OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006

Years / 2013

◦ THE YEAR IN MUSIC

2013

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324,424 plays logged across the four stations in 2013.

Radio 1 107,286 plays in 2013

TOP SONGS

1

Need U (100%) (feat. A*M*E) Duke Dumont

×338

2

So Good to Me Chris Malinchak

×327

3

Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams) Daft Punk

×296

4

Pompeii Bastille

×290

5

Wake Me Up Avicii

×284

6

Love Me Again John Newman

×280

7

Waiting All Night (feat. Ella Eyre) Rudimental

×280

8

Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell) Robin Thicke

×271

9

Roar Katy Perry

×271

10

La La La (feat. Sam Smith) Naughty Boy

×269

TOP ARTISTS

01

1040

02

933

03

771

04

761

05

755

06

722

07

703

08

687

Radio 2 52,191 plays in 2013

TOP SONGS

1

Let Me Go Gary Barlow

×133

2

Bonfire Heart James Blunt

×114

3

Further Away (Romance Police) Lissie

×106

4

Jump Right In Zac Brown Band

×102

5

Big When I Was Little Eliza Doolittle

×99

6

Roll The Woodpile Down Bellowhead

×97

7

Go Gentle Robbie Williams

×92

8

My Promise Earth, Wind & Fire

×91

9

Sticks & Stones Arlissa

×90

10

Loving You Matt Cardle & Melanie C

×89

TOP ARTISTS

01

413

02

371

03

349

04

The Rolling Stones

311

05

293

06

282

07

Robbie Williams

279

08

249

1Xtra 106,470 plays in 2013

TOP SONGS

1

Need U (100%) (feat. A*M*E) Duke Dumont

×479

2

Blackout (feat. Shakka) Wretch 32

×405

3

So Good to Me Chris Malinchak

×381

4

Waiting All Night (feat. Ella Eyre) Rudimental

×360

5

La La La (feat. Sam Smith) Naughty Boy

×345

6

Antenna Fuse ODG

×345

7

White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge) Disclosure

×326

8

×310

9

Work Iggy Azalea

×297

10

Started from the Bottom Drake

×295

TOP ARTISTS

01

1091

02

1082

03

966

04

959

05

934

06

Justin Timberlake

911

07

854

08

813

6 Music 58,477 plays in 2013

TOP SONGS

1

Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys

×91

2

Melody Calling The Vaccines

×88

3

Sweet Salvation The Stepkids

×86

4

Chain My Name POLIÇA

×86

5

I Sat by the Ocean Queens of the Stone Age

×83

6

The Throw Jagwar Ma

×83

7

One for the Road Arctic Monkeys

×82

8

Afterlife Arcade Fire

×81

9

Green Garden Laura Mvula

×81

10

Buffalo Gaz Coombes

×77

TOP ARTISTS

01

420

02

324

03

291

04

264

05

250

06

Manic Street Preachers

244

07

243

08

240