Apple publishes Best of the iTunes Store 2013 lists

[RaduTyrsina]

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Every year, Apple releases iTunes Store awards. showcasing the best music, movies, TV shows, apps, books and podcasts of the year. Besides the most-downloaded digital media in its iTunes Store, Apple has included editors' choice selections. Here are some of the noteworthy winners for 2013:

Apps

• iPhone App of the Year: Duolingo - Learn Languages for Free
• iPhone Game of the Year: Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption
• iPad App of the Year: Disney Animated
• iPad Game of the Year: Badland

Music

• Best Artist: The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience by Justin Timberlake
• Best Album: The Heist by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Best Song: Royals by Lorde
• Breakthrough Album: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar

Books

• Best Fiction: Tenth of December by George Saunders
• Best Nonfiction: One Summer by Bill Bryson
• Best Teen Novel: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson and Ben McSweeney
• Best Multi-Touch Book: Breaking Bad: Alchemy by Sony Pictures Television

It was for the first time this year when a language app has won the App of the Year award. Follow the link from below to find the complete lists from Apple's website.

Source: iTunes, iPhoneforums

 

[AQ_OC]

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Best Song: Royals by Lorde

is a gift that Apple released today (or yesterday) from that 12 Days app. The deal was you get the gift now and then wait until Dec 26 for 12 days of more gifts. The Royals is actually a video and the song is No Better. Love that song though the video interperts the song a lot differently than I would have imaged it.

 

[AQ_OC]

Anyone have any experience with the iPad AOTY and the iPad GOTY?

 

[Ser Aphim]

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is a gift that Apple released today (or yesterday) from that 12 Days app. The deal was you get the gift now and then wait until Dec 26 for 12 days of more gifts. The Royals is actually a video and the song is No Better. Love that song though the video interperts the song a lot differently than I would have imaged it.

I think that apple is planning on giving out apps and games they selected on the best of the iTunes store 2013 on the 12 days of gifts app.