The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2013 in music in the United States.
Notable events January 8 – American alternative rock duo Twenty One Pilots released their third and major-label debut album Vessel after signing with Fueled by Ramen. 9 – Original Three Days Grace lead singer Adam Gontier leaves the band, citing health concerns 10 – Six and a half years after releasing FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake announces his return to music with a new album titled The 20/20 Experience, and a summer tour with Jay-Z.
February 3 – Alicia Keys performed the National Anthem and Beyoncé performed during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII. 4 – Fall Out Boy announced their reformation with a new album and concert tour. 10 – The 55th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, hosted by LL Cool J. Dan Auerbach wins the most awards of the night with five. Mumford and Sons win Album of the Year with Babel, while Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know", featuring Kimbra, wins Record of the Year. 17 – Country singer Mindy McCready commits suicide at the age of 37 27 – Stone Temple Pilots fire their lead singer, Scott Weiland
March 15 – Justin Timberlake's album, The 20/20 Experience, was released selling 968,000 copies in its first week. It became the best-selling album of the year in the U.S. 22 – My Chemical Romance break up after twelve years together. They end up reuniting six years later.
April 2 – Bon Jovi member Richie Sambora announced his departure from the band just hours before a concert date scheduled in Calgary, Alberta. New Kids on the Block released their first album in five years, 10. 7 – The Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 12 – Fall Out Boy released their first album in nearly five years, Save Rock and Roll. 14 – Founding Deftones bassist Chi Cheng passes away at age 42 after spending more than 4 years in a coma as a result of a 2008 car accident 21 – Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies from breast cancer at the age of 53.
May 2 – Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies from cirrhosis of the liver at age 49. 16 – Candice Glover is crowned winner of American Idol (season 12) while Kree Harrison is named runner-up. 18 – Chester Bennington of Linkin Park fame plays his first show as the singer for Stone Temple Pilots; also STP's first concert since original singer Scott Weiland was terminated["http://live105.cbslocal.com/2013/05/18/stone-temple-pilots-with-chester-bennington-playing-bfd-2013-debut-new-single-out-of-time/] 19 – The Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Taylor Swift took home the most awards of the night with eight including Top Artist. 20 – The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies in Germany from bile duct cancer at age 74. 21 – Thirty Seconds to Mars released their first studio album in nearly four years, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams.
June 18 – Cher makes a historic return after eleven years of absence with "Woman's World", the lead single off her twenty-fifth studio album, Closer to the Truth, which is released three months later. Danielle Bradbery wins the fourth season of The Voice. Michelle Chamuel is named runner-up. The Swon Brothers finishing third place. 25 – Stone Gossard released his first solo album in twelve years, Moonlander.
July 4 – Jay Z released his first solo studio album in four years, Magna Carta Holy Grail, which sold over 550,000 copies in its first week. 30 – The Backstreet Boys released their first studio album in four years, In a World Like This. This is their first album with Kevin Richardson since Never Gone (2005).
August 25 – The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Justin Timberlake was awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, also performing a 15-minutes medley including a reunion with NSYNC, the first time in nine years. Miley Cyrus creates controversy by twerking at Robin Thicke's crotch area, during a performance. Katy Perry released her lead single "Roar" for her fourth studio album, Prism. The song reached number 1 and sold 9.9 million copies around the world. 30 – Nine Inch Nails released their first studio album in five years, Hesitation Marks.
September 20 – Cher released her first studio album in twelve years, Closer to the Truth, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 (making it Cher's first highest-peaking solo album on the chart).
October 8 – Stone Temple Pilots released their High Rise EP, their only release to feature Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington on lead vocals. 27 – Lou Reed, founding member of The Velvet Underground, dies in Southampton, New York, from liver disease at age 71. 29 – The teen pop rock band Jonas Brothers announced an indefinite hiatus following many disagreements. They announced a return in 2019.
November 5 – Eminem's album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, was released selling 792,000 copies in its first week, and was the second-best-selling album of the year in the U.S. 6 – The CMA Awards took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. 19 – Reggie and the Full Effect released their first album in five years, No Country for Old Musicians. 24 – The American Music Awards took place at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.
December 3 – Boston released their first studio album in eleven years, Life, Love & Hope. Some songs on the album posthumously feature the vocals of the band's original frontman, Brad Delp, who died in 2007. 13 – Beyoncé released her surprise fifth studio album, Beyoncé, a 'visual album' containing 14 songs and an accompanying music video for each song. The album debuts at #1 based on 3 days of digital sales, making Beyoncé the first female artist, and second artist overall to debut at the top spot with her first five studio efforts. 17 – Tessanne Chin wins the fifth season of The Voice. Jacquie Lee is named runner-up. Will Champlin finishing third place.
Bands formed
Beach Slang Beverly Big Data Bully Cannons Childbirth Dead Poet Society The Empty Hearts Fame on Fire Fight or Flight G.R.L. Heart Attack Man I Prevail Julian Casablancas+The Voidz Marian Hill Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Rae Sremmurd Rainbow Kitten Surprise Run the Jewels Spanish Love Songs Starbomb Sylvan Esso
Bands reformed
Black Flag The Calling Danity Kane Failure The Fall of Troy Fall Out Boy Girls Against Boys Medicine Neutral Milk Hotel Nine Inch Nails The Postal Service Rocket from the Crypt Story of the Year TLC
Bands on hiatus Ben Folds Five Evanescence Fleet Foxes Ghostland Observatory Just Surrender Lifehouse The Walkmen
Bands disbanded
A Life Once Lost A Tribe Called Quest Allstar Weekend Asobi Seksu Attack Attack! The Calling The Chariot Churchill The Click Five Comadre Dr. Acula E for Explosion Friends Gifts From Enola Go Radio God Forbid Honor Society Jonas Brothers Kid Dynamite Klymaxx Madina Lake The Mars Volta My Chemical Romance New Boyz The Postal Service A Rocket to the Moon Static-X Sunny Day Real Estate Supercute! Underoath Wild Flag Woe, Is Me
Albums released
January Day Title Artist Genre(s)8 Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones Black Veil Brides Signed and Sealed in Blood Dropkick Murphys Celtic punk Vessel Twenty One Pilots 15Long. Live. ASAPASAP RockyHip hopFall Into MeKatie ArmigerCountry Kidz Bop 23 Kidz Bop Kids Beautiful Teena Marie R&B Goldenheart Dawn Richard22Set You FreeGary AllanCountry rock True North Bad Religion The Acoustic Sessions: Volume OneCasting CrownsJust MovementRobert DeLongElectronicFIDLARFIDLARHow Country FeelsRandy HouserCountryTim McGraw & FriendsTim McGrawCountry My True Story Aaron Neville R&BBeta LoveRa Ra RiotTrue BelieversDarius RuckerCountryRebornTrapt Vulnerable (II) The Used Alternative rock29 Love Songs Destiny's Child R&B A Messenger Colton Dixon HummingbirdLocal NativesIndie rock No Fairy TaleLisa LoebGive InOn An OnSentimental JourneyEmmy Rossum Love, Charlie Charlie Wilson R&B
February Date Title Artist Genre(s)5The Afterman: DescensionCoheed and CambriaProgressive rockAll That EchoesJosh GrobanIn Guards We TrustGuardsGreatest HitsJewelTwo Lanes of FreedomTim McGrawCountryConventional Weapons My Chemical RomanceRelease the PanicRedAlternative metalNow 45Various artistsPop12 Eyrth, Wynd & Fyre Cappadonna Hip hop Barmageddon Ras Kass Hip hop17Splitting BranchesTree19 Czarface Czarface Hip hop The Dixie Dead Wednesday 13 Horror punk26AmokAtoms for PeaceBlack GoldKutt CalhounHip hopNeed You NowPlumb
March Date Title Artist Genre(s) 5Spring Break...Here to PartyLuke BryanCountryThis... Is Marcus CantyMarcus CantyR&BWaking Up Is Hard to DoGiant DragPeople, Hell & AngelsJimi HendrixWelcome OblivionHow to Destroy AngelsNanobotsThey Might Be GiantsLike a RoseAshley MonroeCountryThe Beast in Its TracksJosh RitterFolkHonky TonkSon VoltAlternative country12Kings & QueensAudio AdrenalineWhat About NowBon JoviRockIt Happens All the TimeMegan HiltyPopAll Around the WorldMindless Behavior14Trunk Muzik ReturnsYelawolfHip hop15Earth RockerClutch19Specter at the FeastBlack Rebel Motorcycle ClubSame Trailer Different ParkKacey MusgravesCountryThe RZA Presents Shaolin Soul Selection: Volume 1Various ArtistsThe 20/20 ExperienceJustin Timberlake26No Matter How FarDavid ArchuletaPopAll That for ThisCrystal BowersoxFolk rockColliderCartelGirl Who Got AwayDidoPopI Am Not a Human Being IILil WayneHip hopNativeOneRepublicThe Nacirema DreamPapooseEast Coast hip hopWild & FreeA Rocket to the MoonBlack Out the SunSevendustBased on a True Story...Blake SheltonCountryWhat You Don't SeeThe Story So FarPop punkComedown MachineThe StrokesIndie rockJust Feels GoodThompson SquareCountryAfraid of HeightsWavves
April Date Title Artist Genre(s)2My Shame Is TrueAlkaline TrioPunk rockPioneerThe Band PerryCountrySempiternalBring Me the HorizonMetalcoreDear Miss LonelyheartsCold War KidsIndie rockEn Peligro de ExtinctionIntocableRKives (rarities album)Rilo Kiley10New Kids on the BlockWolfTyler, The CreatorWest Coast hip hopAnatidaephobiaWatch The DuckRight on TimeGretchen WilsonCountry4Paint the SkyBradley Joseph9DeviceDeviceThree Chords and a Half TruthFace to FacePunk rockThe Road Less TraveledJake MillerHip hopWheelhouseBrad PaisleyCountryParamoreParamoreShould've Gone to Bed (EP)Plain White T'sPop rockFoundRival Schools Hotel CaliforniaTygaHip hopWakin' on a Pretty DazeKurt VileIndie rockRoughChuck WicksCountry15Strawberries and CreamNinja Sex Party16StandoffCasey Donahew BandCountryIn the MarrowDead ConfederateSave Rock and RollFall Out BoyThe TerrorThe Flaming LipsTwelve Reasons to DieGhostface KillahHip hopGhost on GhostIron & WineIndicudKid CudiAlternative hip hopFree the UniverseMajor LazerRat FarmMeat PuppetsHeroes for SaleAndy MineoChristian hip hopLet's Face the Music and DanceWillie NelsonCountrySomething BeautifulOleanderAlternative rockAs It Is On EarthSpacehogAlternative rockLegendaryThe Summer SetPop punkDesperate GroundThe ThermalsMosquitoYeah Yeah YeahsAlternative rock22I Love You.The Neighbourhood23Illumination RitualThe Appleseed CastSide Effects of YouFantasia BarrinoR&BPrisoner of ConsciousTalib KweliAlternative hip hopReincarnatedSnoop LionReggaeTate StevensTate StevensCountry#willpowerwill.i.amVenomous Rat Regeneration VendorRob ZombieAlternative Rock30Such Hot BloodThe Airborne Toxic EventLife on a RockKenny ChesneyCountryAuthenticLL Cool JHip hopThe Pop UndergroundAndrew McMahonMe, You & the MusicJessica SanchezThe Hands That ThieveStreetlight ManifestoWake UpYoungblood Hawke
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