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Rolling Stone’s Best of 2013
From music's best newcomers to the worst of Hollywood, everything you need to know about the past year
The year may be drawing to a close, but Rolling Stone‘s editors have been hard at work taking measure of the past 12 months in music, movies, television, politics and pop culture. Here’s our look back at 2013 in lists, photos, essays and more:
The 50 Best Albums of 2013 Vampire Weekend cut the cute and raised the stakes, Kanye assaulted our ears, Bowie shocked the world and Miley tossed a dance-pop party grenade. See the full list. |
The 100 Best Songs of 2013 Daft Punk went disco, Kendrick Lamar murdered the competition, and a 16-year-old New Zealander dissed bling and made the whole world sing. See the full list. |
The 20 Best TV Moments of 2013 Red Weddings, Sex ed. in the 1950s, bitchy veeps, Russian sleeper agents and Bret Michaels’ RV makeovers ruled the small screen. See the full list. |
The 5 Worst TV Shows of 2013 Rob Sheffield looks back at the lowest of the low points in television this year. See the full list. |
The 10 Best Movies of 2013 Peter Travers ranks the 10 best movies of the most potent and provocative year at the multiplex in recent memory. See the full list. |
The 10 Best Country Albums of 2013 2013 was decidedly a year in which the ladies put a collective boot in country’s ass. See the full list. |
The 20 Best Debuts of 2013 The past 12 months exploded with exciting new artists, both on the charts and throughout underground. Here are 20 of the best. See the full list. |
The 20 Best Metal Albums of 2013 Are these the most extremely extreme metal albums of the year? No, they’re more interesting and exciting than that. See the full list. |
Noel Gallagher’s Epic Year-End Gripe Session The Britpop vet praises Kanye, slams Arcade Fire and hints at new solo material in the works. See the full list. |
The Worst Song of This Or Any Other Year Rob Sheffield on why after “Blurred Lines” everything next year will just have to suck a little harder. See the full list. |
The Year in Random Notes The year’s most intimate rock photos, featuring Bono, Taylor, Macklemore and many more. See the full list. |
2013: The Year of the Album Release Stunt Arcade Fire, Daft Punk, Jay Z and more used unusual methods to get the word out about their new LPs. See the full list. |
Eight Oddball Movies From 2013 See our collection of 2013’s most off-beat, pig-filled, bikini-laden, Keanu Reeves-driven movies. See the full list. |
10 Best Music Videos of 2013 This year was loaded with excellent, innovative and groundbreaking reasons to go through the inconvenience of hitting “FULL SCREEN” on your laptop. See the full list. |
20 Best Lists of 2013 We praise the rankers, from important dunks to Mariah’s fashionable slings. See the full list. |
10 Best Reissues of 2013 David Fricke ranks the year’s best reissues, from Bob Dylan to Nirvana. See the full list. |
20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2013 2013 was a huge year for hip-hop, with high-profile releases from some of the biggest names in rap. See our 20 favorite. See the full list. |
20 Best Live Photos of 2013 The past 12 months have set a high bar for live performances — and even even higher one for awesome concert photography. See the full list. |
20 Best Dance Albums of 2013 From Daft Punk to Fuck Buttons, see our top dance albums of 2013. See the full list. |
2013’s Hottest Sex Symbols From the queen of “Blurred Lines” to ‘Hunger Games’ hunks, the men and women who turned up the heat. See the full list. |
2013’s Most Mind-Blowing Selfies In a banner year for the act of taking a million photos of your own face, here are the most memorable selfies.. See the full list. |
Wayne Coyne on the Best and Worst of 2013 Wayne Coyne mouthed off about Miley, Gaga, EDM and Bob Dylan in a big Q&A about 2013’s best and worst music. See the full list. |
2013’s Most NSFW Videos and Album Covers Our highlights of all things that probably shouldn’t have showed up on your office computer in 2013. See the full list. |
ChemTales: ‘Breaking Bad’ and the Year in Drugs Our highlights of all things that probably shouldn’t have showed up on your office computer in 2013. See the full list. |
2013’s Best Reissues From Under the Radar As rock & roll gets older, there is more history to examine, re-evaluate and (of course) reissue. See David Fricke’s best under the radar picks. See the full list. |
The 20 Best Music Books of 2013 Morrissey’s Wildean memoir, an exhaustive Beatles tome, Questlove’s meta-level writing and more of the year’s top reads. See the full list. |
Rob Sheffield’s Top 20 Albums of 2013 From Miley’s Bloody Valentine to Kanye’s goth-industrial statement to Perfect Pussy’s next-school noise. See the full list. |
The 10 Best Video Games of 2013 2013 featured sequels, reboots and stand-alones that set the bar high for the coming console war. See the full list. |
The 27 Best Albums You Didn’t Hear In 2013 The deeper you dug for new music this year, the more treasures you found. Check out 27 examples of under-the-radar brilliance. See the full list. |
The 10 Best Cover Songs of 2013 Surprising homages, old-school funk jams and a touching Lou Reed tribute. Watch our favorite covers of the year. See the full list. |
The 20 Biggest Feuds and Meltdowns of 2013 The year in outrage, hissyfits, Twitter rants and beefs. See the full list. |
The 20 Best DJ Mixes of 2013 The genius of DJs is best displayed in live mixes. Here are 20 of the year’s best. See the full list. |
The 10 Best Cassettes of 2013 The greatest scrappy releases, oddities and half-baked side projects that logged quality time in Rob Sheffield’s Walkman. See the full list. |
2013 In Memoriam The music world said goodbye to Lou Reed, JJ Cale, George Jones and many other legends. See the full list. |
The 22 Biggest Sports Controversies of 2013 Murder, bullying, cheating, and a fake dead girlfriend are just some of the biggest scandals to rock the sports world this year. See the full list. |
The Year in Twitter See who ruled the world of 140-characters in 2013 in handy infographics. See the full list. |
2013’s Top Artists Name the Year’s Best Music Macklemore, Lorde, Tegan and Sara and more pick their favorite albums and songs. See the full list. |
David Fricke’s Year in Rock With Springsteen, Lou Reed and Lots of Guitars David Fricke waited after the end of the year to write this and wisely so – one of his best nights out was the last. See the full list. |