This year was not bad but the less I am staring at my monitor the less music gets added to the library - a fact. I'll let the statistics speak for itself.

TOP 20 RECORDS OF 2013:

1. Depeche Mode - Delta Machine (United Kingdom)
2. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (France)
3. Big Black Delta - Big Black Delta (United States)
4. Jérôme Minière - Jérôme Minière danse avec Herri Kopter (Québec)
5. Midnight Juggernauts - Uncanny Valley (Australia)
6. Karl Bartos - Off the Record (Germany)
7. David Bowie - The Next Day (United Kingdom)
8. Alison Moyet - The Minutes (United Kingdom)
9. Atom™ - HD (Germany)
10. Abakus - Silent Geometry (United Kingdom)
11. Erasure - Snow Globe (United Kingdom)
12. Army of Lovers - Scandinavian Crime (Sweden)
13. Alizée - 5 (France)
14. D.P.Kaufman - Lullabies For The Apocalypse (United States)
15. Le Matos - Join Us (Québec)
16. Agnetha Fältskog - A (Sweden)
17. Dido - Girl Who Got Away (United Kingdom)
18. Cristobal Tapia de Veer - Utopia (Québec)
19. Олег Чубыкин - Письма с Планеты Земля (Russia)
20. Johnny Marr - The Messenger (United Kingdom)

Per country,
United Kingdom - 7 records,
Québec - 3 records,
France, USA, Germany, Sweden - 2 records each,
Australia and Russia - 1 record each.

Felicitations to these countries for an excellent input into this year's musical landscape.

TOP 20 TRACKS of 2013 in no particular order:

Cristobal Tapia de Veer - Utopia Dubstep
Jérôme Minière - Steppes numériques
Rex the Dog - Do You Feel What I Feel
Röyksopp - Ice Machine
Секрет - Забей
Ménilmontant - Jolie Môme
Александр Удовенко - No More Tomorrow
Сергей Бабкин - Только Душа
Глеб СамойлоFF & The Matrixx - Москва-Река
Little Boots - Satellite
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP
Alizée - A Cause De L'Automne
Sally Shapiro - If It Doesn't Rain
Найк Борзов - Горизонтальные Люди
Alison Moyet - When I Was Your Girl
Miss Kittin - Maneki Neko
Johnny Marr - New Town Velocity
Donatella - Love comes quickly
Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons

Top tracks found in 2013 but released earlier:

Sophie Vaillancourt - Histoires De Filles Et De Garçons
August Albert - Such A Fool
ANDERS & FAHRENKROG - Why Do You Cry
Олег Чубыкин - Сколько Стоит Любовь
Вася Обломов - Одноклассники
Bon Voyage - L'Impératrice
Jindřich Parma & Karel Vagner Orchestra - Možná
Ultrabeat - Simply The Way
Iveta Bartošová & Petr Sepéši - Den je jak má být
Семён Слепаков - Я Не Такой
Daily Bread - Allure
Ashbury Heights - Beautiful Scum


Top Artists by selected tracks
the more good tracks an artist published in 2013 the higher it is here

Depeche Mode
Le Matos
EOD
D.P.Kaufman
Midnight Juggernauts
Big Black Delta
Kettel
Vector Lovers
David Bowie
Dido
Solar Bears
Joseph Trapanese
Donatella
bottlesmoker
HouseBreaker
Empire of the Sun
Abakus
Peter Thomas Sound Orchester
Ochre
Agnetha Fältskog

Top Countries by selected tracks
the more good tracks were published by musicians of a country in 2013 the higher the country is here

1. United Kingdom
2. United States
3. France
4. Germany
5. Russia
6. Sweden
7. Australia
8. Québec
9. Italy
10. Belgium

Artists Emerged with their 2013 record
I started to listen to these because of their good record published in this year

Le Matos
EOD
D.P.Kaufman
Big Black Delta
Solar Bears
Joseph Trapanese
Donatella
bottlesmoker
HouseBreaker
Prochain Épisode
Juveniles
Charli XCX
Andy Cato
Jacco Gardner
Wave of Colors
Junglemire
Daan
Поющие Роботы
Vanessa Paradis


Top Genres by selected tracks
The more good tracks were published in this genre in 2013 the higher it is on the list

1. easy listening
2. idm
3. indie pop
4. alternative pop
5. singer/songwriter
6. synth pop
7. melodic electronica
8. pop
9. melancholic
10. experimental

Addition of favorite tracks in the recent year
Year 2009: 1516 tracks
Year 2010: 1844 tracks
Year 2011: 1316 tracks
Year 2012: 1753 tracks
Year 2013: 1261 tracks

Ratio of favorite tracks per added record in the recent year
Year 2009: ratio 0.992796
Year 2010: ratio 1.046538
Year 2011: ratio 0.972653
Year 2012: ratio 1.151774
Year 2013: ratio 1.854412 ! highest ever!

Got too tired of tracks from these records:

David Bowie - The Next Day
Pet Shop Boys - Electric
College - Héritage
Hilde Marie Kjersem - If we make it to the future
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - White Teeth, Black Thoughts
Dido - Girl Who Got Away


At what hour of day I was listening to music:

00: 0.9% ■■
01: 0.7% ■
02: 0.4% ■
03: 0.3%
04: 0.1%
05: 0.0%
06: 1.1% ■■
07: 3.6% ■■■■■■■
08: 4.2% ■■■■■■■■
09: 5.8% ■■■■■■■■■■■■
10: 8.7% ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
11: 6.9% ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
12: 7.4% ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
13: 7.0% ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
14: 6.2% ■■■■■■■■■■■■
15: 7.5% ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
16: 7.9% ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
17: 6.1% ■■■■■■■■■■■■
18: 5.5% ■■■■■■■■■■■
19: 5.4% ■■■■■■■■■■■
20: 5.1% ■■■■■■■■■■
21: 3.0% ■■■■■■
22: 2.8% ■■■■■■
23: 2.0% ■■■■

How listened to the music:

On PC: 29.7%
Through music app: 70.3%


Happy New Year and Merry Christmas everyone reading this. С Новым Годом и Рождеством! Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année à tous.