Daft Punk, Zedd and Avicii among most pirated for 2013

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According to Musicmetric, Daft Punk, Zedd, Avicii and David Guetta made the Top 20 list for musicians most pirated in the 2013 year. Musicimetric’s numbers represent albums and tracks downloaded using BitTorren, a peer to peer file sharing program that enables the transfer of large files. Musicmetric says that a typical breakdown of BitTorrent traffic for musicians is 70% albums and 30% songs.

Although Musicmetric shows that piracy is alive, it does note that BitTorrent piracy has declined in recent years.

Take a look at the most pirated artists of 2013 below:

1 Bruno Mars, 5,783,556

2 Rihanna, 5,414,166

3 Daft Punk, 4,212,361

4 Justin Timberlake, 3,930,185

5 Flo Rida, 3,470,825

6 Kanye West, 3,199,969

7 Eminem, 3,176,122

8 Jay Z, 3,171,358

9 Drake, 3,139,408

10 Pitbull, 3,138,308

11 One Direction, 2,920,445

12 Maroon 5, 2,857,652

13 Zedd, 2,828,764

14 Nicki Minaj, 2,681,177

15 Adele, 2,594,275

16 Avicii, 2,562,151

17 David Guetta, 2,441,235

18 Linkin Park, 2,352,385

19 Pharrell Williams, 2,336,996

20 Katy Perry, 2,318,740

Source: edmsauce.com