Cascada - I really thought this guy retired from his music career having hibernating for so long, but the pop prince is back! Justin has been extremely busy this year with music. He's definitely owns the crown for the most hard working male pop star, but can he be crowned for the best male of 2013?
Bruno Mars - Bruno Mars is one of a kind who becomes unique when lined up with his fellow pop peers. His music is the most heartfelt and most memorable. His album
"Unorthodox Jukebox" contains so many hit songs and they're so many tracks you could pick from his music collection to include into the soundtrack of your very own life.
Jason Derulo - The most energetic pop male on the list. Jason has been incredible this year. He has released club bangers such as
"The Other Side", served us sex with
"Talk Dirty" and done a Bruno on us an romanced us up with
"Marry Me". His album recently released has also been a great listen.
Macklemore - I have really enjoyed rap this year and Macklemore is one of the artist's who has made rap fun, enjoyable and also emotional.
"Same Love" is a very beautiful song accompanied with an amazing video. His song
"Can't Hold Us" is extremely catchy and is among one of my favorites this year. This guy has done very well.
Pharrell Williams - Pharrell hasn't released much solo material which came a risk to putting him on my list, however he has featured in the two biggest hits of this year
"Get Lucky" and
"Blurred Lines", this not only shows his diversity in music genres but also highlights his success. I do wish he released more solo material though.
Henry - I never heard of Henry until this year, but he bounced onto the K-pop scene with a song,
"Trap" featuring two of my favorite K-pop idols. He has still managed to remain my favorite in his more solo stuff featured on his
"Trap - EP". Henry is one of the surprises of 2013 and will definitely remain on my watch list.
Show Luo - This guy introduced me to the world of C-pop late last year when he promoted some of his J-pop material in Japan. He is like the Taiwanese version of G-Dragon when it comes to fashion and creativity. His music videos are visually stunning and his music is also extremely catchy in songs such as
"Bounce!"
Jaejoong - Jaejoong is from one of the biggest Korean boy bands of all time that have dominated the music market in Asia for the past 10 years. His solo material is something extremely incredible which features pure rock. His vocals are also impressive.
"Mine" highlights the rockiest material of this year and his album
"WWW" showcases a variety of different genres in pop and rock.
Bii - Since Show Luo, I have learnt a lot more about C-pop. While I won't bore you with all the facts and figures, I will talk about Bii. Most C-pop music I have listened always becomes forgotten, however Bii's album
"Come back to Bii" has very memorable C-pop songs. It mainly consists of ballads, but these are very emotional.
Yuya Matsushita - My all time favorite Asian male pop star. Like Cascada and Ayumi, Yuya continuously wins these awards. He has some of the best upbeat songs and his voice just melts you in his ballads. I've loved his album
"#musicoverdose" and his song,
"Naked Night" released earlier this year. The fellow nominees have a very hard competition!
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