Top 10 music videos of 2013 with Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Jay Z

Music videos made a comeback in 2013. With MTV airing most reality TV shows and video countdowns becoming a thing of the past, it became a viable question if the music video still mattered. Music fans received their answer this year, the music video is not a thing of the past and can still break records.

This year we saw the evolution of Miley Cyrus in both of her VEVO breaking music videos for "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball." When it comes to creativity in music videos, the bench mark has been set even higher by Cyrus.

Videos also showed a more creative, film like style this year. Videos like "Holy Grail" and "Get Lucky" really showed that the music video is its own art form that is designed to compliment the original single.

TheCelebrityCafe.com is counting down the top ten music videos of 2013. This countdown is based off of genre, views and overall style of the music video. With such a large number of videos release, it is hard to narrow down the field, so comment below and add your favorite to the list.

If this is what 2013 had to offer, music fans can look forward to another impressive year for music videos in 2014.

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10. Miley Cyrus-We Can’t Stop

Miley Cyrus kicked off her personal, physical and musical evolution with the music video for her first single off of Bangerz, "We Can't Stop." The video has been describe as what happens at an L.A. party, taken to the extreme. Cyrus showed off her racy dance moves, new hairstyle and outrageous lyrics in this very creative, out of this world video.

Cyrus broke the VEVO 24-hour record for views of a video, only to break that record later in 2013.

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9. Florida Georgia Line-Cruise

When it comes to country music, one duo rules the category. Florida Georgia Line had the top-charting, most played single when it came to country music and had even better success on the pop charts. The video for "Cruise" captured all of the energy that was in the single and more, even getting a facelift when Nelly joined the duo on the remix.

"Cruise" tops the 2013 music videos for country music.

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8. Taylor Swift- 22

When Taylor Swift released her latest album Red fan noticed the country superstar moving towards more of a pop music sound but for Swift fans this was not a problem, but another reason to love the musician. "22' was one of the most popular songs of the year and the video showed a fun and lively side to Swift.

After this video debuted fans in the audience of the Red tour could be seen wearing cat ears and shirts that had been inspired by the video.

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7. Justin Timberlake- Mirrors

Justin Timberlake returned to pop music in 2013 and managed to bring his sexy back once again. Timberlake took music videos to another level with every single off of The 20/20 Experience but "Mirrors" stands out above the rest. It was artistic, creative and highlighted one of the most romantic and honest songs Timberlake has produced and performed.

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6. One Republic-Counting Stars

One Republic made a huge return to the rock charts in 2013 with their single, Counting Stars. This single and the music video took the band to a whole new level of creativity and musicianship.

One Republic took the classic pop/rock video and made it unique once again.

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5. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell- Get Lucky

When Daft Punk teams up with Pharrell, the music video is going to be over the top and out of this world. That is exactly what "Get Lucky" was.

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4. Eminem-Berzerk

Eminem returned to the music industry in 2013 with his latest album MMLP2. The hype around his first single and music video was off the charts. Within minutes of the music video for "Berzerk" going online, the video had thousands of views.

Eminem is not known for his public appearances or press before albums but it is not needed, fans will always be interested in what Eminem will do next.

Eminem brought the classic hip-hop video back and came back just in time to save the music industry once again.

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3.Jay-Z ft. Justin Timberlake-Holy Grail

Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake did not just release a music video for their single "Holy Grail" they released an official visual. Needless to say, this music video took the industry to a new level when it came to directing and lighting. This video feels more like a work of art, instead of a traditional music video.

After almost 20 million views on YouTube it seems that fans can't get enough of the Jay-Z Justin Timberlake duo.

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2. Robin Thicke ft. T.I., Pharrell-Blurred Lines

The song that created "twerking." "Blurred Lines" was one of the sexiest music videos to be released in the past three years and featured Robin Thicke performing his smooth, sexy lyrics.

The video made headlines and was taken a step further when Thicke teamed up with Miley Cyrus for the MTV VMA's. Thicke and Cyrus owned sexy in 2013.

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1. Miley Cyrus-Wrecking Ball

Starting the countdown and closing the countdown will be Miley Cyrus. It is not easy for an artist to one-up themselves, after "We Can't Stop," fans had no idea what Cyrus was going to do next.

With "Wrecking Ball," she not only topped "We Can't Stop" but broke her VEVO 24-hour record once again. "Wrecking Ball," was one of the most talked about music videos of the year and one of the most parodied.

2013 was the year of Cyrus, now the only question left to wonder is, who can Cyrus top herself?

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