Best Dance Hits of 2013

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2013 was definitely the year of Electronic Dance Music or EDM. This is evidenced by the fact that the Billboard Charts introduced a new category just for this type of music. DJs like Avicii, Calvin Harris  and Havanna Brown and groups like Krewella and Daft Punk came up with brilliant beats to keep us energized on the dance floor. Gone are the days of depending on pop and hip-hop for good dance music, now the dance music scene is dominated by House and Techno which all attribute to EDM. So here are the best dance hits of 2013 based on chart performance as well as their beats:    
  1. Baauer – Harlem shake
  2. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – Timber
  3. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams – Get lucky
  4. Avicii ft. Aloe Blocc – Wake me up
  5. Will.I.Am ft. Britney Spears – Scream & shout
  6. Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin – Don’t you worry child
  7. Ylvis – The Fox (What does the fox say?)
  8. Calvin Harris ft. Tinie Tempah – Drinking from the bottle
  9. Martin Garrix – Animals
  10. Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais – Summertime sadness
  11. Havana Brown ft. R3hab – Big banana
  12. Inna ft. Daddy Yankee – More than friends
  13. Avicii – Hey brother
  14. Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – Talk dirty
  15. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I need your love
  16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can’t hold us
  17. Selena Gomez – Slow down
  18. Alesso & Calvin Harris ft. Hurts – Under control
  19. Britney Spears – Work bitch
  20. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – Live it up
  21. Capital Cities – Safe and sound
  22. David Guetta ft. Akon & Ne-Yo – Play hard
  23. Krewella – Live for the night
  24. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity
  25. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Williams & T.I. – Blurred lines
  26. The Cataracs ft. Luciana – Big dipper
  27. Pibull – Don’t stop the party
  28. Avicii vs. Nicki Romero – I could be the one
  29. Will.I.Am ft. Justin Bieber – #thatPower
  30. Psy – Gentleman
  31. Inna ft. Yandel – In your eyes
  32. Bingo Players ft. Far East Movement – Get up (rattle)
  33. Armin Van Buuren ft. Trevor Guthrie – This is what it feels like
  34. Dizzee Rascal ft. Will.I.Am – Something really bad
  35. Fergie – A little party never killed nobody
  36. Fatboy Slim and Riva Starr ft. Beardyman – Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat
  37. Priyanka Chopra ft. Pitbull – Exotic
  38. Havana Brown – Warrior
  39. Avicii – You make me
  40. Demi Lovato – Neon lights
  41. Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera – Feel this moment
  42. Inna – Be my lover
  43. Enrique Iglesias – Turn the night up
  44. Eminem – Berzerk
  45. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – Stay the night
  46. Icona Pop ft. Charlie XCX – I love it
  47. Krewella – Alive
  48. Lady Gaga – Applause
  49. Will.I.Am – Bang bang
  50. Calvin Harris ft. Ayah Marar – Thinking about you
At Ease!!!

Xposition - December 2013

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December was of course really dreary compared to November. But when December comes everyone reminisces what happened throughout the year. Twerking, controversial songs and controversial videos we had it all. Although the music scene was pretty inactive, the charts proved otherwise. There was intense competition for the Christmas No. 1 in the UK. Under Control by Calvin Harris & Alesso ft. Hurts peaked in the first week while Lily Allen with her cover of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know snatched the number 1 spot once more and held on for two weeks. However, ultimately it was X-Factor winner Sam Bailey's cover of Demi Lovato's Skycraper that claimed the throne in the Christmas week. This was soon overthrown by Pharrell Williams' Happy in the final week.

In the US Lorde's Royals held on for its dear life in the first week as Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball repeaked in the second week. However, it was Eminem's The Monster which features Rihanna that held on for the last two weeks in December. Beyonce's fifth studio album titled Beyonce was released and its lead single XO was released which may or may not be a hit as it could go either way with fans and critics. One Direction's newest album Midnight Memories also peaked both in the US and UK during the month. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha's Timber has been struggling at No.2 in the US while it is anticipated to hit UK by full force in 2014 when it will be released in the first week of January.

Moving onto the year-end charts. It was not Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke but Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis that claimed the top spot in the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 2013. Blurred Lines was second while Imagine Dragons' Radioactive was third. The other top seven singles are:

4. Baauer - Harlem shake
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton - Can't hold us 
6. Justin Timberlake - Mirrors
7. Pink ft. Nate Ruess - Just give me a reason
8. Bruno Mars - When I was your man
9. Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly - Cruise
10. Katy Perry - Roar

Some of the surprises on this list was that Daft Punk's Get Lucky, Lorde's Royals or Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball failed to make the top 10. 

The biggest selling singles of 2013 in the UK was also released and Robin Thicke claimed the top spot while Daft Punk's Get Lucky was No.2. Avicii was No.3 with Wake me up and surprisingly Passenger claimed 4th place with let her go. The other top 6 singles are:

5. Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith - La La La
6. Katy Perry - Roar
7. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz - Thrift shop
8. Pink ft. Nate Ruess - Just give me a reason
9. OneRepublic - Counting stars
10. Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

Some of the surprises on this list was that Ellie Goulding's Burn, Will.I.Am's Scream & Shout and Bruno Mars' When I was your man failed to crack the top dozen. An interesting thing is that other than for Robin Thicke and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and Pink all were able to claim top spots both in the UK and US year-end charts. 

Some of the other good songs released in December are:
  1. Avicii - Hey Brother
  2. Jason Derulo - Trumpets
  3. Leona Lewis - One more sleep
  4. McFly - Love is on the radio
  5. Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - Say something 

At Ease!!!

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