Amazon Announces the Best of Music, Movies and TV is Year, So Far

Amazon Announces the Best of Music, Movies and TV this Year, So Far

Amazon's Best Music of the Year, to Date, Features Daft Punk, Cold War Kids, Justin Timberlake, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix and more

The Best Movies & TV Picks of 2013 So Far, Include Argo, Skyfall, Monsters, Inc., Breaking Bad and Downton Abbey, among others

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 16, 2013-- (NASDAQ:AMZN) Amazon.com today announced its retrospective look at the Best Music and Best Movies & TV since the start of 2013. Compiled from best-selling rankings, curated editor picks and spotlight selections, the lists showcase the variety of blockbuster, hit-making and buzz-worthy entertainment that became available on Amazon.com the first half of this year.

Movie and TV selections from the first six months of 2013 highlight blockbuster theatrical releases including Argo, A Good Day to Die Hard, Django Unchained and Skyfall to family-fun films such as Rise of the Guardians, Wreck-it Ralph and Frankenweenie, among others, while TV picks include Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Falling Skies and The Bible: The Epic Miniseries.

Hot music across MP3, CD and Vinyl from January to June 2013 ranges from Daft Punk's electronic dance album to Cold War Kids' punk rock beats, Justin Timberlake's mainstream and new jazz-pop sound, country hit-maker Kacey Musgraves, as well as entries from Tegan & Sara, Vampire Weekend, David Bowie, and Phoenix, among others.

Whether music, movies or TV, our mid-year lists highlight the diversity we see every day at Amazon, stated Sarah Wood, head of U.S. entertainment, Amazon.com. Our customers continue to take advantage of our broad selection of both digital and physical entertainment choices while our editors, well-versed in their specific categories, consistently provide a mix of top choices from mainstream artists and blockbuster films to under-the-radar and genre specific entertainment helping spur new discovery for customers.

Movie & TV Picks

Best-Selling Movies

Best-Selling Kids & Family Movies

1. A Good Day to Die Hard

1. Monsters, Inc.

2. Django Unchained

2. LEGO Batman: The Movie DC Super Heroes Unite

3. Skyfall

3. Wreck-it Ralph

4. Lincoln

4. Escape from Planet Earth

5. Life of Pi

5. Mulan / Mulan II

Best-Selling TV Shows

Amazon Picks: Movies & TV

1. Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season

1. Searching for Sugar Man

2. True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season

2. The Men Who Built America

3. Dexter: The Seventh Season

3. The Intouchables

4. The Bible: The Epic Miniseries

4. The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane

5. Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season

5. Bully

For the entire Best Movies & TV of 2013, So Far list including more best-selling and editor choices as well as new to Blu-ray, and more visit www.amazon.com/bestofmovies&tv.

Music Picks

Best-Selling MP3 Albums

Best-Selling CDS

1. Tegan & Sara, Heartthrob

1. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience

2. Various Artists, Big Mozart Box

2. Michael Bubl , To Be Loved

3. Various Artists, 100 Must-Have Movie Classics, Vol. 2

3. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories

4. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience

4. Josh Groban, All That Echoes

5. Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City

5. David Bowie, The Next Day

Best-Selling Vinyl

Amazon Picks: Albums (CD & MP3)

1. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories

1. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories

2. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience

2. Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City

3. Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City

3. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience

4. David Bowie, The Next Day

4. Phoenix, Bankrupt

5. The National, Trouble Will Find Me

5. Tegan & Sara, Heartthrob

For the entire Best Music of 2013, So Far list including best-selling and editor chosen songs and spotlight artists visit www.amazon.com/bestofmusic.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long battery life, and a thin and light design. The new latest generation Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved fonts and faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD features a stunning custom high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo speakers, high-end, laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support, dual-antennas and MIMO for faster streaming and downloads, enough storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics engine and it is available in two display sizes 7 and 8.9 . The large-screen Kindle Fire HD is also available with 4G wireless, and comes with a groundbreaking $49.99 introductory 4G LTE data package. The all-new Kindle Fire features a 20% faster processor, 40% faster performance, twice the memory, and longer battery life.

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