Bruno Mars, Rihanna most pirated in 2013

Bruno Mars and Rihanna were the most pirated artists of 2013, racking up more than five million illegal downloads each.

Bruno Mars and Rihanna were the most pirated artists of 2013, despite neither releasing a new album.

The R&B musicians racked up more than five million illegal downloads each over the past 12 months.

Daft Punk and Justin Timberlake also featured prominently on illegal file-sharing websites, with about four million downloads each.

Rapper Flo Rida rounded out the top five, while Kanye West, Eminem, Jay Z and Drake also feature high on the list, which was compiled by musicmetric.com.


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