Sunday, July 6, 2025

2013 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Gone, Gone, Gone" - Phillip Phillips (Gregg Wattenberg)
  • "Hold On, We're Going Home" - Drake (Noah Shebib, Nineteen85 & Majid Jordan)
  • "Lego House" - Ed Sheeran (Jake Gosling)
  • "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Jerome Harmon)
  • "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
    (Honourable Mentions: "It's a Beautiful Day" - Michael Bublé, "Let Her Go" - Passenger, "New" - Paul McCartney, "Riptide" - Vance Joy, "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" - David Bowie)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Brave" - Sara Bareilles (Mark Endert)
  • "Girl on Fire" - Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys, Jeff Bhasker & Salaam Remi)
  • "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift (Max Martin & Shellback)
  • "Next to Me" - Emeli Sandé (Craze and Hoax & Mojam Music)
  • "Skyfall" - Adele (Paul Epworth)
  • "Young and Beautiful" - Lana Del Rey (Rick Nowels & Al Shux)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Heart Attack" - Demi Lovato, "Royals" - Lorde, "Try" - P!nk, "Wrecking Ball" - Miley Cyrus)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Carry On" - fun. (Jeff Bhasker)
  • "Counting Stars" - OneRepublic (Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella)
  • "Just Give Me a Reason" - P!nk, ft. Nate Reuss (Jeff Bhasker)
  • "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons (Alex da Kid)
  • "Stay" - Rihanna, ft. Mikky Ekko (Mikky Ekko, Justin Parker & Kuk Harrell)
  • "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ryan Lewis)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Best Song Ever" - One Direction, "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk, ft. Pharrell, "I Love It" - Icona Pop, ft. Charli XCX, "Safe and Sound" - Capital Cities)

Best Album

  • The 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Rob Knox & Jerome Harmon)
  • The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ryan Lewis)
  • Random Access Memories - Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Julian Casablancas & DJ Falcon)
  • Red - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, Nathan Chapman, Dann Huff, Jeff Bhasker, Max Martin & Dan Wilson)
  • Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons, Jeff Bhasker, Mark Ronson, Supa Dups & Emile Haynie)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Blessed Unrest - Sara Bareilles, Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City - Kendrick Lamar, The Next Day - David Bowie, Pure Heroine - Lorde, Same Trailer, Different Park - Kacey Musgraves)

Best Music Video

  • "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Jon Jon Augustavo, Jason Koenig & Ryan Lewis, directors; Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer & Jenny Koenig, producers)
  • "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake (Floria Sigismondi, director; Coleen Haynes & Dawn Rose, producers)
  • "Safe and Sound" - Capital Cities (Grady Hall, director; Buddy Enright, Javier Jimenez, Danny Lockwood & Daniel Weisman, producers)
  • "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake, ft. Jay-Z (David Fincher, director; Timory King, producer)
  • "Try" - P!nk (Floria Sigismondi, director; Coleen Haynes & Dawn Rose, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke, ft. T.I. & Pharrell, "Carry On" - fun., "I'm Shakin'" - Jack White, "Lego House" - Ed Sheeran, "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons)

Best Country Song

  • "Highway Don't Care" - Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban (Byron Gallimore & Tim McGraw)
  • "I Drive Your Truck" - Lee Brice (Kyle Jacobs, Matt McClure & Lee Brice)
  • "Mama's Broken Heart" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf & Chuck Ainlay)
  • "Merry Go Round" - Kacey Musgraves (Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves)
  • "Wagon Wheel" - Darius Rucker (Frank Rogers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "The Accidental Racist" - Brad Paisley, ft. LL Cool J, "Begin Again" - Taylor Swift, "Downtown" - Lady Antebellum, "Mine Would Be You" - Blake Shelton, "The One That Got Away" - The Civil Wars)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Clarity" - Zedd, ft. Foxes (Zedd)
  • "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk, ft. Pharrell (Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo)
  • "I Love It" - Icona Pop, ft. Charli XCX (Patrik Berger)
  • "Summertime Sadness (Remix)" - Lana Del Rey, ft. Cedric Gervais (Cedric Gervais)
  • "Wake Me Up" - Avicii (Tim Bergling & Ash Pournouri)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Atmosphere" - Kaskade, "Need U (100%)" - Duke Dumont, ft. A*M*E & MNEK, "Odd Look" - Kavinsky, ft. The Weeknd, "Sweet Nothing" - Calvin Harris, ft. Florence Welch, "This is What It Feels Like" - Armin Van Buuren, ft. Trevor Guthrie)

Best Pop Song

  • "Counting Stars" - OneRepublic (Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella)
  • "Daylight" - Maroon 5 (Adam Levine & Max Martin)
  • "Live While We're Young" - One Direction (Rami Yacoub & Carl Falk)
  • "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Jerome Harmon)
  • "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Do What U Want" - Lady Gaga, ft. R. Kelly, "Feel This Moment" - Pitbull, ft. Christina Aguilera, "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift, "Stay" - Rihanna, ft. Mikky Ekko, "Wrecking Ball" - Miley Cyrus)

Best Rap Song

  • "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke, ft. T.I. & Pharrell (Pharrell Williams)
  • "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ryan Lewis)
  • "Holy Grail" - Jay-Z, ft. Justin Timberlake (Timbaland, Jerome Harmon & The-Dream)
  • "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake, ft. Jay-Z (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Jerome Harmon)
  • "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ryan Lewis)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Berzerk" - Eminem, "F***in' Problems" - A$AP Rocky, ft. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar, "Power Trip" - J. Cole, ft. Miguel, "Started from the Bottom" - Drake, "Swimming Pools (Drank)" - Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rock Song

  • "I'm Shakin'" - Jack White (Jack White)
  • "Panic Room" - Muse (Muse)
  • "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons (Alex da Kid)
  • "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" - David Bowie (David Bowie & Tony Visconti)
  • "Still Into You" - Paramore (Justin Meldal-Johnsen)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ain't Messin' 'Round" - Gary Clark, Jr., "Diane Young" - Vampire Weekend, "Doom and Gloom" - The Rolling Stones, "God is Dead?" - Black Sabbath, "Supersoaker" - Kings of Leon)

Best Songwriting

  • "Gone, Gone, Gone" - Phillip Phillips (Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark & Gregg Wattenberg)
  • "Hold On, We're Going Home" - Drake (Aubrey Graham, Noah Shebib, Majid Al Maskati, Jordan Ullman & Paul Jefferies)
  • "Just Give Me a Reason" - P!nk, ft. Nate Reuss (Alecia Moore, Jeff Bhasker & Nate Reuss)
  • "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley, Jerome Harmon & James Fauntleroy)
  • "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Andrew Wyatt)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Applause" - Lady Gaga, "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons, "Roar" - Katy Perry, "Royals" - Lorde, "Same Love" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)

Best Original Score

  • Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)
  • The Great Gatsby (Craig Armstrong)
  • Lincoln (John Williams)
  • Skyfall (Thomas Newman)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

  • Django Unchained: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Quentin Tarantino)
  • The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film (Baz Luhrmann & Anthony Seyler)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Alexandra Patsavas)
  • Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe)
  • Sound City: Real to Reel (Butch Vig)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Atlas" - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Coldplay)
  • "Skyfall" - Skyfall (Adele & Paul Epworth)
  • "Suddenly" - Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer)
  • "Young and Beautiful" - The Great Gatsby (Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels)
  • "You've Got Time" - Orange is the New Black (Regina Spektor)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Almost Home" - Oz: The Great and Powerful, "Ancora Qui" - Django Unchained, "Over the Love" - The Great Gatsby, "Please, Mr. Kennedy" - Inside Llewyn Davis, "Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You) - Silver Linings Playbook)

Best New Artist

  • Imagine Dragons
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Lana Del Rey
  • Lorde
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
    (Honourable Mentions: Capital Cities, Icona Pop, James Blake, The Weeknd)

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