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Events

• January 9 - Adam Gontier, lead singer of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, resigns from the band, citing health concerns.^[1]
• March 10 - 2013 East Coast Music Awards
• April 21 – Juno Awards of 2013
• May 25 - Online streaming service CBC Music sponsors the first CBC Music Festival at Ontario Place's new Echo Beach music venue.^[2]
• June 13 - Prelimimary longlist for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
• July 10 - Mo Kenney and Keith Kouna are named the English and French winners of the 2013 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.
• July 16 - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
• September 23 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor's 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! is announced as the winner of the Polaris Music Prize.^[3]

Bands reformed

• Despistado

Albums released

A

• Anciients, Heart of Oak
• Arcade Fire, Reflektor - October 28
• Austra, Olympia - June 18^[4]

B

• Jill Barber, Chansons - January 29
• Bear Mountain, XO
• Daniel Bélanger, Chic de ville - March 5
• The Besnard Lakes, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO
• The Bicycles, Stop Thinking So Much
• Justin Bieber, Believe Acoustic - January 29
• Born Ruffians, Birthmarks - April 16^[5]
• Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow - September 30
• Louise Burns, The Midnight Mass - July 9^[6]

C

• City and Colour, The Hurry and the Harm, June 4
• Classified, Classified - January 22
• The Cliks, Black Tie Elevator^[7]

D

• Thomas D'Arcy, What We Want
• DIANA, Perpetual Surrender
• Céline Dion, Loved Me Back to Life

E

• Elephant Stone, Elephant Stone

F

• Stephen Fearing, Between Hurricanes
• Michael Feuerstack, Tambourine Death Bed - May 7^[8]
• Front Line Assembly, Echogenetic - July 9
• Fur Trade, Don't Get Heavy

G

• Ghostkeeper, Horse Chief! War Thief!
• Grand Analog, Modern Thunder, August 20
• The Grapes of Wrath, High Road - March 19^[9]
• Jim Guthrie, Takes Time - May 7^[10]

H

• Hayden, Us Alone - February 5^[11]
• Headstones, Love + Fury - July 23
• The Hidden Cameras, Age^[12]
• Hilotrons, At Least There's Commotion - February 5^[13]
• Hollerado, White Paint
• Hooded Fang, Gravez

I

• Imaginary Cities, Fall of Romance - May 28^[14]

K

• Ian Kelly, All These Lines - November 5
• k-os, BLack on BLonde - January 29^[15]
• Aidan Knight, Telecommunicate

L

• Mélissa Laveaux, Dying Is a Wild Night
• Avril Lavigne, Avril Lavigne
• Lee Harvey Osmond, The Folk Sinner - January 15^[16]
• Light Fires, Light Fires
• Lightning Dust, Fantasy

M

• Greg MacPherson, Fireball - October 29^[17]
• Maestro Fresh Wes, Orchestrated Noise - June 25
• Magneta Lane, Witchrock - February 12^[18]
• Majical Cloudz, Impersonator - May 21
• Minotaurs, New Believers
• Ruth Moody, These Wilder Things

N

• Naturally Born Strangers, The LegendsLeague Presents: Naturally Born Strangers
• New Country Rehab, Ghost of Your Charms - March 5^[19]
• The New Mendicants, Australia 2013 E.P.

O

• Odds, the Most Beautiful Place on Earth - February 21^[20]

R

• Daniel Romano, Come Cry With Me - January 22^[21]
• Justin Rutledge, Valleyheart - February 12^[22]

S

• The Sadies, Internal Sounds - September 17^[23]
• Ron Sexsmith, Forever Endeavour
• Shad, Flying Colours - October 15^[24]
• Shotgun Jimmie, Everything Everything
• Skinny Puppy, Weapon - May 28
• SNFU, Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You - October 24
• Rae Spoon, My Prairie Home
• The Strumbellas, We Still Move on Dance Floors - October 22^[25]
• Swollen Members, Beautiful Death Machine - March 19

T

• Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob - January 29^[26]
• Maylee Todd, Escapology, April 2
• A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation
• Two Hours Traffic, Foolish Blood

V

• Various Artists, Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013
• Various Artists, Arts & Crafts: X - May 28^[27]
• Lindy Vopnfjörð, Young Waverer

W

• Martha Wainwright, Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 4 - February 26
• Wake Owl, Wild Country - January 29
• Whitehorse, The Road to Massey Hall - February 15^[28]
• Woodpigeon, Thumbtacks + Glue
• Donovan Woods, Don't Get Too Grand - March 26^[29]

Y

• Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, UZU
• Young Galaxy, Ultramarine

Top hits on record

The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

Top 10 Canadian albums

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	Celine Dion	Loved Me Back to Life	1	320,000	4× Platinum[30]
2	Arcade Fire	Reflektor	1	240,000[31][32]	3× Platinum[33]
3	Johnny Reid	A Christmas Gift to You	1	160,000[31]	2× Platinum[34]
4	Michael Bublé	To Be Loved	1	160,000[35]	2× Platinum[36]
5	Drake	Nothing Was the Same	1	108,000[31]	Platinum[37]
6	City and Colour	The Hurry and the Harm	1	80,000[31][38]	Platinum[39]
7	Gord Bamford	Christmas in Canada	TBA	80,000	Platinum[40]
8	Hedley	Wild Life	4	80,000[31]	Platinum[41]
9	Justin Bieber	Believe Acoustic	1	80,000	Platinum[42]
10	Various Artists	MuchDance 2014	N/A	80,000	Platinum[43]

Top 10 International albums

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	1	320,000[31][44]	4× Platinum[45]
2	Various Artists	Frozen	1	240,000[46][47]	3× Platinum[48]
3	Justin Timberlake	The 20/20 Experience	1	160,000	2× Platinum[49]
4	Katy Perry	Prism	1	160,000	2× Platinum[50]
5	Lorde	Pure Heroine	2	160,000	2× Platinum[51]
6	Luke Bryan	Crash My Party	1	160,000	2× Platinum[52]
7	Avicii	True	2	80,000	Platinum[53]
8	The Beatles	On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2	TBA	80,000	Platinum[54]
9	Beyoncé Knowles	Beyoncé	1	80,000	Platinum[55]
10	Black Sabbath	13	1	80,000	Platinum[56]

Top 10 singles

Rank	Artist	Song	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	Robin Thicke feat. T.I & Pharrell	"Blurred Lines"	Blurred Lines	1	720,000[31][57][58]	9× Platinum[59]
2	Pitbull feat. Kesha	"Timber"	Meltdown	1	560,000	7× Platinum[60]
3	Avicii	"Wake Me Up"	True	2	523,000[31]	Platinum[61]
4	A Great Big World	"Say Something"	Is There Anybody Out There?	1	480,000	6× Platinum[62]
5	Pink feat. Nate Ruess	"Just Give Me a Reason"	The Truth About Love	1	499,000[31]	6× Platinum[63]
6	Lorde	"Royals"	Pure Heroine	1	480,000	6× Platinum[64]
7	OneRepublic	"Counting Stars"	Native	1	480,000	6× Platinum[65]
8	Passenger	"Let Her Go"	All the Little Lights	5	480,000	6× Platinum[66]
9	Pharrell Williams	"Happy"	G  I  R  L	1	480,000	6× Platinum[67]
10	Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	"Get Lucky"	Random Access Memories	1	400,000	5× Platinum[68]

Deaths

• January 7 - Kent Abbott, 32, rock musician (Grade)^[69]
• January 15 - Yuli Turovsky, 73, Russian-born conductor and cellist (I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra)^[70]
• January 25 - Normand Corbeil, 56, composer^[71]
• March 6 - Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, country singer-songwriter^[72]
• April 16 - Rita MacNeil, 68, country and folk singer-songwriter^[73]
• April 17 - George Beverly Shea, 104, gospel musician^[74]
• May 5 - Greg Quill, 66, Australian-born musician and music critic for the Toronto Star^[75]
• May 8 - Bill Langstroth, 81, country music producer (Singalong Jubilee), inducted into Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2011).^[76]
• June 2 - Mario Bernardi, 82, conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra^[77]
• June 3 - Chris Levoir, 31, singer and guitarist for The Mark Inside^[78]
• August 18 - Wes Dakus, 75, rock and rockabilly musician^[79]

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