{"id":159,"date":"2014-01-01T03:04:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T03:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/peanutsandpopcorn\/?p=159"},"modified":"2014-01-01T03:04:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T03:04:01","slug":"2013s-most-popular-pop-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/peanutsandpopcorn\/2014\/01\/2013s-most-popular-pop-culture.html","title":{"rendered":"2013’s Most Popular Pop Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

For better or for worse, pop culture is all around us and is shaping our ever-changing world daily. Whether you agree with the following or not, here were the top changers of 2013:<\/p>\n

Movies*:<\/b><\/p>\n

\"NY1\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"NY2\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"NY3\"<\/a>\"NY4\"<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Highest Grossing:<\/b>
\nIron Man<\/a>\u00a03
\nMaking $409,013,994<\/p>\n

Highest Grossing Animated:<\/b>
\nDescpicable Me 2<\/a>
\nMaking $367,766,870<\/p>\n

Highest Grossing Faith-Based:<\/b>
\nGrace Unplugged<\/a>
\n$2,507,201<\/p>\n

Biggest Flop:<\/b>
\nThe Lone Ranger<\/a>
\nLost nearly $200 million<\/p>\n

*=Domestic sales<\/em><\/p>\n

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Music
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\"NY5\"<\/a>\"NY6\"<\/a>\"NY7\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Top-Selling Single:<\/b>
\n\u201cBlurred Lines<\/a>\u201d by Robin Thicke
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Best Selling Album:
\n<\/b>\u201cThis is Us<\/a>\u201d by New Direction<\/b><\/p>\n

Best-Selling Christian Album on iTunes:
\n<\/b>\u201cCampfire<\/a>\u201d by Rend Collective Experiment<\/p>\n

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TV<\/b><\/p>\n

\"NY8\"<\/a>\"NY9\"<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Most-Watched TV Show:
\n<\/b>The Walking Dead<\/a> (AMC)
\nRating: 8.6
\nTotal viewers: 16.48 million<\/p>\n

First Cancelled Fall Show:<\/b>
\nLucky 7<\/a> (ABC)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Internet<\/b><\/p>\n

\"NY10\"<\/a>\"boston\"<\/a>\"Mandela\"<\/a>\"Oscar\"<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Most Popular Website:
\nGoogle<\/a><\/b>
\n<\/b>1,000,000,000 \u2013 Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors<\/p>\n

Most popular searches on Google for 2013:<\/b>
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Top Event<\/b><\/a> \u2013 Boston Marathon Bombing
\nPeople<\/b><\/a> \u2013 Nelson Mandela
\nAthletes <\/b><\/a>\u2013 Oscar Pistorius<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/a>\"Cory2\"<\/a>\"Under\"<\/a>\"What\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Movies<\/b><\/a> \u2013 \u201cMan of Steel\u201d
\nPerforming Arts<\/b><\/a> \u2013 Cory Monteith
\nTV Shows<\/b><\/a> \u2013 \u201cUnder the Dome\u201d
\nYouTube<\/b><\/a> \u2013 Ylvis \u2013 \u201cWhat Does the Fox Say?\u201d<\/p>\n

Most Watched Youtube Video<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Miley\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMiley Cyrus \u2013 Wrecking Ball<\/a>\u201d<\/b>
\n451,131,022 views<\/p>\n

Most Re-Tweeted Tweets from Twitter:<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Lea\"<\/a>\"Sandy\"<\/a>\"home\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cGlee\u201d star, Lea Michele tribute to Cory Monteith<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support. Cory will forever be in my heart. pic.twitter.com\/XVlZnh9vOc\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Most Popular Facebook Page:<\/b>
\nSandy the Elephant<\/b><\/a>
\n2,6000 comments and likes<\/p>\n

Most popular Pinterest Pins:<\/b>
\nHome D\u00e9cor<\/a><\/p>\n

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Books<\/b><\/p>\n

\"inferno\"<\/a>\"LeanIn\"<\/a>\"Diary\"<\/a>\"proof\"<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Best Selling Books from Barnes & Noble<\/b>:<\/p>\n

Fiction:<\/b>
\n\u201cInferno<\/a>\u201d by Dan Brown<\/p>\n

Non-Fiction:<\/b>
\n\u201cLean In<\/a>\u201d by Sheryl Sandberg<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Book:<\/b>
\n“The Third Wheel<\/a>” (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #7) by Jeff Kinney<\/p>\n

Faith-Based Book:<\/b>
\n\u201cProof of Heaven<\/a>\u201d by Eben Alexander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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