“The Harlem Shake” debuts at #1 the week after Billboard adds YouTube to its Hot100 formula and bloggers lash out as fans propel “incorrect” hits like “Thrift Shop” and “Blurred Lines.” No Black headliner scores a #1 hit all year, but the first Gen-Zer (Lorde) does. Plus, Timberlake is back and married, Katy is divorced and Roaring, Indie Folk booms, Bruno surges and Miley gets her twerk on at the VMAs.
#1 Song of the Year
Artists of the Year
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Imagine Dragons
- Bruno Mars
Artist with Most Charting Songs
- Justin Bieber (14)
Average #1 Artist Age
- 28.9 years
#1 Songs
- Rihanna – Diamonds (December ’12, 3 wks)
- Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven (December ’12, 6 wks)
- Macklemore feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop (February, 6 wks)
- Baauer – Harlem Shake (March, 5 wks)
- Bruno Mars – When I Was Your Man (April, 1 wk)
- P!nk feat. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me a Reason (April, 3 wks)
- Macklemore feat. Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us (May, 5 wks)
- Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell – Blurred Lines (June, 12 wks)
- Katy Perry – Roar (September, 2 wks)
- Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball (September, 3 wks)
- Lorde – Royals (October, 9 wks)
