Billboard Canadian Year-End Hot 100 Artists, 2013

serena-ryderBillboard has published a year-end chart for the Top 25 artists of 2013 based on the chart performance of their Hot 100 singles in Canada.  Hawaii’s Bruno Mars finished in first place. The top Canadian artist of 2013 was Serena Ryder at #9 with her big hits “Stompa” (14th of the year) and “What I Wouldn’t Do” (30th of the year).  The other Canadian artists that made the chart were Robin Thicke (#12), Tegan and Sara (#18), Walk Off the Earth (#23), and Classified (#25).  Last year also saw five Canucks in the Top 25 while none of the artists on last year’s chart made this year’s. On the equivalent 2013 chart in the United States, two Canadians made the Top 25: Drake (#10) and Robin Thicke (#12). Below is the list of Top 25 Hot 100 artists in Canada for the year 2013 with their country / region of origin.  Canadian artists are in red.

ARTIST ORIGIN
1 Bruno Mars Hawaii
2 P!nk United States
3 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis United States
4 Maroon 5 United States
5 Taylor Swift United States
6 Imagine Dragons United States
7 Rihanna Barbados
8 Justin Timberlake United States
9 Serena Ryder Canada
10 The Lumineers United States
11 Miley Cyrus United States
12 Robin Thicke US/Canada
13 Katy Perry United States
14 Avicii Sweden
15 Phillip Phillips United States
16 Pitbull United States
17 Lorde New Zealand
18 Tegan and Sara Canada
19 Britney Spears United States
20 One Direction United Kingdom
21 Will.i.am United States
22 Ke$ha United States
23 Walk Off the Earth Canada
24 Daft Punk France
25 Classified Canada