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Apple's Best of the iTunes Store 2013: 'Duolingo' and 'Disney Animated' Win Top App Honors

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 Apple has released the 2013 version of its annual iTunes Store awards (http://www.itunes.com/BestOf2013), which showcases the best music, movies, TV shows, apps, books and podcasts of the year.
 
 Here are some of the noteworthy winners for 2013:
 
 Apps:
 -iPhone App of the Year: Duolingo - Learn Languages for Free (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/duolingo-learn-languages-for/id570060128?mt=8)
 -iPhone Game of the Year: Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ridiculous-fishing-tale-redemption/id601831815?mt=8)
 -iPad App of the Year: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/disney-animated/id632312737?mt=8 ">Disney Animated[/url]
 -iPad Game of the Year: Badland (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/badland/id535176909?mt=8)
 
 Music:
 -Best Artist: The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/20-20-experience-complete/id672530060) by Justin Timberlake
 -Best Album: The Heist (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-heist-deluxe-edition/id560097651) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
 -Best Song: Royals (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/royals-single/id682793097) by Lorde
 -Breakthrough Album: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/good-kid-m.a.a.d.-city-deluxe/id622710488) by Kendrick Lamar
 
 Books:
 -Best Fiction: Tenth of December (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/tenth-of-december/id545153974?mt=11) by George Saunders
 -Best Nonfiction: One Summer (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/one-summer/id640427447?mt=11) by Bill Bryson
 -Best Teen Novel: The Rithmatist (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-rithmatist/id591126418?mt=11) by Brandon Sanderson and Ben McSweeney
 -Best Multi-Touch Book: Breaking Bad: Alchemy (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/breaking-bad-alchemy/id669224505?mt=11) by Sony Pictures Television
 
 This marks the first year that a language app has won App of the Year, and also marks the first time that an app from Disney has appeared on the annual list. As customary for its end of the year listings, Apple highlights various games and apps from a wide variety of categories, so it's well worth skimming the full list for hidden gems.
 
 Beyond the top-level awards for music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, and podcasts, Apple is featuring a number of other awards and Editors' Choice selections across various genres and categories for the content types.
 
 A list of previous winners are also available here: 2012 (http://www.macrumors.com/2012/12/13/apples-best-of-the-itunes-store-2012-action-movie-fx-and-paper-win-top-app-honors/), 2011 (http://www.macrumors.com/2011/12/08/itunes-rewind-highlights-the-best-of-2011-instagram-tiny-tower-win-best-of-year-awards/), 2010 (http://www.macrumors.com/2010/12/09/itunes-rewind-highlights-the-best-of-2010/), 2009 (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/08/apple-rounds-up-top-sellers-and-best-of-itunes-2009/)
 
 
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Source: Apple's Best of the iTunes Store 2013: 'Duolingo' and 'Disney Animated' Win Top App Honors (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/17/apples-best-of-the-itunes-store-2013-duolingo-and-disney-animated-win-top-app-honors/)