While 2013 was most definitely a year of many bright moments, there were also some lows that were impossible to ignore.
Much like our Best of 2013 lists, it's difficult to cover everything terrible that happened, but we're spotlighting some of the year's worst. From Worst Album and Worst Song to Worst TV Couple, we run down the list.
Check it out below. You may or may not agree.
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Worst Collaboration
“Timber” by Pitbull, Featuring Ke$ha
- If you’ve ever suddenly smelled a skunk while driving down the road, this song is the equivalent for your ears. The second it comes on the radio, you just feel grimy all over, in desperate need of cold shower. It’s some real heebie-jeebies.
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Worst Song
“Say It, Just Say It” by The Mowgli’s
- Just who do these guys think they are? They refuse to use correct punctuation and now they think they’re gonna push us around with this song title: “Say It, Just Say It!" And why do you need, like, 50 people in your band anyway?
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Worst YouTube Sensation
“What Does the Fox Say” by Ylvis
- The power of the Internet once again baffles. 290 million people can’t be wrong, right? Of course they can. And elephants go “toot”? Can we just talk about how inaccurate this song is? This song that you people made famous.
Worst Album Cover
Donkey Punch the Night by Puscifer
- Sure, musicians are trading the glossy album art for “indie”-looking visuals instead. The more DIY, the better. But here’s a reminder that maybe it’s a good idea to hire someone who doesn’t still sleep in a race car bed.
Worst Chris Brown Moment
- Breezy got kicked out of rehab for anger management because he threw a rock at his mom’s car. Like, come on, dude. That’s not how we treat the women we love, right? Oh. Wait. It was a busy year for Brown, who “allegedly” attacked Frank Ocean...and “allegedly” hit a woman’s car and ran…and “allegedly” punched a man who photobombed him.
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Worst Music Video
“Bound 2” by Kanye West, Featuring Kim Kardashian
- While one of the video’s stars got back to her amateur porn days, the original looked so much like a parody that James Franco & Seth Rogen’s actual parody should have been the official video. It was just awful. But then you watch it again, and it kind of grows on you. OK, we take it back. We secretly loved it.
Worst TV Show
The Michael J. Fox Show
- Now, now, now. All things considered, this show is garbage. NBC likely hoped viewers’ sympathy would outweigh their sense of humor. This from the network that once gave us five nights of Jay Leno in primetime. And once again, it isn’t working. The timing is off, the characters are bland and it’s about as entertaining as a paper cut. The worst. And keep in mind, there was a show this year called What Would Ryan Lochte Do?
Worst TV Plot Twist
The Dexter Series Finale
- The fact that what had once been one of the best shows on TV could string fans along and then fail to give the most devoted viewers a sense of closure expected from a series finale, it was rather disappointing. Maybe expectations were simply too high. but in the end, it kind of made Family Guy’s death-of-Brian ratings gimmick look reasonable. And that in itself was outrageous.
Worst TV Couple
Nick & Jess on New Girl
- Now, before the hate tweets (actually, send us hate tweets anyway), part of the joy of TV couples—like it or not—is the struggle. Ross and Rachel, Jim and Pam. Now they’re just “that couple.” That happy, sappy couple whose relationship is slowly killing us. Face it, folks. If this show wants to eventually pass 100 episodes, these two need to split ASAP.
Worst TV Commercial
“Felecia the Goat” by Mountain Dew
- While Kmart’s plethora of Christmas “Giffing” ads were rather cumbersome, Tyler, the Creator's ad for the neon-colored soda was so bad, Mountain Dew had to eventually pull the commercial. Some critics actually went so far as to call it the “most racist commercial in history."
Worst TV Personality
George Zimmerman
- Like, get this guy off our TV screens already. And now he’s selling paintings for $100,000?
Worst Twitter Moment
The “Drummer” Tweet by Home Depot
- The home improvement store tweeted a picture last month of two African-American men and someone wearing a gorilla costume, with the caption, "Which drummer is not like the others?” Of course, Home Depot blamed an anonymous, third-party agency.
Worst Selfie
Justin Bieber in the Hospital
- Justin Bieber collapses onstage in London. Logical action? Get him to the hospital. Justin Bieber is at the hospital being treated with oxygen. Logical action? Take a shirtless selfie. Hey, Biebs, we can almost see your “swaggy.” Cover yourself up, dude.
Worst Feud
Sinead O’Connor vs. Miley Cyrus—Forever and Ever
- Sinead penned an open letter to Miley in October, mentioning all the usual stuff: getting naked, licking a sledgehammer, etc. OK, golf clap for you, Sinead. Whatever. But when the ever-twerkable pop star didn’t take heed, Ms. O’Connor wrote another letter…and another. Get a grip, Sinead. This is Miley’s world now and we’re just living in it.
Worst Song with a Hashtag Title
All of Them
- From Mariah Carey’s “#Beautiful,” featuring Miguel, to will.i.am’s “#thatPOWER,” every last one of these thirsty ditties could have gone sans hashtag and it wouldn’t have made an ounce of difference.
Worst Music Act
Azealia Banks
- First and foremost, Azealia Banks is a phenomenal songstress. And there were certainly some things out of her control. But this was supposed to be her year. Instead, she couldn’t stop putting her foot in her mouth. In fact, she started so many Twitter beefs with other musicians, Stereogum created a top 10 list of her dumbest spats (of 2013). Unfortunately for Banks, she’s now defined as much by her nasty words as her music—perhaps even more so. Let’s hope 2014 is about the music, because that is where she thrives.
Worst Album
I Am Not a Human Being II by Lil Wayne
- You’re probably thinking, “Wait, Weezy put out an album this year!?” Yes, he did. And it was pretty terrible. At this point, Lil Wayne’s making albums the way Tyler Perry makes movies: Just throw a bunch of random crap together, give it a title, put your name on it and assume people will buy, then repeat every nine months.