| 1 | Imagine Dragons | Radioactive | Night Visions (2012) |
| 2 | The Neighbourhood | Sweater Weather | I Love You. (2013) |
| 3 | Of Monsters and Men | Mountain Sound | My Head Is an Animal (2012) |
| 4 | Daft Punk | Get Lucky [feat. Pharrell Williams] | Random Access Memories (2013) |
| 5 | Lorde | Royals | Pure Heroine (2013) |
| 6 | AWOLNATION | Sail | Megalithic Symphony (2011) |
| 7 | Capital Cities | Safe and Sound | In a Tidal Wave of Mystery (2013) |
| 8 | Imagine Dragons | Demons | Night Visions (2012) |
| 9 | Avicii | Wake Me Up | True (2013) |
| 10 | Arctic Monkeys | Do I Wanna Know? | AM (2013) |
| 11 | Fitz and the Tantrums | Out of My League | More Than Just a Dream (2013) |
| 12 | Bastille | Pompeii | Bad Blood (2013) |
| 13 | Atlas Genius | Trojans | When It Was Now (2013) |
| 14 | New Politics | Harlem | A Bad Girl in Harlem (2013) |
| 15 | Of Monsters and Men | Little Talks | My Head Is an Animal (2012) |
| 16 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Thrift Shop [feat. Wanz] | The Heist (2012) |
| 17 | Cage the Elephant | Come a Little Closer | Melophobia (2013) |
| 18 | The Black Keys | Little Black Submarines | El Camino (2011) |
| 19 | Mumford & Sons | I Will Wait | Babel (2012) |
| 20 | fun. | Carry On | Some Nights (2012) |
| 21 | Tame Impala | Elephant | Lonerism (2012) |
| 22 | Lorde | Team | Pure Heroine (2013) |
| 23 | Walk the Moon | Anna Sun | Walk the Moon (2012) |
| 24 | Passion Pit | Take a Walk | Gossamer (2012) |
| 25 | Muse | Madness | The 2nd Law (2012) |
| 26 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Same Love [feat. Mary Lambert] | The Heist (2012) |
| 27 | The Lumineers | Ho Hey | The Lumineers (2012) |
| 28 | Vampire Weekend | Unbelievers | Modern Vampires of the City (2013) |
| 29 | Fall Out Boy | My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) | Save Rock and Roll (2013) |
| 30 | Of Monsters and Men | Dirty Paws | My Head Is an Animal (2012) |
| 31 | Imagine Dragons | It’s Time | Night Visions (2012) |
| 32 | Kings of Leon | Wait for Me | Mechanical Bull (2013) |
| 33 | Mumford & Sons | Lover of the Light | Babel (2012) |
| 34 | Grouplove | Ways to Go | Spreading Rumours (2013) |
| 35 | Pearl Jam | Sirens | Lightning Bolt (2013) |
| 36 | Youngblood Hawke | We Come Running | Wake Up (2013) |
| 37 | The Killers | Shot at the Night | Non-album Single (2013) |
| 38 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Up in the Air | Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013) |
| 39 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor | Reflektor (2013) |
| 40 | The Lumineers | Stubborn Love | The Lumineers (2012) |
| 41 | The Neighbourhood | Afraid | I Love You. (2013) |
| 42 | Smallpools | Dreaming | Smallpools EP (2013) |
| 43 | Queens of the Stone Age | I Sat by the Ocean | …Like Clockwork (2013) |
| 44 | Empire of the Sun | Alive | Ice on the Dune (2013) |
| 45 | Avicii | Hey Brother | True (2013) |
| 46 | Atlas Genius | If So | When It Was Now (2013) |
| 47 | fun. | Some Nights | Some Nights (2012) |
| 48 | Linkin Park | A Light That Never Comes [feat. Steve Aoki] | Recharged (2013) |
| 49 | Phoenix | Trying to Be Cool | Bankrupt! (2013) |
| 50 | CHVRCHES | The Mother We Share | The Bones of What You Believe (2013) |
| 51 | Muse | Panic Station | The 2nd Law (2012) |
| 52 | Panic! at the Disco feat. Lolo | Miss Jackson | Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013) |
| 53 | Phoenix | Entertainment | Bankrupt! (2013) |
| 54 | Paramore | Now | Paramore (2013) |
| 55 | The Airborne Toxic Event | Timeless | Such Hot Blood (2013) |
| 56 | Family of the Year | Hero | Loma Vista (2012) |
| 57 | Mumford & Sons | Hopeless Wanderer | Babel (2012) |
| 58 | Icona Pop | I Love It | This Is… Icona Pop (2013) |
| 59 | Ellie Goulding | I Need Your Love | Halcyon (2012) |
| 60 | fun. | Why Am I the One | Some Nights (2012) |
| 61 | Kings of Leon | Supersoaker | Mechanical Bull (2013) |
| 62 | The Fray | Love Don’t Die | Non-album Single (2013) [Later on Helios (2014)] |
| 63 | The 1975 | Chocolate | The 1975 (2013) |
| 64 | American Authors | Best Day of My Life | Non-album Single (2013) [Later on Oh, What a Life (2014)] |
| 65 | The Killers | Miss Atomic Bomb | Battle Born (2012) |
| 66 | The Head and the Heart | Shake | Let’s Be Still (2013) |
| 67 | Jake Bugg | Lightning Bolt | Jake Bugg (2012) |
| 68 | The Avett Brothers | Another Is Waiting | Magpie and the Dandelion (2013) |
| 69 | The Mowgli’s | San Francisco | Waiting for the Dawn (2013) |
| 70 | Sara Bareilles | Brave | The Blessed Unrest (2013) |
| 71 | OneRepublic | Counting Stars | Native (2013) |
| 72 | Kings of Leon | Temple | Mechanical Bull (2013) |
| 73 | Of Monsters and Men | King and Lionheart | My Head Is an Animal (2012) |
| 74 | The Civil Wars | The One That Got Away | The Civil Wars (2013) |
| 75 | Phillip Phillips | Gone, Gone, Gone | The World from the Side of the Moon (2012) |
| 76 | Passenger | Let Her Go | All the Little Lights (2012) |
| 77 | Dawes | Most People | Stories Don’t End (2013) |
| 78 | Frank Turner | Recovery | Tape Deck Heart (2013) |
| 79 | The Wild Feathers | The Ceiling | The Wild Feathers (2013) |
| 80 | Serena Ryder | Stompa | Harmony (2012) |
| 81 | Matt Nathanson | Mission Bells | Last of the Great Pretenders (2013) |
| 82 | Kopecky | Heartbeat | Kids Raising Kids (2013) |
| 83 | Brett Dennen | Wild Child | Smoke and Mirrors (2013) |
| 84 | Jamie N Commons | Rumble and Sway | Rumble and Sway EP (2013) |
| 85 | The Unlikely Candidates | Follow My Feet | Follow My Feet EP (2013) |
| 86 | Alpha Rev | Sing Loud | Bloom (2013) |
| 87 | Michael Franti & Spearhead | I’m Alive (Life Sounds Like) | All People (2013) |
| 88 | Ben Howard | Keep Your Head Up | Every Kingdom (2011) |
| 89 | ZZ Ward | 365 Days | Til the Casket Drops (2012) |
| 90 | Delta Rae | If I Loved You | Carry the Fire (2012) |
| 91 | Jack Johnson | I Got You | From Here to Now to You (2013) |
| 92 | The Avett Brothers | February Seven | The Carpenter (2012) |
| 93 | Gary Clark Jr. | Ain’t Messin ’Round | Blak and Blu (2012) |
| 94 | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Life Is Better With You | All People (2013) |
| 95 | The Lone Bellow | Bleeding Out | The Lone Bellow (2013) |
| 96 | Vicci Martinez feat. CeeLo Green | Come Along | Vicci (2012) |
| 97 | Alabama Shakes | Hang Loose | Boys & Girls (2012) |
| 98 | Michael Kiwanuka | Tell Me a Tale | Home Again (2012) |
| 99 | Frank Turner | The Way I Tend to Be | Tape Deck Heart (2013) |
| 100 | John Mayer | Wildfire | Paradise Valley (2013) |
| 101 | BOY | Little Numbers | Mutual Friends (2013) |
| 102 | The Wallflowers | Love Is a Country | Glad All Over (2012) |
| 103 | Amos Lee | The Man Who Wants You | Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song (2013) |
| 104 | Eric Clapton | Gotta Get Over | Old Sock (2013) |
| 105 | OneRepublic | Feel Again | Native (2013) |
| 106 | Coldplay | Atlas | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack (2013) |
About 2013
In 2013, KROQ’s airwaves pulsed with Imagine Dragons’ arena-shaking anthems, The Neighbourhood’s sultry indie grooves, and Lorde’s minimalist pop defiance. Sticking with the Top 50 format, the list wove together alt-rock grit from Cage the Elephant, dancefloor bangers like Daft Punk’s funk revival, and socially charged hip-hop from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, igniting SoCal’s festivals, clubs, and radio dials. This curated list expands to 106 songs, starting with KROQ’s rankings and adding tracks likely played, sourced from Billboard and other airplay data, ordered by 2013 airplay.