# List of 2013 albums

The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2013. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
For additional information about bands formed, reformed, or disbanded, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2013 in music.

## First quarter
### January

List of albums released in January 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| January 1 | Girls' Generation | I Got a Boy | K-pop | SM | |
| January 2 | Skrillex | Leaving | Electronic, dubstep, garage | Owsla | |
| January 8 | Black Veil Brides | Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones | Glam metal, hard rock | Lava, Universal Republic | |
| January 8 | Dropkick Murphys | Signed and Sealed in Blood | Celtic punk | Born & Bred | |
| January 8 | Hollywood Undead | Notes from the Underground | Rap rock, alternative rock, alternative hip hop | A&M Octone | |
| January 8 | Twenty One Pilots | Vessel | Electropop, indie pop, rap rock | Fueled by Ramen | |
| January 11 | New Order | Lost Sirens | | Rhino | |
| January 13 | Tiny Moving Parts | This Couch is Long & Full of Friendship | | Kind of Like Records | |
| January 14 | Everything Everything | Arc | Art rock, indie rock | RCA, Sony Music | |
| January 15 | ASAP Rocky | Long. Live. ASAP | Hip hop | ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA | |
| January 15 | Free Energy | Love Sign | Pop, rock | Free Energy | |
| January 15 | Yo La Tengo | Fade | Indie rock | Matador | |
| January 16 | Sarah Brightman | Dreamchaser | Classical crossover | Simha LLC | |
| January 16 | Toro y Moi | Anything in Return | Synth-pop, indie pop, house | Carpark | |
| January 18 | Helloween | Straight Out of Hell | Power metal | The End | |
| January 21 | Adam Ant | Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter | Rock, pop rock, post-punk | Blueblack Hussar | |
| January 21 | The Blackout | Start the Party | Post-hardcore, hard rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| January 21 | I Am Kloot | Let It All In | | Shepherd Moon LLP | |
| January 21 | The Joy Formidable | Wolf's Law | Alternative rock, dream pop | Atlantic | |
| January 21 | Ludovico Einaudi | In a Time Lapse | Contemporary classical | Decca | |
| January 22 | Aaron Neville | My True Story | R&B, soul | Blue Note | |
| January 22 | Bad Religion | True North | Punk rock, melodic hardcore | Epitaph | |
| January 22 | Classified | Classified | Hip hop | Halflife Records, Universal Music Canada | |
| January 22 | Fidlar | Fidlar | Skate punk, garage punk, surf punk | Mom + Pop, Wichita, Dine Alone | |
| January 22 | Foxygen | We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic | Pop, psychedelic rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| January 22 | Gary Allan | Set You Free | Country | MCA Nashville | |
| January 22 | Nosaj Thing | Home | Electronic music, instrumental hip hop | Innovative Leisure, Timetable | |
| January 22 | Otep | Hydra | Alternative metal, nu metal | Victory | |
| January 22 | Ra Ra Riot | Beta Love | Indie rock, indie pop, electronica | Barsuk | |
| January 22 | Trapt | Reborn | Alternative rock, alternative metal, post-grunge | EMI | |
| January 22 | Voivod | Target Earth | Progressive metal, thrash metal | Century Media | |
| January 25 | Blue | Roulette | Pop, R&B, electropop | Island, Blueworld Records | |
| January 28 | Biffy Clyro | Opposites | Alternative rock | 14th Floor | |
| January 28 | Delphic | Collections | Alternative dance | Polydor | |
| January 28 | Funeral for a Friend | Conduit | Post-hardcore, hardcore punk | Distiller Records | |
| January 29 | Adam Green & Binki Shapiro | Adam Green & Binki Shapiro | | Rounder | |
| January 29 | Andrea Bocelli | Passione | Pop, traditional pop, Latin | Verve, Decca, Sugar Music | |
| January 29 | Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite | Get Up! | Blues rock | Stax | |
| January 29 | Cakes da Killa | The Eulogy | | Mishka NYC | |
| January 29 | Colton Dixon | A Messenger | CCM, rock | Sparrow, 19 | |
| January 29 | Jill Barber | Chansons | Jazz, pop | Outside Music | |
| January 29 | Justin Bieber | Believe Acoustic | Pop | Schoolboy, RBMG, Island | |
| January 29 | k-os | Black on Blonde | Alternative hip hop, rock | Crown Loyalist, EMI | |
| January 29 | Local Natives | Hummingbird | Indie rock | Infectious, Frenchkiss | |
| January 29 | Tegan and Sara | Heartthrob | Synth-pop | Vapor, Warner Bros. | |
| January 29 | Tomahawk | Oddfellows | Hard rock | Ipecac | |

### February

List of albums released in February 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| February 2 | My Bloody Valentine | m b v | Noise pop, shoegazing | m b v | |
| February 4 | Courteeners | Anna | Indie rock | PIAS Cooperative | |
| February 4 | Eels | Wonderful, Glorious | Indie rock | Vagrant | |
| February 4 | Frightened Rabbit | Pedestrian Verse | Indie rock | Atlantic | |
| February 4 | Heaven's Basement | Filthy Empire | Hard rock | Red Bull | |
| February 4 | Pure Love | Anthems | Alternative rock, garage rock, punk rock | Vertigo, Mercury | |
| February 5 | The Bronx | The Bronx (2013 album) | Hardcore punk, hard rock | White Drugs, ATO | |
| February 5 | Coheed and Cambria | The Afterman: Descension | Progressive rock, alternative rock | Hundred Handed/Everything Evil Inc. | |
| February 5 | Hayden | Us Alone | Indie folk | Arts & Crafts | |
| February 5 | Jim James | Regions of Light and Sound of God | Alternative rock, indie rock | ATO | |
| February 5 | Joe Budden | No Love Lost | Hip hop | E1, Mood Muzik | |
| February 5 | Josh Groban | All That Echoes | Operatic pop, classical | Reprise | |
| February 5 | Red | Release the Panic | Post-grunge, Christian metal | Essential, Sony Music | |
| February 5 | Ron Sexsmith | Forever Endeavour | Rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| February 5 | Silverstein | This Is How the Wind Shifts | Post-hardcore, emo | Hopeless | |
| February 5 | Tim McGraw | Two Lanes of Freedom | Country | Big Machine | |
| February 5 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | II | Indie rock, psychedelic rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| February 8 | Bullet for My Valentine | Temper Temper | Melodic metalcore, heavy metal | RCA | |
| February 11 | Darwin Deez | Songs for Imaginative People | Indie rock | Lucky Number Music | |
| February 11 | Foals | Holy Fire | Indie rock, math rock | Transgressive | |
| February 12 | Justin Rutledge | Valleyheart | Alternative country | Outside Music | |
| February 12 | Lisa Germano | No Elephants | | Badman Recording Co. | |
| February 12 | Ras Kass | Barmageddon | | Cre8yte Corporation | |
| February 15 | Lowrider | Black Stones | | Illusive | |
| February 18 | Girls Names | The New Life | | Tough Love Records | |
| February 18 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Push the Sky Away | Alternative rock | Bad Seed Ltd. | |
| February 19 | Atlas Genius | When It Was Now | Indie rock, indietronica | Warner Bros. | |
| February 19 | Buckcherry | Confessions | Hard rock | Century Media, Eleven Seven | |
| February 19 | Czarface | Czarface | Hip hop | Brick Records | |
| February 19 | Psychic Ills | One Track Mind | | Sacred Bones | |
| February 19 | Puscifer | Donkey Punch the Night | Alternative rock | Puscifer Entertainment | |
| February 19 | Strfkr | Miracle Mile | Indie rock, synth-pop | Polyvinyl | |
| February 19 | Wednesday 13 | The Dixie Dead | Horror punk | Wednesday 13 LLC | |
| February 22 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Eyes Like the Sky | Garage rock | Flightless | |
| February 22 | Stratovarius | Nemesis | Power metal, symphonic metal | Edel | |
| February 25 | Atoms for Peace | Amok | Experimental rock, electronica | XL | |
| February 25 | Darkthrone | The Underground Resistance | Heavy metal, speed metal, thrash metal | Peaceville | |
| February 25 | Ed Harcourt | Back into the Woods | British rock | Piano Wolf Records, CCCLX | |
| February 25 | Johnny Marr | The Messenger | Alternative rock | Warner Bros. | |
| February 25 | Killah Priest | The Psychic World of Walter Reed | Hip hop | Proverbs Records | |
| February 25 | Ólafur Arnalds | For Now I Am Winter | | | |
| February 25 | Palma Violets | 180 | Indie rock | Rough Trade | |
| February 25 | Steven Wilson | The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) | Progressive rock | Kscope | |
| February 26 | Cappadonna | Eyrth, Wynd and Fyre | Hip hop | RBC | |
| February 26 | The Mavericks | In Time | Americana, neotraditional country, Tex-Mex | Valory | |
| February 27 | Hardcore Superstar | C'mon Take on Me | Hard rock | Nuclear Blast | |

### March

List of albums released in March 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| March 1 | Lordi | To Beast or Not to Beast | Hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock | Sony Music, AFM, The End | |
| March 1 | Rhye | Woman | Alternative R&B, downtempo, soul | Polydor | |
| March 1 | Saxon | Sacrifice | Heavy metal | UDR | |
| March 4 | Bastille | Bad Blood | Indie pop, indie rock, alternative rock | Virgin | |
| March 4 | Charlotte Church | Two | Indie pop, alternative rock, gothic rock | Alligator Wine | |
| March 4 | Dido | Girl Who Got Away | Electronic, pop, house | RCA | |
| March 4 | Inna | Party Never Ends | EDM | Roton | |
| March 4 | Stereophonics | Graffiti on the Train | Alternative rock, rock, pop rock | Ignition | |
| March 5 | Dirty South | Speed of Life | Electro house, progressive house | Phazing Records | |
| March 5 | How to Destroy Angels | Welcome Oblivion | Post-industrial, electronica | Columbia | |
| March 5 | They Might Be Giants | Nanobots | Alternative rock, art pop | Idlewild, Lojinx | |
| March 5 | Youth Lagoon | Wondrous Bughouse | Art pop, neo-psychedelia | Fat Possum | |
| March 6 | One Ok Rock | Jinsei×Boku= | Alternative rock, post-hardcore | A-Sketch | |
| March 8 | Bon Jovi | What About Now | Soft rock | Island | |
| March 8 | Bonnie Tyler | Rocks and Honey | Country, pop, rock | ZYX Music | |
| March 8 | David Bowie | The Next Day | Art rock | ISO Records, Columbia | |
| March 8 | Hurts | Exile | Synth-pop, electronic rock | Major Label | |
| March 11 | John Grant | Pale Green Ghosts | Synth-pop, soft rock | Bella Union | |
| March 12 | Audio Adrenaline | Kings & Queens | Christian contemporary, Christian alternative rock | Fair Trade | |
| March 12 | Devendra Banhart | Mala | Indie folk, folk, alternative | Nonesuch | |
| March 12 | Eric Clapton | Old Sock | Blues, rock, blues rock | Surfdog, Duck Records, Polydor | |
| March 12 | Orianthi | Heaven in This Hell | Hard rock, blues rock, country rock | Robo Records | |
| March 15 | Clutch | Earth Rocker | Stoner rock, blues rock | Weathermaker Music | |
| March 15 | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience | Neo soul, R&B | RCA | |
| March 15 | Karl Bartos | Off the Record | Synth-pop | Bureau B | |
| March 18 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Specter at the Feast | Indie rock, alternative rock | Abstract Dragon | |
| March 18 | Daughter | If You Leave | Indie folk, shoegaze | 4AD | |
| March 18 | Davichi | Mystic Ballad | R&B | Core Contents Media | |
| March 18 | Dear Reader | Rivonia | Folk-pop | City Slang | |
| March 18 | Intronaut | Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones) | Progressive metal, post-metal | Century Media | |
| March 18 | Suede | Bloodsports | Glam pop, alternative rock | Warner Bros. | |
| March 18 | Woodkid | The Golden Age | Orchestral pop | Green United Music | |
| March 19 | Anthrax | Anthems | Heavy metal, hard rock | Megaforce, Nuclear Blast | |
| March 19 | Draco Rosa | Vida | Rock en español, Latin pop, alternative rock | Sony Music Latin | |
| March 19 | Hope for the Dying | Aletheia | Christian metal | Facedown | |
| March 19 | Julieta Venegas | Los Momentos | Electropop | Sony Music | |
| March 19 | Kacey Musgraves | Same Trailer Different Park | Country | Mercury Nashville | |
| March 19 | Low | The Invisible Way | Indie rock, slowcore | Sub Pop | |
| March 19 | Marnie Stern | The Chronicles of Marnia | Experimental rock, indie rock | Kill Rock Stars | |
| March 19 | The Ocean Blue | Ultramarine | | Korda Records | |
| March 19 | Prurient | Through the Window | Techno, noise | Blackest Ever Black | |
| March 21 | Infinite | New Challenge | K-pop | Woollim | |
| March 22 | Depeche Mode | Delta Machine | Electropop | Columbia | |
| March 22 | Lil Wayne | I Am Not a Human Being II | Hip hop | Young Money, Cash Money, Republic | |
| March 22 | Northlane | Singularity | Metalcore, progressive metal | UNFD | |
| March 25 | Alizée | 5 | | Sony Music | |
| March 25 | The Color Morale | Know Hope | Post-hardcore, math rock, hardcore punk | Rise | |
| March 25 | Kvelertak | Meir | Hardcore punk | Sony Music, Roadrunner | |
| March 25 | Nadia Sirota | Baroque | Classical | Bedroom Community | |
| March 25 | OneRepublic | Native | Pop rock, pop | Mosley, Interscope | |
| March 25 | Peace | In Love | Indie rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock | Columbia | |
| March 25 | Wire | Change Becomes Us | Post-punk | Pink Flag | |
| March 26 | Avantasia | The Mystery of Time | Symphonic metal, power metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| March 26 | Blake Shelton | Based on a True Story... | Country | Warner Bros. Nashville | |
| March 26 | Cartel | Collider | Rock, pop rock | | |
| March 26 | Senses Fail | Renacer | Post-hardcore | Staple Records | |
| March 26 | Sevendust | Black Out the Sun | Alternative metal, nu metal | Asylum | |
| March 26 | The Story So Far | What You Don't See | Pop-punk | Pure Noise | |
| March 26 | The Strokes | Comedown Machine | Indie rock | RCA | |
| March 26 | Stryper | Second Coming | Christian metal, heavy metal | Frontiers Music | |
| March 26 | Suicidal Tendencies | 13 | Crossover thrash | Suicidal | |
| March 26 | Wavves | Afraid of Heights | Alternative rock, indie rock, pop punk | Ghost Ramp, Mom + Pop Music, Warner Bros. | |
| March 27 | Ana Popović | Can You Stand the Heat | Blues, jazz, funk | ArtisteXclusive records | |
| March 27 | Army of Lovers | Big Battle of Egos | Dance, pop | Sofo Records | |
| March 29 | Carla Bruni | Little French Songs | Chanson | Teorema, Verve | |

## Second quarter
### April

List of albums released in April 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| April 1 | The Black Angels | Indigo Meadow | Psychedelic rock | Blue Horizon | |
| April 1 | Bring Me the Horizon | Sempiternal | Metalcore, post-hardcore | RCA | |
| April 1 | British Sea Power | Machineries of Joy | Alternative rock | Rough Trade | |
| April 1 | The Flaming Lips | The Terror | Experimental rock | Warner Bros. | |
| April 1 | Wiley | The Ascent | Hip hop, dance, grime | Warner Music | |
| April 2 | Alkaline Trio | My Shame Is True | Punk rock, pop punk | Heart & Skull, Epitaph | |
| April 2 | The Band Perry | Pioneer | Country | Republic Nashville | |
| April 2 | Charles Bradley | Victim of Love | Soul | Daptone, Dunham Records | |
| April 2 | Cold War Kids | Dear Miss Lonelyhearts | Indie rock | Downtown, V2 | |
| April 2 | The Dear Hunter | Migrant | Indie rock, progressive rock | Equal Vision | |
| April 2 | Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine | White People and the Damage Done | Hardcore punk | Alternative Tentacles | |
| April 2 | Killswitch Engage | Disarm the Descent | Metalcore, | Roadrunner | |
| April 2 | New Kids on the Block | 10 | Pop, dance-pop, pop rock | The Block/Boston Five, Columbia | |
| April 2 | Tyler, the Creator | Wolf | Alternative hip hop | Odd Future | |
| April 5 | James Blake | Overgrown | R&B, electronic, soul | A&M, Polydor | |
| April 5 | The Knife | Shaking the Habitual | Electronic | Rabid, Mute | |
| April 5 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | English Electric | Synth-pop | Sony BMG | |
| April 5 | Paramore | Paramore | Rock, punk | Fueled by Ramen | |
| April 5 | Volbeat | Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies | Hard rock | Vertigo | |
| April 8 | Big Country | The Journey | Alternative rock, Celtic rock | Cherry Red | |
| April 8 | Deez Nuts | Bout It! | Hardcore punk | Century Media, UNFD | |
| April 9 | Brad Paisley | Wheelhouse | Country | Arista Nashville | |
| April 9 | Device | Device | Hard rock, industrial metal | Warner Bros. | |
| April 9 | Stone Sour | House of Gold & Bones – Part 2 | Alternative metal, hard rock | Roadrunner | |
| April 9 | Tyga | Hotel California | Hip hop | Young Money, Cash Money, Republic | |
| April 10 | Big K.R.I.T. | King Remembered in Time | Hip hop | Cinematic | |
| April 10 | Bobby McFerrin | SpiritYouAll | | Sony Masterworks | |
| April 10 | Ghost | Infestissumam | Heavy metal, doom metal | Sonet, Loma Vista | |
| April 12 | Angel | About Time | R&B, hip hop, grime | Island, Republic, Universal | |
| April 12 | Charli XCX | True Romance | Synth-pop, dark wave | Asylum, Atlantic | |
| April 12 | Fall Out Boy | Save Rock and Roll | Pop rock | Island | |
| April 12 | Kid Cudi | Indicud | Hip hop, alternative hip hop | Wicked Awesome, GOOD Music, Republic | |
| April 12 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Mosquito | Art rock | Interscope | |
| April 15 | LeAnn Rimes | Spitfire | Country, pop, rock | Curb | |
| April 15 | Marsheaux | Inhale | Electronica, synth-pop | Undo Records | |
| April 15 | Michael Bublé | To Be Loved | Traditional pop | Reprise, 143 | |
| April 15 | Sulk | Graceless | Psychedelic rock, shoegazing | Perfect Sound Forever | |
| April 16 | Ghostface Killah | Twelve Reasons to Die | Hip hop | Soul Temple Records, RED | |
| April 16 | Iron & Wine | Ghost on Ghost | Indie pop, indie folk, jazz | Nonesuch, 4AD | |
| April 16 | Major Lazer | Free the Universe | EDM, dubstep, bounce | Mad Decent | |
| April 16 | Meat Puppets | Rat Farm | Alternative rock | Megaforce | |
| April 16 | Snow White's Poison Bite | Featuring: Dr. Gruesome and the Gruesome Gory Horror Show | | Victory | |
| April 16 | The Summer Set | Legendary | Country pop, emo pop, pop | Fearless | |
| April 19 | Fantasia Barrino | Side Effects of You | R&B, soul | RCA, 19 | |
| April 19 | Gama Bomb | The Terror Tapes | Thrash metal, crossover thrash | AFM | |
| April 19 | Phoenix | Bankrupt! | Indie rock | Glassnote | |
| April 19 | will.i.am | #willpower | Hip hop, dance-pop | will.i.am, Interscope | |
| April 22 | Andrew Bayer | If It Were You, We'd Never Leave | Trance, progressive house | Anjunabeats | |
| April 22 | Frank Turner | Tape Deck Heart | Folk rock | Xtra Mile | |
| April 22 | Josh Kumra | Good Things Come to Those Who Don't Wait | Pop rock | RCA | |
| April 22 | The Neighbourhood | I Love You | Indie rock | Columbia | |
| April 23 | Laura Stevenson | Wheel | Folk | Don Giovanni | |
| April 23 | Lori McKenna | Massachusetts | Folk | Signature Sounds | |
| April 23 | Rob Zombie | Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor | | Zodiac Swan Records, T-Boy Records, Universal Music Enterprises | |
| April 23 | Snoop Lion | Reincarnated | Reggae fusion, dancehall, reggae | Mad Decent, Vice, RCA | |
| April 26 | Deep Purple | Now What?! | Progressive metal | earMUSIC | |
| April 26 | HIM | Tears on Tape | Hard rock | Universal | |
| April 26 | The Ocean | Pelagial | Progressive metal, post-metal, sludge metal | Metal Blade | |
| April 29 | Bo Bruce | Before I Sleep | Indie pop, trip hop | Mercury | |
| April 29 | Rudimental | Home | Drum and bass | Asylum | |
| April 30 | The Airborne Toxic Event | Such Hot Blood | Indie rock, alternative rock | Island | |
| April 30 | Chance the Rapper | Acid Rap | Hip hop | | |
| April 30 | Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! | Pardon My French | Pop punk, metalcore | Fearless | |
| April 30 | Jessica Sanchez | Me, You & the Music | Pop | Interscope, 19 | |
| April 30 | Kenny Chesney | Life on a Rock | Country | Blue Chair, Columbia Nashville | |
| April 30 | Lights | Siberia Acoustic | pop | Universal, Last Gang | |
| April 30 | LL Cool J | Authentic | Hip hop | S-BRO Music Group, 429 | |
| April 30 | Os Mutantes | Fool Metal Jack | Psychedelic rock | Krian Music Group | |
| April 30 | Rittz | The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant | Hip hop | Strange Music | |
| April 30 | The Stooges | Ready to Die | Garage rock | Fat Possum | |
| April 30 | Streetlight Manifesto | The Hands That Thieve | Ska punk | Pentimento, Victory | |

### May

List of albums released in May 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| May 3 | Armin van Buuren | Intense | Trance | Armada Music | |
| May 3 | Little Boots | Nocturnes | Synth-pop, nu-disco, house | On Repeat | |
| May 3 | Rod Stewart | Time | Rock | Capitol | |
| May 5 | Knife Party | Haunted House | Dubstep | Earstorm, Big Beat | |
| May 5 | The Winery Dogs | The Winery Dogs | Hard rock, blues rock | WHD, Loud & Proud, earMUSIC | |
| May 6 | Benga | Chapter II | Bass music, dubstep | Sony Music | |
| May 6 | Emmelie de Forest | Only Teardrops | Pop | Universal | |
| May 6 | Hugh Laurie | Didn't It Rain | Blues | Warner Bros. | |
| May 6 | Lady Antebellum | Golden | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| May 6 | New Device | Here We Stand | Hard rock | Southwold Recordings | |
| May 6 | Noah and the Whale | Heart of Nowhere | Indie pop | Mercury | |
| May 6 | Savages | Silence Yourself | Alternative rock | Matador, Pop Noire | |
| May 6 | Suicide Commando | When Evil Speaks | Aggrotech | Out of Line Music | |
| May 6 | Various artists | The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film | Hip hop, jazz | Interscope | |
| May 7 | 98 Degrees | 2.0 | Pop | eOne Music | |
| May 7 | Fitz and the Tantrums | More Than Just a Dream | Indie pop | Elektra | |
| May 7 | Havoc | 13 | Hip hop | Nature Sounds | |
| May 7 | Joe Satriani | Unstoppable Momentum | Instrumental rock | Epic | |
| May 7 | Justice | Access All Arenas | Electronic rock, electro house | Ed Banger | |
| May 7 | Logic | Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever | Hip hop | Visionary | |
| May 7 | Natalie Maines | Mother | Pop rock | Columbia | |
| May 7 | Patty Griffin | American Kid | Americana | New West | |
| May 7 | She & Him | Volume 3 | Indie pop, alternative country | Merge, Double Six | |
| May 7 | Talib Kweli | Prisoner of Conscious | Hip hop, conscious hip hop | Javotti Media, EMI, Capitol | |
| May 7 | Yuna | Sixth Street EP | | Verve | |
| May 9 | Nine Muses | Wild | | Star Empire | |
| May 10 | Agnetha Fältskog | A | Pop, easy listening | Universal | |
| May 10 | Demi Lovato | Demi | Pop | Hollywood | |
| May 10 | MS MR | Secondhand Rapture | Indie pop, alternative rock | Columbia | |
| May 13 | Gabrielle Aplin | English Rain | Folk pop | Parlophone | |
| May 13 | Primal Scream | More Light | Indie rock | Ignition Records | |
| May 14 | Anamanaguchi | Endless Fantasy | Chiptune | dream.hax, Alcopop! | |
| May 14 | Classixx | Hanging Gardens | Nu-disco | Innovative Leisure | |
| May 14 | The Dillinger Escape Plan | One of Us Is the Killer | Mathcore | Sumerian | |
| May 14 | Escape the Fate | Ungrateful | Metalcore, hard rock | Eleven Seven | |
| May 14 | Eve | Lip Lock | Hip hop | From The Rib, RED | |
| May 14 | Mindless Self Indulgence | How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence | Electropunk, industrial hip hop | Uppity Cracker | |
| May 14 | Pop Evil | Onyx | Hard rock | eOne Music | |
| May 14 | Trace Adkins | Love Will... | Country | Show Dog-Universal Music | |
| May 14 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City | Indie rock, art pop | XL | |
| May 14 | The Wonder Years | The Greatest Generation | Pop-punk | Hopeless | |
| May 16 | On Bodies | The Long Con | | Coffeebreath and Heartache Records, Irish VooDoo Records | |
| May 17 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | Disco | Columbia | |
| May 17 | The National | Trouble Will Find Me | Alternative rock | 4AD | |
| May 20 | Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa | Seesaw | Blues rock | J&R Adventures | |
| May 20 | Palisades | Outcasts | Post-hardcore | Rise | |
| May 20 | Sound of Contact | Dimensionaut | Progressive rock | Inside Out Music | |
| May 20 | Texas | The Conversation | Alternative rock | PIAS | |
| May 20 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams | Experimental rock, art rock, electronic rock | Virgin | |
| May 20 | Visage | Hearts and Knives | Rock, synth-pop | Blitz Club | |
| May 21 | Airbourne | Black Dog Barking | Hard rock | Roadrunner | |
| May 21 | Darius Rucker | True Believers | Country | Capitol Records Nashville | |
| May 21 | French Montana | Excuse My French | Hip hop | Bad Boy, Maybach, Interscope | |
| May 21 | New Politics | A Bad Girl in Harlem | Alternative rock | RCA | |
| May 21 | Tesla Boy | The Universe Made of Darkness | Synth-pop, new wave | Gorby Reagan Records | |
| May 23 | Tricky | False Idols | Trip hop | !K7 | |
| May 24 | Kylesa | Ultraviolet | Sludge metal, psychedelic rock | Season of Mist | |
| May 27 | Akala | The Thieves Banquet | Hip hop, R&B | Illa State Records | |
| May 27 | Christopher Lee | Charlemagne: The Omens of Death | Heavy metal, death metal | Charlemagne Productions Ltd. | |
| May 27 | CocoRosie | Tales of a GrassWidow | Electronic | City Slang | |
| May 27 | Laura Marling | Once I Was an Eagle | Indie folk, folk rock | Virgin | |
| May 27 | Stooshe | London with the Lights On | R&B | Warner Music UK, Future Cut | |
| May 27 | Tesseract | Altered State | Progressive metal | Century Media | |
| May 28 | Alice in Chains | The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here | Alternative metal, doom metal, sludge metal | Capitol | |
| May 28 | Baths | Obsidian | Electronic pop, synth-pop | Anticon | |
| May 28 | The-Dream | IV Play | R&B | Radio Killa, Def Jam | |
| May 28 | Frankie J | Faith, Hope y Amor | Latin | Universal Music Latino | |
| May 28 | Skinny Puppy | Weapon | Electro-industrial | Metropolis | |
| May 29 | Children of Bodom | Halo of Blood | Melodic death metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| May 31 | Disclosure | Settle | House, dance | PMR, Island | |
| May 31 | Milky Chance | Sadnecessary | Folktronica | Lichtdicht | |

### June

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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| June 1 | Agnez Mo | Agnez Mo | Pop, R&B | Entertainment Inc. | |
| June 2 | Lenka | Shadows | Pop, indie pop | Skipalong Records | |
| June 3 | Camera Obscura | Desire Lines | Indie pop | 4AD | |
| June 3 | iamamiwhoami | Bounty | Electropop, experimental pop | To whom it may concern., PIAS Cooperative | |
| June 3 | Jon Hopkins | Immunity | Electronic, tech house, IDM | Domino | |
| June 3 | Miles Kane | Don't Forget Who You Are | Indie rock | Columbia | |
| June 3 | Queens of the Stone Age | ...Like Clockwork | Stoner rock, alternative rock, hard rock | Matador | |
| June 4 | Barenaked Ladies | Grinning Streak | Alternative rock | Vanguard | |
| June 4 | Big Black Delta | Big Black Delta | Electronic, indie rock | Master of Bates Records | |
| June 4 | Capital Cities | In a Tidal Wave of Mystery | Indie pop, synth-pop | Lazy Hooks, Capitol | |
| June 4 | City and Colour | The Hurry and the Harm | Alternative rock | Dine Alone, Cooking Vinyl | |
| June 4 | Eleanor Friedberger | Personal Record | Indie pop | Merge | |
| June 4 | Frankie & The Heartstrings | The Days Run Away | Indie rock | Wichita | |
| June 4 | Future Bible Heroes | Partygoing | Synth-pop, Electropop | Merge | |
| June 4 | George Benson | Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole | Jazz | Concord Jazz | |
| June 4 | The Maine | Forever Halloween | Rock, alternative rock | Eighty One Twenty Three | |
| June 4 | Matthew Morrison | Where It All Began | Jazz soul, pop standards | 222 | |
| June 4 | Megadeth | Super Collider | Heavy metal, hard rock | Tradecraft, Universal | |
| June 4 | Portugal. The Man | Evil Friends | Psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, progressive rock | Atlantic | |
| June 4 | Rogue Wave | Nightingale Floors | Indie rock, alternative rock | Vagrant | |
| June 4 | Sleeping with Sirens | Feel | Post-hardcore, alternative rock | Rise | |
| June 5 | Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest | Electronica | Warp | |
| June 7 | Andrew Stockdale | Keep Moving | Hard rock, blues rock, neo-psychedelia | Universal, Caroline, Island | |
| June 7 | The Lonely Island | The Wack Album | Comedy hip hop | Republic | |
| June 7 | Mark Owen | The Art of Doing Nothing | Pop, electronic | Polydor | |
| June 10 | Black Sabbath | 13 | Doom metal, blues rock | Vertigo, Universal | |
| June 10 | Beady Eye | BE | Rock | Beady Eye, Columbia | |
| June 10 | Goo Goo Dolls | Magnetic | Pop rock | Warner Bros. | |
| June 10 | KT Tunstall | Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon | Acoustic rock, folk rock | Virgin EMI, Universal Records, Blue Note | |
| June 10 | Neils Children | Dimly Lit | Psychedelia, hauntology, neo-psychedelia | Boudoir Moderne | |
| June 10 | Status Quo | Bula Quo! | Rock | Fourth Chord Records | |
| June 11 | Big D and the Kids Table | Stomp | Ska punk | Strictly Rude | |
| June 11 | Big D and the Kids Table | Stroll | Reggae, dub | Strictly Rude | |
| June 11 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | Dance-rock | Nick, Columbia | |
| June 11 | The Black Dahlia Murder | Everblack | Melodic death metal | Metal Blade | |
| June 11 | Deafheaven | Sunbather | Blackgaze, post-metal, atmospheric black metal | Deathwish | |
| June 11 | Full of Hell | Rudiments of Mutilation | Grindcore, powerviolence, sludge metal | A389 Records | |
| June 11 | Helen Marnie | Crystal World | Electronic | | |
| June 11 | Jason Isbell | Southeastern | Alternative country, Americana | Southeastern | |
| June 11 | Jimmy Eat World | Damage | Alternative rock, power pop | RCA | |
| June 11 | Sandy | Sim | | Universal | |
| June 11 | Scale the Summit | The Migration | Progressive metal, progressive rock | Prosthetic | |
| June 12 | Sigur Rós | Kveikur | Post-rock | XL | |
| June 14 | Kelly Rowland | Talk a Good Game | R&B | Republic | |
| June 14 | Studio Killers | Studio Killers | Synth-pop | Studio Killers Records | |
| June 17 | Zomby | With Love | UK garage, dubstep | 4AD | |
| June 18 | 3OH!3 | Omens | Dance-pop | Photo Finish, Atlantic | |
| June 18 | Falling in Reverse | Fashionably Late | Post-hardcore, pop punk | Epitaph | |
| June 18 | Green River Ordinance | Chasing Down the Wind | Country | | |
| June 18 | Hanson | Anthem | Pop rock | 3CG | |
| June 18 | J. Cole | Born Sinner | Hip hop, R&B | Dreamville, Roc Nation, Columbia | |
| June 18 | Kanye West | Yeezus | Hip hop | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | |
| June 18 | Mac Miller | Watching Movies with the Sound Off | Hip hop | Rostrum | |
| June 18 | Mala Rodríguez | Bruja | R&B, hip hop | Universal Music | |
| June 18 | Statik Selektah | Extended Play | Hip hop | Showoff Records, Duck Down Music | |
| June 18 | The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die | Whenever, If Ever | Emo, indie rock, post-hardcore | Topshelf | |
| June 19 | Freddie Gibbs | ESGN | Hip hop | ESGN | |
| June 24 | Bosnian Rainbows | Bosnian Rainbows | Alternative rock | Clouds Hill | |
| June 24 | Deap Vally | Sistrionix | Garage rock | Island | |
| June 24 | Forever the Sickest Kids | J.A.C.K. | Pop-punk, pop rock | Fearless | |
| June 24 | Tom Odell | Long Way Down | Folk, indie pop | Columbia | |
| June 25 | Attila | About That Life | Metalcore | Artery | |
| June 25 | August Burns Red | Rescue & Restore | Metalcore | Solid State | |
| June 25 | Hawthorne Heights | Zero | Alternative rock, emo, post-hardcore | Red Entertainment | |
| June 25 | Middle Class Rut | Pick Up Your Head | Alternative rock | Bright Antenna | |
| June 25 | Skillet | Rise | Christian metal, hard rock | Word, Atlantic | |
| June 25 | Smith Westerns | Soft Will | | Mom + Pop Music | |
| June 25 | Transplants | In a Warzone | Punk rock, rap rock | Epitaph | |
| June 25 | Wale | The Gifted | Hip hop | Maybach Music, Atlantic | |
| June 25 | Willie Nile | American Ride | Rock | Loud & Proud | |
| June 26 | Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels | Hip hop | Fool's Gold | |
| June 28 | Bell X1 | Chop Chop | Rock | BellyUp Records | |
| June 28 | Bliss n Eso | Circus in the Sky | Hip hop | Illusive Sounds, Liberation Music | |
| June 28 | Editors | The Weight of Your Love | Post-punk revival | PIAS | |
| June 28 | Sirenia | Perils of the Deep Blue | Gothic metal, symphonic metal, doom metal | Nuclear Blast | |

## Third quarter
### July

List of albums released in July 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| July 2 | Belinda | Catarsis | Pop, electropop, dance-pop | Capitol Latin, Universal Music Latin | |
| July 2 | Maya Jane Coles | Comfort | Deep house, tech house, trip hop | I/Am/Me | |
| July 2 | Pretty Lights | A Color Map of the Sun | Electronica | Pretty Lights Music | |
| July 2 | Relient K | Collapsible Lung | Alternative rock, pop rock | Mono vs Stereo | |
| July 4 | Jay-Z | Magna Carta Holy Grail | Hip hop | Roc-A-Fella, Roc Nation | |
| July 5 | Ciara | Ciara | R&B | Epic | |
| July 5 | Skylar Grey | Don't Look Down | Pop, hip hop | Kidinakorner, Interscope | |
| July 8 | Thee Faction | Good Politics: Your Role as an Active Citizen in Civil Society | | Soviet Beret | |
| July 9 | Colette Carr | Skitszo | Pop rap, dance-pop, electropop | Cherrytree, Interscope | |
| July 9 | Flyleaf | Who We Are | | A&M Octone, Polydor | |
| July 9 | Front Line Assembly | Echogenetic | Electro-industrial | Metropolis | |
| July 9 | letlive. | The Blackest Beautiful | Post-hardcore | Epitaph | |
| July 9 | The Used | The Ocean of the Sky | | Hopeless, Anger Music Group | |
| July 12 | Celia Pavey | This Music | Folk | Universal Music Australia | |
| July 12 | Cody Simpson | Surfers Paradise | Pop, R&B | Atlantic | |
| July 12 | Robin Thicke | Blurred Lines | Dance-pop, funk, R&B | Star Trak, Interscope | |
| July 12 | Sara Bareilles | The Blessed Unrest | Pop rock, soul | Epic | |
| July 15 | Pet Shop Boys | Electric | EDM | x2 | |
| July 16 | Ace Hood | Trials & Tribulations | Hip hop | We the Best, Cash Money, Republic | |
| July 16 | Andy Kaufman | Andy and His Grandmother | | Drag City | |
| July 16 | Cherry Poppin' Daddies | White Teeth, Black Thoughts | Swing, jazz, rock | Space Age Bachelor Pad Records | |
| July 16 | Hieroglyphics | The Kitchen | Hip hop | Hieroglyphics Imperium | |
| July 16 | Kara Grainger | Shiver & Sigh | Blues, roots, soul | Eclecto Groove Records | |
| July 16 | Mayer Hawthorne | Where Does This Door Go | Neo soul | Republic | |
| July 16 | Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals | Walk Through Exits Only | Groove metal, sludge metal | Housecore | |
| July 16 | Sick Puppies | Connect | Alternative metal, hard rock, alternative rock | Capitol | |
| July 19 | Jahméne Douglas | Love Never Fails | Soul, gospel | RCA | |
| July 19 | Karnivool | Asymmetry | Progressive rock | Density Records, Cymatic Records | |
| July 19 | Selena Gomez | Stars Dance | EDM, electropop | Hollywood | |
| July 23 | Bombadil | Metrics of Affection | | | |
| July 23 | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | Indie folk, neo-psychedelia | Vagrant, Rough Trade | |
| July 23 | Fuck Buttons | Slow Focus | Drone, post-rock | ATP | |
| July 23 | Gogol Bordello | Pura Vida Conspiracy | Gypsy punk | ATO | |
| July 23 | Hands Like Houses | Unimagine | Post-hardcore | Rise | |
| July 23 | The Love Language | Ruby Red | Indie rock | Merge | |
| July 23 | Marc Anthony | 3.0 | Salsa, tropical | Sony Music Latin | |
| July 23 | Secrets | Fragile Figures | Metalcore, post-hardcore | Rise | |
| July 23 | U-God | The Keynote Speaker | Hip hop | Soul Temple | |
| July 23 | We Came as Romans | Tracing Back Roots | Post-hardcore, metalcore | Equal Vision, Nuclear Blast | |
| July 24 | Backstreet Boys | In a World Like This | Pop, dance, R&B | K-BAHN | |
| July 26 | AlunaGeorge | Body Music | Synth-pop, R&B | Island | |
| July 26 | Jay Sean | Neon | Pop, R&B | Cash Money, Republic | |
| July 29 | Brown Eyed Girls | Black Box | Pop, R&B, dance | Nega Network, LOEN Entertainment | |
| July 29 | f(x) | Pink Tape | Art pop, synth-pop, electropop | S.M. Entertainment | |
| July 30 | Alela Diane | About Farewell | Indie folk | Rusted Blue Records | |
| July 30 | Buddy Guy | Rhythm & Blues | Blues, soul | RCA | |
| July 30 | Emblem3 | Nothing to Lose | Pop, reggae, pop rock | Syco Music, Columbia, Mr. Kanani | |
| July 30 | Five Finger Death Punch | The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 | Groove metal, alternative metal, hard rock | Prospect Park | |
| July 30 | Owl City | The Midsummer Station - Acoustic | Acoustic, synth-pop | Universal Republic | |
| July 30 | Soulja Boy | Life After Fame | | | |
| July 30 | Tech N9ne | Something Else | Hip hop | Strange Music | |

### August

List of albums released in August 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| August 2 | The Defiled | Daggers | Industrial metal, metalcore | Nuclear Blast | |
| August 5 | Swim Deep | Where the Heaven Are We | Indie pop | Chess Club, RCA | |
| August 6 | Asking Alexandria | From Death to Destiny | Metalcore, hard rock | Sumerian | |
| August 6 | Black City Lights | Another Life | | Stars & Letters | |
| August 6 | The Civil Wars | The Civil Wars | | Sensibility Music LLC, Columbia | |
| August 6 | Demon Queen | Exorcise Tape | Electro-funk, synth-funk, trap | Rad Cult Records, The Orchard | |
| August 6 | The Polyphonic Spree | Yes, It's True | Psychedelic pop, indie rock | Good, Kirtland, Cherry Red | |
| August 6 | Pond | Hobo Rocket | Psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia, hard rock | Modular | |
| August 7 | Zebrahead | Call Your Friends | Punk rock | MFZB Records | |
| August 11 | The Vaccines | Melody Calling | | Columbia | |
| August 12 | White Lies | Big TV | Indie rock, post-punk revival | Fiction, Harvest, Universal Music Canada | |
| August 13 | K. Michelle | Rebellious Soul | R&B, soul | Atlantic | |
| August 13 | Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| August 13 | Parachute | Overnight | Pop rock | Mercury | |
| August 13 | Sam Phillips | Push Any Button | | Littlebox Recordings | |
| August 16 | BT | A Song Across Wires | Trance, progressive house, dubstep | Armada Music | |
| August 16 | Stromae | Racine carrée | | Mosaert | |
| August 19 | Charlotte Church | Three | Indie pop, alternative rock, post-rock | Alligator Wine | |
| August 19 | Travis | Where You Stand | Alternative rock, indie rock | Red Telephone Box, Kobalt | |
| August 20 | ASAP Ferg | Trap Lord | Hip hop | ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA | |
| August 20 | Blessthefall | Hollow Bodies | Metalcore | Fearless | |
| August 20 | Blue October | Sway | Alternative rock | Up/Down Records | |
| August 20 | Born of Osiris | Tomorrow We Die Alive | | Sumerian | |
| August 20 | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | Hip hop | Tan Cressida, Columbia | |
| August 20 | Jimmy Buffett | Songs from St. Somewhere | | Mailboat | |
| August 20 | John Mayer | Paradise Valley | Folk rock, country rock, Southern rock | Columbia, Sony Music | |
| August 20 | Lee DeWyze | Frames | Folk, rock, pop | Vanguard, 19 | |
| August 20 | Zola Jesus | Versions | | Sacred Bones | |
| August 23 | Avenged Sevenfold | Hail to the King | Hard rock, heavy metal | Warner Bros. | |
| August 23 | Ellie Goulding | Halcyon Days | | Polydor | |
| August 23 | Juicy J | Stay Trippy | Hip hop | Kemosabe, Columbia | |
| August 23 | Michael Monroe | Horns and Halos | Rock | Spinefarm | |
| August 23 | Naughty Boy | Hotel Cabana | R&B | Naughty Boy, Virgin EMI | |
| August 23 | ReVamp | Wild Card | Symphonic metal, progressive metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| August 26 | Franz Ferdinand | Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action | Indie rock, dance-punk, dance-rock | Domino | |
| August 26 | Money | The Shadow of Heaven | Dream pop, indie pop | Bella Union | |
| August 27 | Big Sean | Hall of Fame | Hip hop | GOOD Music, Def Jam | |
| August 27 | Goodie Mob | Age Against the Machine | Hip hop | The Right Records, Primary Wave Music, Atlantic | |
| August 28 | Tarja Turunen | Colours in the Dark | Symphonic metal | earMUSIC | |
| August 30 | Ariana Grande | Yours Truly | Pop, R&B | Republic | |
| August 30 | John Legend | Love in the Future | R&B, soul | GOOD Music, Columbia | |
| August 30 | Nine Inch Nails | Hesitation Marks | Electronic, electronic rock, alternative rock | Columbia, The Null Corporation | |
| August 31 | Kayo Dot | Hubardo | Avant-metal | Ice Level Records | |

### September

List of albums released in September 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| September 2 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Indie rock | Polydor, Dirty Hit | |
| September 2 | The Safety Fire | Mouth of Swords | Progressive metal | Inside Out Music, Century Media | |
| September 3 | Natalia Kills | Trouble | Synth-pop | will.i.am, Cherrytree, Interscope | |
| September 3 | Neko Case | The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You | Country, alternative rock | ANTI- | |
| September 3 | Saliva | In It to Win It | Nu metal, hard rock | Rum Bum Records | |
| September 3 | Tamar Braxton | Love and War | R&B | Epic, Streamline Records | |
| September 3 | Various artists | Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music from the HBO Original Series | | ABKCO | |
| September 3 | Vista Chino | Peace | Stoner rock | Napalm | |
| September 6 | Emilíana Torrini | Tookah | Indie pop | Rough Trade | |
| September 6 | Goldfrapp | Tales of Us | Folktronica | Mute | |
| September 6 | Janelle Monáe | The Electric Lady | Neo soul, psychedelic soul, rock | Wondaland Arts Society, Bad Boy, Atlantic | |
| September 6 | London Grammar | If You Wait | Electronica, downtempo, pop | Metal & Dust, Ministry of Sound | |
| September 6 | múm | Smilewound | Electronica, experimental | Morr Music | |
| September 6 | Tonight Alive | The Other Side | Pop-punk, pop rock, alternative rock | Fearless, Sony Music Australia | |
| September 9 | Arctic Monkeys | AM | Indie rock | Domino | |
| September 9 | Balance and Composure | The Things We Think We're Missing | Alternative rock | No Sleep | |
| September 9 | Delorean | Apar | | Mushroom Pillow | |
| September 9 | The Strypes | Snapshot | Rhythm and blues, rock | Virgin EMI | |
| September 10 | 2 Chainz | B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time | hip hop | Def Jam | |
| September 10 | Earth, Wind & Fire | Now, Then & Forever | Rhythm and blues, funk | Legacy | |
| September 10 | Gloria Estefan | The Standards | Traditional pop, swing | Crescent Moon, Sony Masterworks | |
| September 10 | Kaskade | Atmosphere | Dance, progressive house, deep house | Ultra | |
| September 10 | Keith Urban | Fuse | Country | Hit Red, Capitol Records Nashville | |
| September 10 | Moving Mountains | Moving Mountains | Indie rock, post-rock | Triple Crown | |
| September 10 | Sean Kingston | Back 2 Life | Reggae, hip hop, R&B | Beluga Heights, Epic | |
| September 10 | Sheryl Crow | Feels Like Home | Country rock | Warner Music Nashville | |
| September 10 | The Weeknd | Kiss Land | R&B | XO, Republic | |
| September 11 | Man Man | On Oni Pond | Experimental rock | Anti- | |
| September 13 | Avicii | True | Folktronica | PRMD Music | |
| September 13 | Elton John | The Diving Board | Rock | Capitol, Mercury | |
| September 13 | The Naked and Famous | In Rolling Waves | | Fiction, Island | |
| September 16 | Birdy | Fire Within | Indie pop | 14th Floor, Atlantic | |
| September 16 | Manic Street Preachers | Rewind the Film | Folk, rock | Columbia | |
| September 16 | Nightmares on Wax | Feelin' Good | Electronic, techno | Warp | |
| September 16 | Placebo | Loud Like Love | Alternative rock | Universal | |
| September 17 | The Devil Wears Prada | 8:18 | Metalcore | Roadrunner | |
| September 17 | Elvis Costello and The Roots | Wise Up Ghost | Funk | Blue Note | |
| September 17 | Grouplove | Spreading Rumours | Alternative rock | Canvasback, Atlantic | |
| September 17 | Gwar | Battle Maximus | Thrash metal | Metal Blade | |
| September 17 | MGMT | MGMT | Psychedelic rock | Columbia | |
| September 17 | San Fermin | San Fermin | | Downtown | |
| September 17 | The Shondes | The Garden | | Exotic Fever | |
| September 17 | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin | Fly by Wire | Indie pop | Polyvinyl | |
| September 17 | Stray from the Path | Anonymous | Hardcore punk, nu metalcore, rap metal | Sumerian | |
| September 17 | Various artists | Self Made Vol. 3 | Hip hop | Maybach Music | |
| September 17 | Zendaya | Zendaya | R&B | Hollywood | |
| September 20 | Babasónicos | Romantisísmico | Alternative rock | Sony Music Latin | |
| September 20 | Cher | Closer to the Truth | Dance-pop | Warner Bros. | |
| September 20 | Chvrches | The Bones of What You Believe | Electronic, synth-pop | Virgin | |
| September 20 | Jason Derulo | Tattoos | Pop, R&B | Beluga Heights, Warner Bros. | |
| September 20 | Kings of Leon | Mechanical Bull | Southern rock, blues rock, post-punk revival | RCA | |
| September 20 | Krewella | Get Wet | | Columbia | |
| September 20 | Sting | The Last Ship | Rock, jazz, folk | A&M, Cherrytree | |
| September 23 | Anneke van Giersbergen | Drive | Alternative rock, pop rock | Inside Out Music | |
| September 23 | Dream Theater | Dream Theater | Progressive metal, progressive rock | Roadrunner | |
| September 23 | Glamour of the Kill | Savages | | | |
| September 23 | Icona Pop | This Is... Icona Pop | | Big Beat, Atlantic | |
| September 23 | Jessie J | Alive | R&B, pop | Lava, Universal Republic | |
| September 23 | Mazzy Star | Seasons of Your Day | Alternative rock, dream pop | Rhymes of an Hour Records | |
| September 24 | Drake | Nothing Was the Same | Hip hop | OVO Sound, Young Money, Cash Money | |
| September 24 | R5 | Louder | Pop rock | Hollywood | |
| September 24 | Sammy Hagar | Sammy Hagar & Friends | Hard rock | Frontiers Music | |
| September 24 | A Skylit Drive | Rise | Post-hardcore | Tragic Hero | |
| September 24 | Touché Amoré | Is Survived By | Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, screamo | Deathwish | |
| September 25 | Alter Bridge | Fortress | Alternative metal | Roadrunner, EMI | |
| September 27 | Casper | Hinterland | | | |
| September 27 | Haim | Days Are Gone | Pop rock, indie pop | Polydor | |
| September 27 | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 | R&B, pop | RCA | |
| September 27 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Float Along – Fill Your Lungs | Psychedelic rock, garage rock, raga rock | Flightless | |
| September 27 | Lorde | Pure Heroine | Dream pop, electronica, electropop | Universal, Lava, Republic | |
| September 30 | Deltron 3030 | Event 2 | Alternative hip hop | Deltron Partners, Bulk Recordings | |
| September 30 | Dizzee Rascal | The Fifth | hip hop, grime | Dirtee Stank, Universal Music | |
| September 30 | Fates Warning | Darkness in a Different Light | Progressive metal | Inside Out Music | |
| September 30 | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | Unvarnished | Hard rock | Blackheart | |
| September 30 | Nelly | M.O. | R&B, hip hop | Republic | |
| September 30 | Oneohtrix Point Never | R Plus Seven | Ambient, experimental, electronic | Warp | |
| September 30 | Polvo | Siberia | Indie rock | Merge | |
| September 30 | Rush | Vapor Trails Remixed | Hard rock, heavy metal | Atlantic, Rhino | |
| September 30 | Sub Focus | Torus | Drum and bass, dubstep | Mercury | |

## Fourth quarter
### October

List of albums released in October 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| October 1 | Arve Henriksen | Places of Worship | | Rune Grammofon | |
| October 1 | Dr. Dog | B-Room | Neo-psychedelia | Anti- | |
| October 1 | Moby | Innocents | | Little Idiot, Mute | |
| October 1 | Quasi | Mole City | Indie rock | Kill Rock Stars | |
| October 1 | Scar the Martyr | Scar the Martyr | Industrial metal | Roadrunner | |
| October 4 | Daryl Braithwaite | Forever the Tourist | Rock, pop | Sony Music Australia | |
| October 4 | Miley Cyrus | Bangerz | Pop | RCA | |
| October 4 | Sleigh Bells | Bitter Rivals | Indie rock | Mom + Pop Music | |
| October 7 | Chase & Status | Brand New Machine | Drum and bass, downtempo | Mercury | |
| October 7 | The Feeling | Boy Cried Wolf | Soft rock | BMG | |
| October 7 | Korn | The Paradigm Shift | Nu metal | Caroline, Prospect Park | |
| October 7 | Pusha T | My Name Is My Name | Hip hop | GOOD Music, Def Jam | |
| October 8 | Cage the Elephant | Melophobia | Alternative rock | RCA | |
| October 8 | Cassadee Pope | Frame by Frame | Country pop | Republic Nashville | |
| October 8 | Dance Gavin Dance | Acceptance Speech | Post-hardcore | Rise | |
| October 8 | Dave Hause | Devour | Rock | Rise | |
| October 8 | A Day to Remember | Common Courtesy | Pop-punk, metalcore | ADTR Records | |
| October 8 | Lissie | Back to Forever | Pop | Fat Possum | |
| October 8 | A Loss for Words | Before It Caves | | Rise | |
| October 8 | Mayday Parade | Monsters in the Closet | Pop-punk, pop rock | Fearless | |
| October 8 | of Montreal | Lousy with Sylvianbriar | Indie rock | Polyvinyl | |
| October 8 | Panic! at the Disco | Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! | Alternative rock | Fueled by Ramen, Decaydance | |
| October 8 | PUP | PUP | Punk rock, hardcore punk, indie rock | Royal Mountain | |
| October 8 | St. Lucia | When the Night | Pop | Neon Gold, Columbia | |
| October 10 | Trivium | Vengeance Falls | Metalcore, thrash metal, heavy metal | Roadrunner | |
| October 11 | Paul McCartney | New | Rock | Virgin EMI, Hear Music | |
| October 11 | The Saturdays | Living for the Weekend | Pop, electropop | Fascination, Polydor | |
| October 14 | The Dismemberment Plan | Uncanney Valley | Indie rock | Partisan | |
| October 14 | Eliza Doolittle | In Your Hands | Pop, indie pop | Parlophone | |
| October 14 | Feed Me | Calamari Tuesday | Electro house, progressive house, dubstep | Sotto Voce | |
| October 14 | Morcheeba | Head Up High | Synth-pop | PIAS | |
| October 15 | The Avett Brothers | Magpie and the Dandelion | Indie rock, folk rock | American | |
| October 15 | Diane Birch | Speak a Little Louder | Rock, synth-pop | S-Curve | |
| October 15 | The Head and the Heart | Let's Be Still | Indie rock, indie pop | Sub Pop | |
| October 15 | Icon for Hire | Icon for Hire | Alternative metal | Tooth & Nail | |
| October 15 | Kevin Devine | Bulldozer | | Devinyl Records | |
| October 15 | Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band | Bubblegum | | Devinyl Records | |
| October 15 | Lizzo | Lizzobangers | Alternative hip hop | TGNP | |
| October 15 | Monster Magnet | Last Patrol | Stoner rock | Napalm | |
| October 15 | Pearl Jam | Lightning Bolt | Alternative rock | Monkeywrench | |
| October 15 | Red Fang | Whales and Leeches | Stoner rock | Relapse | |
| October 18 | Fifth Harmony | Better Together | Pop | Syco Music | |
| October 18 | James Blunt | Moon Landing | Pop rock, folk rock | Atlantic | |
| October 18 | Katy Perry | Prism | Pop | Capitol | |
| October 18 | Motörhead | Aftershock | Heavy metal, hard rock | UDR GmbH | |
| October 18 | Poliça | Shulamith | Synth-pop, indietronica | Mom + Pop Music | |
| October 22 | AFI | Burials | Alternative rock | Republic | |
| October 22 | Donna Summer | Love to Love You Donna | | Verve | |
| October 22 | Emphatic | Another Life | Rock | Epochal Artists, Capitol | |
| October 22 | I See Stars | New Demons | Electronicore | Sumerian | |
| October 22 | Lincoln Durham | Exodus of the Deemed Unrighteous | Roots rock, alternative folk, blues | Droog Records | |
| October 22 | Ryan Hemsworth | Guilt Trips | Electronic | Last Gang | |
| October 25 | Geir Lysne | New Circle | | ACT Music | |
| October 25 | Kelly Clarkson | Wrapped in Red | Christmas, pop | RCA | |
| October 25 | Kerser | S.C.O.T. | | Obese | |
| October 28 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor | Dance-rock, art rock | Sonovox, Merge | |
| October 28 | Ayreon | The Theory of Everything | Progressive metal, progressive rock | Inside Out Music | |
| October 28 | Juana Molina | Wed 21 | Folktronica, experimental rock, IDM | Crammed Discs | |
| October 28 | Union J | Union J | Pop | Syco Music, RCA | |
| October 29 | Hellogoodbye | Everything is Debatable | | Old Friends Records | |
| October 29 | Los Campesinos! | No Blues | Indie rock | Wichita, Turnstile Music, Heart Swells | |
| October 29 | Moonface | Julia with Blue Jeans On | Indie rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| October 29 | Protest the Hero | Volition | Progressive metal | Razor & Tie | |
| October 29 | Sirens and Sailors | Skeletons | Metalcore | Artery, Razor & Tie | |
| October 29 | Sky Ferreira | Night Time, My Time | Indie rock, synth-pop | Capitol | |
| October 29 | White Denim | Corsicana Lemonade | Indie rock, garage rock, progressive rock | Downtown | |
| October 29 | Yuna | Nocturnal | Pop, indie pop, dream pop | Verve | |
| October 31 | Pet Slimmers of the Year | Fragments of Uniforms | Post-metal | Candlelight | |

### November

List of albums released in November 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| November 1 | Avril Lavigne | Avril Lavigne | Pop rock, pop | Epic | |
| November 1 | Celine Dion | Loved Me Back to Life | Pop, R&B | Columbia | |
| November 1 | Cut Copy | Free Your Mind | Synth-pop, dance-punk | Modular | |
| November 1 | James Arthur | James Arthur | Pop, R&B, soul | Syco Music | |
| November 1 | M.I.A. | Matangi | Experimental hip hop, bhangra | N.E.E.T., Interscope | |
| November 1 | Seventh Key | I Will Survive | Hard rock | Frontiers Music | |
| November 1 | Shane Filan | You and Me | Pop, country | Capitol | |
| November 1 | Tinie Tempah | Demonstration | Hip hop, grime, electronic | Parlophone | |
| November 4 | Ejecta | Dominae | Synth-pop | Copyright Control, Driftless Recordings, Happy Death | |
| November 4 | The Wanted | Word of Mouth | | Island | |
| November 5 | Black Flag | What The... | Hardcore punk | SST | |
| November 5 | Dream Theater | Live at Luna Park | Progressive metal | Eagle Rock | |
| November 5 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Hip hop | Aftermath, Shady, Interscope | |
| November 5 | Scott Stapp | Proof of Life | Hard rock, post-grunge | Wind-up | |
| November 5 | Stryper | No More Hell to Pay | Christian metal, heavy metal | Frontiers Music | |
| November 5 | Various artists | 12 Years a Slave | Blues, R&B, soul | Columbia | |
| November 5 | Various artists | Punk Goes Christmas | Christmas, Pop punk, pop rock | Fearless | |
| November 5 | Yandel | De Líder a Leyenda | Reggaeton, Latin pop | Sony Music | |
| November 6 | Lady Gaga | Artpop | Synth-pop | Streamline Records, Interscope | |
| November 8 | Adam Brand | My Acoustic Diary | Country | Adam Brand Enterprises, ABC Music | |
| November 8 | Gabriella Cilmi | The Sting | Soul | Sweetness Tunes | |
| November 8 | Little Mix | Salute | Pop, R&B | Syco Music, Columbia | |
| November 11 | Get Scared | Everyone's Out to Get Me | Alternative rock, gothic rock, post-hardcore | Fearless | |
| November 11 | Roger Taylor | Fun on Earth | Rock | Virgin EMI | |
| November 13 | Sacrificium | Prey for Your Gods | | | |
| November 15 | Leaves' Eyes | Symphonies of the Night | Symphonic metal | Napalm | |
| November 18 | Jake Bugg | Shangri La | Indie rock | Mercury, Island | |
| November 18 | Robbie Williams | Swings Both Ways | Swing, pop | Island, Universal | |
| November 19 | Daughtry | Baptized | Pop rock | RCA | |
| November 19 | The Godfathers | Once Upon a Crime | East Coast hip hop | Psycho+Logical | |
| November 19 | Polar Bear Club | Death Chorus | Post-hardcore, alternative rock, punk rock | Rise | |
| November 22 | Gary Barlow | Since I Saw You Last | Pop, folk | Polydor | |
| November 22 | tyDi | Hotel Rooms | Electronic, chill-out, glitch | Armada Music | |
| November 24 | Hopsin | Knock Madness | Hip hop | Funk Volume | |
| November 25 | Danielle Bradbery | Danielle Bradbery | Country | Big Machine | |
| November 25 | One Direction | Midnight Memories | Pop | Syco Music, Columbia, Sony Music | |
| November 26 | Hammock | Oblivion Hymns | Ambient, post-rock | Hammock Music | |
| November 29 | Britney Spears | Britney Jean | Pop, EDM | RCA | |

### December

List of albums released in December 2013 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| December 3 | Boston | Life, Love & Hope | Hard rock | Frontiers Music | |
| December 3 | Jake Owen | Days of Gold | Country | RCA Nashville | |
| December 6 | Childish Gambino | Because the Internet | Hip hop | Glassnote, Island | |
| December 9 | Exo | Miracles in December | Christmas, R&B, ballad | SM | |
| December 9 | Ithilien | From Ashes to the Frozen Land | | Mighty Music | |
| December 10 | E-40 | The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 4 | Hip hop | | |
| December 10 | E-40 | The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 5 | Hip hop | | |
| December 10 | E-40 | The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 6 | Hip hop | | |
| December 10 | Evergreen Terrace | Dead Horses | Metalcore, melodic hardcore | Rise | |
| December 10 | Girls' Generation | Love & Peace | Electropop, dance-pop | Nayutawave, Universal | |
| December 10 | R. Kelly | Black Panties | R&B, hip hop | RCA | |
| December 10 | Shila Amzah | Shila Amzah | Pop | Shila Amzah Entertainment | |
| December 13 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé | Electro, R&B | Columbia, Parkwood | |
| December 17 | B.o.B. | Underground Luxury | Hip hop | Rebel Rock Entertainment, Grand Hustle, Atlantic | |
| December 18 | Skálmöld and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra | Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands | Heavy metal | Sena | |
| December 23 | Justin Bieber | Journals | Pop, R&B | Island, RBMG, Schoolboy | |