Disappointing divas and ruling rappers occupied the charts<\/p>\n
If music was a contest, the winner for 2013 would be Justin Timberlake.\u00a0Timberlake produced the top-selling album of the year \u201cThe 20\/20 Experience,\u201d which sold 968,000 copies in its first week.<\/p>\n
He also released \u201cThe 20\/20 Experience Part 2,\u201d which went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.<\/p>\n
San Jose City College students agreed Timberlake had the best album this year with 27 votes in the City College Times poll for favorite album of the year<\/p>\n
Miley Cyrus\u2019 \u201cBangerz\u201d dominated as this year\u2019s top female album with 23 votes from SJCC students.<\/p>\n
\u201cBangerz\u201d sold approximately 260,000 copies in its debut week. \u201cWe Can\u2019t Stop\u201d peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard chart and the No. 1 \u201cWrecking Ball\u201d hit became the most watched Vevo video with more than 400 million views.
\nMacklemore and Lorde all made significant breakthroughs in 2013.<\/p>\n
Macklemore debuted with the funky club hit \u201cThrift Shop,\u201d then made the unique and emotional track \u201cSame Love\u201d about homosexual acceptance, even though he is heterosexual.<\/p>\n
Lorde, 16-year-old New Zealand native, had a unique debut hit with \u201cRoyals.\u201d The song is a rebuttal against everything pop music represents, such as sex and materialism.<\/p>\n
Lorde\u2019s album \u201cPure Heroin\u201d peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and many critics gave the album positive reviews. Billboard critic Jason Lipshutz rated the album a 94 out of 100.<\/p>\n
Rivaling divas Lady Gaga and Katy Perry both released No. 1 albums this year.<\/p>\n
Perry\u2019s \u201cPrism\u201d was voted more favorable by SJCC Students and also racked up more sales.\u00a0Lady Gaga\u2019s \u201cArtpop\u201d features hip-hop collaborations from R.Kelly, Twista, Too Short and T.I.<\/p>\n
Lady Gaga\u2019s new CD has creative lyrics and a fresh production, while Perry\u2019s is more vocal and uplifting.<\/p>\n
Both pop powerhouses were slightly disappointing this year because they did not have the top-sellers, which many fans and critics expected.<\/p>\n
None were more disappointing than Britney Spears\u2019 \u201cBritney Jean,\u201d which debuted at No. 4 on the charts and sold 115,000 copies.<\/p>\n
Perry almost had this year\u2019s best first week sales for female artists, if it had not been for Beyonce\u2019s self-titled end-of-the-year release which shockingly sold over 600,000 copies within the first three days.<\/p>\n
In the rap genre, Kanye West\u2019s \u201cYeezus,\u201d got one more vote than Eminem\u2019s \u201cMarshall Mathers LP 2,\u201d with 19 and 18 votes respectively.<\/p>\n
Both albums went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. With almost 800,000 copies sold, Eminem\u2019s new CD had the second-highest behind Timberlake. West\u2019s album sold 327,000 in its first week.<\/p>\n
Luke Bryan got his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with \u201cCrash My Party,\u201d which sold 1.3 million copies.
\nHis first three singles from the new album, \u201cCrash My Party,\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s My Kind of Night,\u201d and \u201cDrink a Beer,\u201d all peaked within the top two slots on the Country Billboard chart.<\/p>\n
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arctic Monkeys and Avril Lavigne all received seven votes in the SJCC poll.<\/p>\n
Arctic Monkeys, an English indie rock band, released new album \u201cAM.\u201d With this release, they became the first independent label band to debut at No. 1 in the U.K.<\/p>\n
Lavigne created what may be the best album of her career with the self-titled album.
\nShe returns to her punk princess roots with fun summery anthems \u201cHere\u2019s to Never Growing Up\u201d and \u201cSippin\u2019 on Sunshine.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs released \u201cMosquito,\u201d the band\u2019s fourth LP. The band retreats from their last album\u2019s mainstream dance sound to more experimental, garage-band tracks such as \u201cSacrilege\u201d and \u201cArea 52.\u201d<\/p>\n
When people look back on music this past year, most likely a naked Miley Cyrus riding a \u201cWrecking Ball,\u201d a \u201cSuit and Tie\u201d wearing Justin Timberlake, several top-selling rappers (Eminem, Kanye West, Drake, Lil\u2019 Wayne and Macklemore) and Beyonce surprising 17 songs accompanied with music videos will all come to mind.<\/p>\n
Overall, many big releases couldn\u2019t pass 300,000 sold copies, thus not living up to expectations. However sales don\u2019t always indicate an album\u2019s real quality and the fans of those artists will probably still love those CDs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Disappointing divas and ruling rappers occupied the charts If music was a contest, the winner for 2013 would be Justin Timberlake.\u00a0Timberlake produced the top-selling album of the year \u201cThe 20\/20 Experience,\u201d which sold 968,000 copies in its first week. He also released \u201cThe 20\/20 Experience Part 2,\u201d which went to No. 1 on the Billboard…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":88904,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"staff_name":[629],"class_list":["post-9109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","staff_name-justin-san-diego"],"yoast_head":"\n