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Actually, it's an annual round-up, as the full year figures for 2013 are in...

These were the most-read stories published in 2013:

1. The curious case of the Telegraph piece that read like one from The Observer
2. Ronnie Biggs dies; maybe now music will stop being so impressed by him
3. Liveblog: Brits 2013
4. Liveblog: Eurovision 2013
5. iPad man becomes the most hated person at Glastonbury
6. Why did Robbie Williams fall out with Oasis?
7. Charlotte Church takes down Louise Mensch with a single tweet
8. Videos: NME's best singles of 1993
9. David Bowie's new album: first reviews
10. Salon frets that people make jokes about Bruce Springsteen

These were the most-read pages from across the entire site in 2013:

1. KT Tunstall figures out why people think she's gay
2. Tatu can't figure out why people think they're gay
3. Sort-of liveblog: The last Mark & Lard show
4. Neil McCormick files piece from Observer for the Telegraph
5. RI"P": Ronnie Biggs
6. Thom Yorke fails to treat Ronan Keating with deference
7. Court to be forced to watch R Kelly having sex
8. Jo O'Meara doesn't understand why she should say sorry
9. Liveblog: Brits 2013
10. Gordon Smart gets very excited by the Tulisa sex tape

[Concludes 2013 steps to nowhere

2013 Steps To Nowhere: December

Blur have started to sell flat caps with their logos on.

Courtney Love discovered that 'it's on the internet' isn't a legal defence. James Arthur apologised after discovering 'it's in a rap' it's an explanation.

Heart said no to Seaworld and Katy Perry said no to her parents.

Morrissey cut his boyfriend out of his autobiography. Kim Wilde added being a bit psychic to her CV.

Matt Goss told us he tried to get off with Princess Di once.

Beyonce dropped an album out of nowhere.

Returning: Old Tommy Vance programmes, Swervedriver
Retiring: Justin Bieber
Suspending operations: The Courteneers

2013 Steps To Nowhere: Valete

Kent Abbott, guitarist, Grade; Somehow Hollow
Christina Amphlett, singer, The DiVinyls
Patty Andrews, singer, The Andrews Sisters
Kevin Ayers
Chris Bailey, bassist, The Angels
Gary Biddles, roadie and collaborator, The Cure
Ronnie Biggs, criminal who impressed some musicians
Trevor Bolder, bassist, Uriah Heep, Spiders From Mars
Leroy Bonner, The Ohio Players
Jon Brookes, drummer, The Charlatans
JJ Cale
Chi Cheng, bassist, The Deftones
Jack "Cowboy" Clement, producer and songwriter
Tommy "Cosmo" Cosdon, singer, The Counts
Joey Covington, drummer, Jefferson Airplane
Benjamin Curtis, guitarist, School Of Seven Bells; Secret Machines
Ray Dolby, scientist and audiophile
Manolo Escobar, singer
Chet Flippo, journalist
Tompall Glaser, outsider country star
Eydie Gorme, singer
Otis 'Damon' Harris, singer, The Temptations
Jeff Hanneman, founding member, Slayer
Steve Hay, singer, Shades Of Blue, The Exploited
Michael Howells, MJ Drone, The Drones
Rick Huxley, bassist, Dave Clark Five
David Jacobs, dj in a dj
George Jones, singer
Alvin Lee, guitarist, Ten Years After
Marshall Lytle, bassist, The Comets
Ray Maznerak, keyboardist, The Doors
Mindy McCready, singer
Scott Miller, singer, Game Theory
Jason Molina, Songs:Ohia
Junior Murvin, reggae star
Patti Page, country singer
Jody Payne, guitarist, The Family
Nic Potter, bassist, Van Der Graaf Generator
Maxine Powell, artist development director, Motown
Reg Presley, singer, The Troggs
Lou Reed, Lou Reed
Deke Richards, songwriter
Mike Robinson, engineer, Radio One
Tabu Ley Rochereau, soukous pioneer
Toshi Seeger, activist and festival organiser
Tony Sheridan, singer, The Beatles, sort-of
Jay Smith, guitarist, Matt Mays
Gilbert Taylor, cinematographer
Marc Trovillion, bassist, Lambchop
Slim Whitman, yodelling singer
Norman Winter, PR man
Cecil Womack, singer, Womack And Womack

2013 Steps To Nowhere: Releases