The soundtrack to 2013 went a little like this: we danced to the return of our favourite electronic music duo, bopped around to a catchy song until we stopped to listen to the lyrics, watched with open mouths as a former Disney starlet took off all her clothes and rode a wrecking ball, and related to a tune penned by a 17-year-old New Zealand school girl.
Here we have compiled the 10 biggest music news stories that captured our attention this year.
The rise of Lorde
In the space of a few months, Ella Yellich-O’Connor went from unknown 17-year-old school girl from New Zealand to one of the most-played artists of the year with four fresh Grammy nominations. Her single Royals dominated the charts and airwaves, and her debut studio album Pure Heroine was well received. Part of her appeal Aside from her mega talent, the singer has said she writes about things that normal teenagers can relate to, which is exactly what Royals is about.
Miley Cyrus’ transformation
In 2013 we saw more of Miley Cyrus than we ever thought we would, especially in the music video for her song Wrecking Ball, which was released in September. Directed by controversial photographer Terry Richardson, the clip featured a crying, naked Cyrus getting emotional while riding atop a wrecking ball, and lots of people obviously rushed to see it because it holds the record for the fastest video to reach 100 million views on VEVO.
Wrecking Ball was the second single released from Cyrus’ fourth studio album Bangerz, following her party anthem We Can’t Stop. And it appears as though Cyrus can’t stop pushing boundaries with her new music direction.
Bound 2 and the Bound 3 parody
When Kanye West debuted the music video for his single Bound 2 in November, featuring his fianc
