The Official Top 40 Most Streamed Songs Of 2013

UK music fans streamed twice as many songs last year than they did in 2012, with Get Lucky, Pompeii and Blurred Lines among 2013’s most listened to tracks.

The number of audio tracks streamed in the UK during 2013 was almost double that of the year before, OfficialCharts.com can reveal.

According to the Official Charts Company’s market data, in the last year a massive 7.4 billion songs were streamed via premium or ad-funded music services such as Spotify, Deezer, Napster, BlinkBox Music, Sony Unlimited, Rara, Xbox Music, Bloom and Music Qubed, among others. This figure is up from 3.7 billion audio streams which were served in 2012.

2013’s most listened to song Daft Punk’s Get Lucky FT Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. Get Lucky placed second on The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles Of 2013, selling over 1.3 million copies last year.

British band Bastille take second place on The Official Most Streamed Songs Of 2013 Top 40 with Pompeii. The track, which spent seven weeks at Number 1 on the Official Streaming Chart, was the 11th biggest selling single of last year.

Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines FT TI and Pharrell (Number 3), Passenger’s Let Her Go (4) and Avicii’s Wake Me Up (5) complete the annual Top 5.

The Official Streaming Chart Of 2013 In Numbers

US acts account for the lion’s share of The Official Top 40 Most Streamed Songs Of 2013 (42.5%), while home grown acts make up 37.5% of the chart.

Scottish DJ and Producer Calvin Harris appears on the most songs in the Top 40 (3), while Avicii, Bruno Mars, Ellie Goulding, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Pharrell Williams and Rudimental each feature on two.

The title of the longest running Number 1 on the Official Streaming Chart of 2013 is held jointly by Bastille’s Pompeii, Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, and Avicii’s Wake Me Up. They each spent seven weeks at the top spot.

The Official Top 40 Most Streamed Songs Of 2013

1	GET LUCKY	DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND NILE RODGERS
2	POMPEII	BASTILLE
3	BLURRED LINES	ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL WILLIAMS
4	LET HER GO	PASSENGER
5	WAKE ME UP	AVICII
6	CAN'T HOLD US	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON
7	LA LA LA	NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
8	THRIFT SHOP	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/WANZ
9	RADIOACTIVE	IMAGINE DRAGONS
10	HO HEY	LUMINEERS
11	COUNTING STARS	ONEREPUBLIC
12	WAITING ALL NIGHT	RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE
13	I NEED YOUR LOVE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
14	MIRRORS	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
15	DO I WANNA KNOW	ARCTIC MONKEYS
16	ROAR	KATY PERRY
17	BURN	ELLIE GOULDING
18	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	PINK FT NATE RUESS
19	HOLD ON WE'RE GOING HOME	DRAKE FT MAJID JORDAN
20	LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN	BRUNO MARS
21	LOVE ME AGAIN	JOHN NEWMAN
22	WHITE NOISE	DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE
23	DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD	SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/MARTIN
24	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	BRUNO MARS
25	SCREAM & SHOUT	WILL.I.AM FT BRITNEY SPEARS
26	I LOVE IT	ICONA POP FT CHARLI XCX
27	CHOCOLATE	1975
28	SUMMERTIME SADNESS	LANA DEL REY VS CEDRIC GERVAIS
29	WE CAN'T STOP	MILEY CYRUS
30	I COULD BE THE ONE	AVICII VS NICKY ROMERO
31	THE MONSTER	EMINEM FT RIHANNA
32	DRINKING FROM THE BOTTLE	CALVIN HARRIS FT TINIE TEMPAH
33	ROYALS	LORDE
34	I WILL WAIT	MUMFORD & SONS
35	HOLY GRAIL	JAY-Z FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
36	FEEL THE LOVE	RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
37	IMPOSSIBLE	JAMES ARTHUR
38	SWEET NOTHING	CALVIN HARRIS/FLORENCE WELCH
39	LITTLE TALKS	OF MONSTERS & MEN
40	TALK DIRTY	JASON DERULO FT 2 CHAINZ