The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2013, seventeen singles claimed the top spot, including "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, which started its peak position in late 2012. Fifteen acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia, either as a lead or featured artist: Mary Lambert, Nate Ruess, Baauer, Ray Dalton, Passenger, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, T.I., Avicii, 2 Chainz, Redfoo, Dami Im, Taylor Henderson and John Legend. Im and Henderson were the only Australian artists to achieve a number-one single.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis had three number-one singles during the year for "Thrift Shop", "Same Love" and "Can't Hold Us". Jason Derulo earned two number-one singles for "Talk Dirty" and "Trumpets". Pharrell Williams also earned two number-one singles during the year, as a featured artist on Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines". Katy Perry's "Roar" was the longest-running number-one single of 2013, having topped the ARIA Singles Chart for nine weeks. "Blurred Lines" was the second longest-running number-one single, with eight consecutive weeks at the top. Passenger's "Let Her Go" stayed at number one for five consecutive weeks, while Avicii's "Wake Me Up!" topped the chart for six consecutive weeks.
Chart history
+KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2013. DateSongArtist(s)Ref.7 January "Thrift Shop" Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz 14 January21 January "Same Love" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert 28 January4 February11 February18 February "Just Give Me a Reason" Pink featuring Nate Ruess 25 February "Harlem Shake" Baauer 4 March "Just Give Me a Reason" Pink featuring Nate Ruess 11 March18 March25 March "Can't Hold Us" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton 1 April "Let Her Go" Passenger 8 April15 April22 April29 April6 May "Get Lucky" Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams 13 May "Blurred Lines" Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams 20 May27 May3 June10 June17 June24 June1 July8 July "Wake Me Up!" Avicii 15 July22 July29 July5 August12 August19 August "Talk Dirty" Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz 26 August "Roar" Katy Perry 2 September9 September16 September "Let's Get Ridiculous" Redfoo 23 September "Roar" Katy Perry 30 September7 October14 October21 October28 October4 November "Alive" Dami Im 11 November "Borrow My Heart" Taylor Henderson 18 November "The Monster" Eminem featuring Rihanna 25 November2 December9 December "All of Me" John Legend 16 December23 December30 December "Trumpets" Jason Derulo
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Katy Perry 9 1 Pharrell Williams (as featuring) 9 2 Robin Thicke 8 2 T.I. (as featuring) 8 3 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 7 4 Avicii 6 5 Passenger 5 6 Mary Lambert (as featuring) 4 6 Pink 4 6 Nate Ruess (as featuring) 4 7 Eminem 3 7 Rihanna (as featuring) 3 7 John Legend 3 8 Wanz (as featuring) 2 8 Jason Derulo 2 9 Baauer 1 9 Ray Dalton (as featuring) 1 9 Daft Punk 1 9 2 Chainz (as featuring) 1 9 Redfoo 1 9 Dami Im 1 9 Taylor Henderson 1
See also 2013 in music List of number-one albums of 2013 (Australia) List of top 25 singles for 2013 in Australia List of top 10 singles in 2013 (Australia)
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