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August's Best of 2013
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You & Me is an amazing track, I love all the singles from Disclosure's album 3005 is great too.
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Dance Apocalyptic! and Get Lucky for your previous set!
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Kelly, Janelle & Ciara<333.
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MUST. FINISH!!!
SINGLES
21. Tennis Court, Lorde - Part 2 of 3 in the Lorde trilogy. Such a great song and will eventually be Lorde's third smash, believe that!
22. Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas), Daft Punk - The single best song on the album and the song that REALLY deserved "Get Lucky" her success.
23. Primetime (feat. Miguel), Janelle Monáe - The best love song duo performance of the year. JGMAR could never.
24. Bring the Noize, M.I.A. - My alarm song, the song I run to, and one of the best songs on M.I.A.'s release Matangi. This song always gets me hyped up and M.I.A. spits MAD bars in the second verse.
25. Merry Go ‘Round, Kacey Musgraves - Kacey sneaks into songs in my top twenty-five and this is the lower one. Her 2014 release Same Trailer, Different Park was very solid and the two singles just so happen to be major highlights.
26. Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly), Lady Gaga - Absolute perfection. The other songs on ARTPOP could never and it's such a shame this flopped, because I really, really want Gaga's fourth album to have some more bops in the vein of this.
27. Poetic Justice (feat. Drake), Kendrick Lamar - That Janet sample is GODLY.
28. Part II (On the Run) [feat. Beyoncé], Jay-Z - Beyoncé's only appearance, if BEYONCE came out while I compiled this list she would be the whole top 14. Alas, her feature on her husband's album was one of the best on MCHG and WILL be winning that Grammy.
29. How Many Drinks? (feat. Kendrick Lamar), Miguel - Kaleidoscope was one of, if not, my favorite album last year (just kidding, Fiona released 2012!!!) and the Kendrick LamaRemix released this year was really great, as well.
30. Ain’t It Fun, Paramore - Such a good song for a band I was not very here for in their previous era (Riot! was my ****, tho). That xylophone intro rocks my world.
ALBUMS
11. Settle, Disclosure - Solid debut from an electronic duo I'll be sure to keep up with (sorry, AlunaGeorge, they take the cake). Highlights include some of the songs that made the list - "Latch", "You & Me", and "White Noise".
12. Bangerz, Miley Cyrus - I'm here for the new and improved Miley. This song doesn't necessarily come with the best Bangerz, but it's a wonderful listening experience. Highlights include "Wrecking Ball", "Drive", and "#GETITRIGHT".
13. Nothing Was the Same, Drake - It's no Take Care, but Drake once again puts out a really good album. Some of those verses came HARD. Highlights include "Worst Behavior", "Hold On, We're Going Home" and "All Me".
14. Random Access Memories, Daft Punk - I agreed with the critics to some degree, Daft Punk's return to music was a wonderful listening experience! "Get Lucky" had a high degree of success and I was surprised to realize that there were still an album chock full of hits after it took over radio. Highlights include "Instant Crush", "Lose Yourself to Dance", and "Doin' it Right".
15. True Romance, Charli XCX - Another debut that I really liked this year. I can't wait for SuperLove in 2014 and this album was named after one of my favorite movies. Highlights include "So Far Away", "Nuclear Seasons", and "You're the One".
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DWUW is amazing! My fave Gaga song since Telephone. Tennis Court, my fave from this set
Instant Crush is one of my least favorite songs on RAM, but I like it a lot, the album is perfect!
Settle, amazing album!
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Tennis Court, DWUW, Merry Go 'Round, Ain't It Fun
Bangerz
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Bring the Noize + Instant Crush + Do What U Want.
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Do What U Want
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Lorde, Gaga, Paramore
Miley
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Let me just wrap this up so I can say I finished... somewhat.
THE TOP 20 SINGLES
1. #Beautiful (feat. Miguel), Mariah Carey - MIGUEL AND MARIAH CAREY COLLABORATED. They made the best frickin' song of 2013. And no one was surprised. It was probably a bad idea to write this up from 20 going up because I want to write an entire essay on this, but I'm a little too lazy.
2. Everything Is Embarrassing, Sky Ferreira - This had a 2013 release date on Wikipedia so I ran with it. Everything about this song is perfect and I can't even count how many times I have tweeted "could've been my everything, now everything's embarrassing" this past year.
3. Royals, Lorde - One of the defining songs of 2013, both for the country and myself, personally. I didn't expect Lorde to be as successful as she is now when I first heard this, but I was absolutely sure how much I would personally enjoy her.
4. Mama’s Broken Heart, Miranda Lambert - It's an all-women top four! I love Miranda Lambert with all my heart and soul and this is absolute perfection.
5. Bound 2 (feat. Charlie Wilson), Kanye West - #BOUND. It's the second consecutive "best-song-on-the-album-as-the-final-song" of Kanye's, joining the perfect "Lost in the World".
6. Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys - I'll make sure to invite anyone who's reading this to my wedding with Alex Turner.
7. Diane Young, Vampire Weekend - I assure you: this is the most effective alarm song ever. The pitch shift is the coolest (for a lock of a better word???) music moment of 2013, believe that.
8. Jessica (feat. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend), Major Lazer - A double dose of Ezra Koenig, this time without his lovely bandmates. Major Lazer is one of my favorite producers, and the lead of Vampire Weekend is one of my favorite people, ever. Their collab was bound to be genius.
9. Wrecking Ball, Miley Cyrus - I love everything about this song and it's subsequent memes.
10. You’re Not the One, Sky Ferreira - Boasting as the single artist with two songs in my top ten. To think she would occupy two of the top three spots if "I Blame Myself' was released as a single!
11. The Wire, HAIM - The Jewish trio of sisters are the one to miss the top ten, but before you preach #JusticeForHAIM, they get revenge on Sky in my albums list!
12. Hold On, We’re Going Home (feat. Mahid Jordan), Drake - R&B Drake is the best Drake.
13. Breakfast Can Wait, Prince - See: Jerk Ribs.
14. White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge), Disclosure - The best of Disclosure's single trinity.
15. Reflektor, Arcade Fire - I either hate or love long songs. This one falls in the latter category.
16. Jerk Ribs, Kelis - I can't not stan for anything she does.
17. Sacrilege, Yeah Yeah Yeahs - I love this song so much, it's hard to believe I still haven't heard the album it spawns from. I'm floppin' a bit.
18. Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu), Janelle Monáe - Two queens together in a song titled "Q.U.E.E.N." was bound to be flawlessly awesome - flawsome?
19. Follow Your Arrow, Kacey Musgraves - Only the second best country single of 2013.
20. Crying for No Reason, Katy B - Katy B having one of the best ballads of the year is a great antithesis to Katy having one of the WORST with "Unconditionally". This was originally 5AM, but I swapped it out so because this is too damn good to deny a spot. Consider them interchangeable.
... now take EVERY single song out of my top 100 list and add 2 to their original placing.
1. XO, Beyoncé
2. Drunk in Love (feat. Jay-Z), Beyoncé
You can call her queen bee.
THE TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend
2. Matangi, M.I.A.
3. The Electric Lady, Janelle Monáe
4. Yeezus, Kanye West
5. Days Are Gone, HAIM
6. Night Time, My Time, Sky Ferreira
7. Same Trailer, Different Park, Kacey Musgraves
8. Pure Heroine, Lorde
9. Reflektor, Arcade Fire
10. AM, Arctic Monkeys
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August’s Grammys of 2013
GENERAL CATEGORIES
Record of the Year
#Beautiful (feat. Miguel), Mariah Carey
Royals, Lorde
Mama’s Broken Heart, Miranda Lambert
Album of the Year
Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend
The Electric Lady, Janelle Monáe
Matangi, M.I.A.
Song of the Year
Royals, Lorde
Merry Go ‘Round, Kacey Musgraves
Wrecking Ball, Miley Cyrus
Best New Artist
Lorde
Disclosure
HAIM
POP CATEGORIES
Best Pop Solo Performance
XO, Beyoncé
Royals, Lorde
Wrecking Ball, Miley Cyrus
You’re Not the One, Sky Ferreira
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
#Beautiful (feat. Miguel), Mariah Carey
Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly), Lady Gaga
Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu), Janelle Monáe
Best Pop Vocal Album
Night Time, My Time, Sky Ferreira
Bangerz, Miley Cyrus
Pure Heroine, Lorde
Best Dance Recording
Jessica (feat. Ezra Koenig), Major Lazer
Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas), Daft Punk
White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge), Disclosure
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Settle, Disclosure
Free the Universe, Major Lazer
Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
ROCK CATEGORIES
Best Rock Song
Diane Young, Vampire Weekend
Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys
Sacrilege, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Rock Album
Days Are Gone, HAIM
Mechanical Bull, Kings of Leon
Paramore, Paramore
Best Alternative Music Album
Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend
AM, Arctic Monkeys
Reflektor, Arcade Fire
R&B CATEGORIES
Best R&B Song
Hold On, We’re Going Home, Drake
Breakfast Can Wait, Prince
Primetime (feat. Miguel), Janelle Monáe
Best Urban Contemporary Album
The Electric Lady, Janelle Monáe
Ciara, Ciara
Unapologetic, Rihanna
Best R&B Album
BEYONCÉ, Beyoncé
Love and War, Tamar Braxton
Love in the Future, John Legend
Side Effects of You, Fantasia
HIP-HOP CATEGORIES
Best Rap Song
Bound 2, Kanye West
3005, Childish Gambino
Poetic Justice (feat. Drake), Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
How Many Drinks? (feat. Kendrick Lamar), Miguel
Part II (On the Run) [feat. Beyoncé], Jay-Z
The Way (feat. Mac Miller), Ariana Grande
Best Rap Album
Yeezus, Kanye West
Because the Internet, Childish Gambino
Nothing Was the Same, Drake
COUNTRY CATEGORIES
Best Country Solo Performance
Mama’s Broken Heart, Miranda Lambert
Follow Your Arrow, Kacey Musgraves
Merry Go ‘Round, Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
We Were Us, Miranda Lambert & Keith Urban
DONE., The Band Perry
Hush Hush, Pistol Annies
Best Country Album
Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves
Annie Up, Pistol Annies
Pioneer, The Band Perry
MISC. CATEGORIES
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Elastic Heart from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, performed by Sia & The Weeknd
written by Sia Furler, Thomas Wesley Pentz, Andrew Swanson, Abel Tesfaye
Young & Beautiful, Lana Del Rey
You've Got Time, Regina Spektor
Producer of the Year
Ariel Rechstaid
(Days Are Gone, Modern Vampires of the City, Night Time, My Time)
Diplo
Pharrell Williams
Best Music Video
Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu), Janelle Monáe
directed by Alan Ferguson
Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
Wrecking Ball, Miley Cyrus
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#Beautiful is good. Never been a big fan of Mariah tbh, but I loved that song! Sky #2, yay!
Royals!!! We have that song in the same place it's just amazing, Lorde
Do I Wanna Know, Drake, Wrecking Ball!
I like Mama’s Broken Heart, one of the few country songs I liked this year
From albums I'm happy for Pure Heroine! I love every track
Amazing end
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XO, DIL, HOWGH and WB
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Royals, Bound 2, Diane Young, DIWK, WB, YNTO, Reflektor, Follow Your Arrow and Beyx2
MVOTC, NTMT, Yeezus, DAG,STDP, Reflektor, PH, AM
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Diane Young TOP 10 Its also in my Top 10
I didnt know Ezra did a song with Major Lazer!!! Im gonna need to find this...
Beyonce Howver, Drunk In Love >>> XO
We have the SAME #1 ALBUM Modern Vampires of the City was just AMAZING!!!
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