Backed by a quirky Rick Rubin-produced instrumental that could’ve come straight from the ‘50s ( cheesy sample included ), Eminem describes his time with an unfaithful woman in hilarious detail, while Kendrick emulates Em’s flow and raps about his experiences with the infamous Sherane. But the song turned out to be as left-field as possible. When the MMLP2 tracklist was revealed, Love Game was one of the most heavily-anticipated tracks everyone was envisioning a Renegade-level back-and-forth between Em and Kendrick. Did Vince renegade Earl? That's up for debate, but you can't deny that Shyne, and everyone else on the song, absolutely did their thing. But then Vince Staples busts in with a ski mask and absolutely kills it. With the addition of a great hook from young Casey Veggies, the song was already fantastic. The leaps and bounds of growth that Earl Sweatshirt has experienced over the last several years can really be heard on Doris' standout track, “Hive.” Fueled by a bassline that gives the song that dark, Odd Future feel, Earl spits much more mature bars using his now polished signature flow. Just accept that you’ll never get the timing right for that initial “.WORST!” 19. Even with lyrics that playfully reference his famous Hot 97 freestyle blunder and remind us of his Degrassi roots, Drake manages to make one of the hardest bangers of 2013. The music video stars his actual dad and uncles and contains his worst skit to date. Like many tracks on NWTS, Drake’s flow and the beat changes up across the song - he even confidently borrows flow and bars from Ma$e’s “Mo Money Mo Problems” anthem. DJ Dahi delivers with gritty, bass-heavy production deceptively containing no sample. This Nothing Was The Sa me stand-out combines Drizzy’s loud, arrogant hook with even more flexin’ in his verses. The Official Top 40 biggest selling singles of 2013 1 Sales of singles hit 182.2 million in 2013, the second highest in British music history, and coming close to matching the all-time record of 186.6 million set in 2012. Naughty Boy’s La La La, featuring Sam Smith, who won the BRITs Critics' Choice prize ahead of 2014's ceremony, was fifth – over 941,000 copies sold since its May release.

More than 1.03 million copies were sold, despite Let Her Go never actually reaching Number 1 it peaked at Number 2 behind Get Lucky in April. The final million seller released in 2013, and only single by a home-grown artist to hit this sales milestone, belonged to Passenger, AKA Mike Rosenberg.

It spent three weeks at Number 1, selling 1.18 million in 2013. With five non-consecutive weeks at the top, it was also the longest running Number 1 of 2013.ĭaft Punk’s Get Lucky, the first 2013 single to reach a million sales, reached one million sales in just 69 days and ended the year at Number 2 with a sales tally of 1.3 million.Īvicii claimed the third biggest seller of 2013 and the fastest-selling single, with Wake Me Up, which shifted 267,000 copies in its first week of release.

Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines, feat TI and Pharrell Williams, was the biggest seller, clocking up over 1.47 million since its June debut. Four singles crossed the landmark the same year they debuted, creating the biggest annual haul of million-selling singles since 1998. 2013 was a bumper year for million sellers.

Billboard top 100 2013