | 1 | 499,000 | 6× Platinum |
| 6 | Lorde | "Royals" | Pure Heroine | 1 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum |
| 7 | OneRepublic | "Counting Stars" | Native | 1 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum |
| 8 | Passenger | "Let Her Go" | All the Little Lights | 5 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum |
| 9 | Pharrell Williams | "Happy" | G I R L | 1 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum |
| 10 | Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams | "Get Lucky" | Random Access Memories | 1 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum |

### 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" |

## Deaths

* January 7 – Kent Abbott, 32, rock musician (Grade)
* January 15 – Yuli Turovsky, 73, Russian-born conductor and cellist (I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra)
* January 25 – Normand Corbeil, 56, composer
* March 6 – Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, country singer-songwriter
* April 16 – Rita MacNeil, 68, country and folk singer-songwriter
* April 17 – George Beverly Shea, 104, gospel musician
* May 5 – Greg Quill, 66, Australian-born musician and music critic for the Toronto Star
* May 8 – Bill Langstroth, 81, country music producer (Singalong Jubilee), inducted into Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2011).
* June 2 – Mario Bernardi, 82, conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra
* June 3 – Chris Levoir, 31, singer and guitarist for The Mark Inside
* August 18 – Wes Dakus, 75, rock and rockabilly musician