Your top songs of 2013
 

2013 has been a long year with many great songs and many duds. Now's the chance to reflect on all the songs you have listened to in 2013 and decide on your favourites. The songs must have been released in 2013.
I'm leaving it up to you to decide on a top 10 or 20 or more, since many people have different ideas and such.
Also, the lists can include JPop, KPop, CPop and basically any other kind of music. There really is no place to list both songs by, say, Britney Spears and Perfume in your top 10 so why not here?

Anyway, here's my top 20 songs of 2013.

20. Mika Nakashima - Ai Kotoba
Hate her voice in general, but love the song. The piano gets me every time.

19. MiCHi - Saturday Night
Catchy fun, and a sexy British accent midsection.

18. Ayumi Hamasaki - Feel The Love
Kinda weird for 'ole Ayu to rank so low on the list, but doesn't mean I didn't like the song. It's just that I liked more songs moreso.

17. Angela AKi - Beautiful
A standard ballad that I just ate up.

16. Curumi Chronicle - Gozen jyuuichi ji
Idol pop a la Perfume, but good nonetheless.

15. Perfume - Sweet Refrain
The first of few Perfume songs on the list. A great chorus that keeps me pumped.

14. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Invader Invader
Leave it to YN to make such a catchy instrumental, and have the wig queen of Harajuku sing over it.

13. Tommy february6 - Runaway
The chorus is pure crack and it's nice that Tomoko's experimenting in EDM.

12. Lady Gaga - Venus
A hot mess that just works.

11. Angela Aki - Yume no Owari, Ai no Hajimari
A shame that Angie released this kind of song this year. If this were 2012, she would have easily been no1 with kokuhaku. But this year, we get a standard-but-still-good song.

10. Koda kumi - Pink Spider
I don't know why Kumi doesn't continue in this musical direction, but she should.

9. Tommy february6 - Fairy Dust
The chorus, man. I feel you, its like diabetes waiting to happen.

8. Britney Spears - Work Bitch
You want a Maserati? (yes)
This song quickly became my MOST quoted of the year, involving me asking everyone and their mothers if they want to look hot in a Bikini or party in France.

7. Perfume - 1mm
My September (back to school jam). Finally learned all the words to it.

6. Amuro Namie - Hands On Me
Namie basically co-dominates the rest of the list,. This song was my summer jam, and boy does the chorus deliver.

5. Perfume - Sleeping Beauty
2013's Butterfly. That's the best compliment ANY song can get.

4. Amuro Namie - Ballerina
Although the sample is about 3 years old, it still sounds good. Especially with Namie's 'I don't give a shit' vocals.

3. Amuro Namie - Heaven
One of my fave Namiengrish songs.

2. Amuro Namie - Alive
My (so far) favourite song of Namie's. Love everything about this song.

1. Perfume - Party Maker
Thanks, Nakata. This song is just what I needed when it came out (and still do). Now I wish they would just get a revamped edge or something one day.

Had I not been distracted by Perfume and Namie, the list would look totally different. I recently reverted back to my old electro ways, which I abandoned when I first started listening to Ayu and slowly went back when Ayu released You & Me.

I encountered many great songs in 2013 but the 1 that stood out to me the most which's not a single is ...

ARASHI - P・A・R・A・D・O・X

http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Arashi-...4ab03b3712f3e0

It's a no brainer on why LOVE is the best selling album of 2013 cos of this song , it's enough just for me to buy it , but of course it helps that they put out some of their best sounding singles in their discography for 2013 too

Here's my top 10:

10. AAA - 恋音と雨空
I like everything they release.

09. Katy Perry - Roar
Not really a Katy fan, but I've heard this song so often I started to like it eventually.

08. Miracles of Modern Science - Singularity
Catchy tune, love all their stuff.

07. Thomas Azier - Ghost City
80's beats always do the trick.

06. Ayumi Hamasaki - Feel The Love
Loved it from day one. :)

05. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball
Same reason as Roar, not a fan of Miley, but after hearing it being played on repeat I started to like it a lot.

04. Namie Amuro - Hands On Me
When I first heard the song I thought: this song could be a hit if only she sang it in English. But then I found out the song was sung in English already. Awesome song.

03. SKY-HI - 愛ブルーム
Horrible vocals during the chorus (more specifically: the Nanananana part), but the intro and arrangement are awesome.

02. AAA - Love Is In The Air
They can release awful songs and they will still all end up in my top 10. Love their vocals and everything else.

01. Ayumi Hamasaki - Merry-go-round
Flawless song/music video and everything. I even like the rap part.

My top 10 of JPop songs:

10. Namie Amuro - Alive
09. AKB48 - Koisuru Fortune Cookie
08. AKB48 - Heart Ereki
07. Maeda Atsuko - Time Machine Nante Iranai
06. Itano Tomomi - 1%
05. Namie Amuro - La La La
04. SKE48 - Utsukushii Inazuma
03. SKE48 - Choco no Dorei
02. ayumi hamasaki - untitled for her... story 2
01. ayumi hamasaki - SAKURA

Top 10 western songs

10. Lady Gaga - ARTPOP
09. Macklemore - Can't Hold Us
08. Lana Del Rey - Young & Beautiful
07. Selena Gomez - Slow Down
06. Austin Mahone - What About Love
05. Lady Gaga - Venus
04. Bridgit Mendler - Hurricane
03. Ariana Grande - The Way
02. Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop
01. Drake - Hold On We're Going Home

Ok, let's begin:
My Top 10 songs (one favourite song from different artists):
in no order
Ayumi Hamasaki - SAKURA
Mika Nakashima - Kioku
Jay Chou - Moonlight on the rooftop
Yun Duo - Shepherd
Rainie Yang - Kidnapped by Myself
IU - Obliviate
Gain ft. Hyungwoo - Sway
f(x) - Shadow
Britney Spears - Hold on tight
Ikimonogakari - MONSTAR

In no particular order

1.) By the Grace of God - Katy Perry
2.) Heaven - Beyoncé
3.) Buzzcut Season - Lorde
4.) Nearly Maybe... - MiChi
5.) Stardust In My Eyes - Namie Amuro
6.) Sweet Dreams - Kana Nishino
7.) Merry-go-round - Ayumi Hamasaki
8.) Say Something (feat. Christina Aguilera) - A Great Big World
9.) Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) - Lady Gaga
10.) Alien - Britney Spears
11.) Blue Ocean Floor - Justin Timberlake
12.) We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
13.) Alive - Krewella
14.) Love Will Remember - Selena Gomez
15.) TOUCH DOWN - Koda Kumi
16.) Human - Christina Perri
17.) Over the Love - Florence + the Machine
18.) Into the Past - Nero
19.) Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
20.) Together - The xx

K-pop
1. VIXX - VOODOO DOLL
2. VIXX - G.R.8.U
3. VIXX - Light Me Up
4. SNSD - I GOT A BOY
5. VIXX - On & On
6. VIXX - hyde
7. VIXX - I Don't Want To Be an Idol
8. VIXX - Only U
9. Crayon Pop - Bar Bar Bar
10. Girl's Day - Expectation
11. EXO - Growl
12. f(x) - Rum Pum Pum Pum
13. BTS - N.O
14. A Pink - NoNoNo

Hesitated to do J-pop as I only listened a few
1. AKB48 - Koisuru Fortune Cookies
2. ayumi hamasaki - Feel the love
3. ayumi hamasaki - Merry-go-round
4. SNSD - GALAXY SUPERNOVA
5. SNSD - LOVE&GIRLS
6. Tomomi Itano - 1%

1. Timber
2. Best song ever
3. Give it 2 u
4. Blurred lines
5. Thrift Shop
6. Story of my life
7. Bring u to life

In no particular order

Pay money To my Pain - Voice (P.T.P x Taka from ONE OK ROCK)
Ayumi Hamasaki - Merry-go-round
VAMPS - REPLAY
Miliyah Kato - EMOTION
Shishido Kavka - Kiken na Futari
Katy Perry - By the Grace of God
miwa - LOUD! ~Yuuutsu wo Buttobase~
ONE OK ROCK - ONION!
Sakanaction - Aoi
Lee Hyori - 노
T-ARA - Number Nine
f(x) - Airplane
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP
lecca - Koi Hajime
MiChi - Lighten the Fxxk Up
MAN WITH A MISSION - Emotions

Without mentioning more than one song for artist (else the list would take three Windows Word pages)

1. Feel the love / Merry-go-round – Ayu (The Queen singles comeback. Like. There's no even a contest worth mentioning here.)
2. Young & Beautiful – Lanabanana (I want a frigging oscar for this one this year.)
3. Pretty Hurts – Beyoncè
4. I GOT A BOY – Girls Generation
5. Do What U Want – Lady Gaga
6. Shake Hip! – Kuu
7. On My Own – Miley Cyrus
8. KILL BILL – Brown Eyed Girls
9. Sweet Dreams – Kanayan
10. Woman’s World – Cher
11. Hands On Me – Namie
12. Move – Little Mix
13. Unconditionally – Katy Perry
14. Say Something – A Great Big World feat Christina Aguilera
15. Wake Me Up – Avicii
16. La La Laney - Forever The Sickest Kids

Ugh, this is gunna be tough. This year was just too good.

1. 1mm // Perfume
2. Feel The Love/Merry-go-round // Ayumi Hamasaki
3. Like the 1st time // MADEMOISELLE YULIA
4. Applause // Lady Gaga
5. Stardust in my eyes // Namie Amuro
6. Invader Invader // Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
7. Dark Horse // Katy Perry
8. Hush // miss A
9. KISS OR BITE/SAVE // MEG
10. Perfume // Britney Spears