(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.”
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Movie & TV Picks
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Best-Selling Movies
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Best-Selling Kids & Family Movies
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1. A Good Day to Die Hard
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1. Monsters, Inc.
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2. Django Unchained
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2. LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite
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3. Skyfall
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3. Wreck-it Ralph
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4. Lincoln
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4. Escape from Planet Earth
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5. Life of Pi
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5. Mulan / Mulan II
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Best-Selling TV Shows
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Amazon Picks: Movies & TV
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1. Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season
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1. Searching for Sugar Man
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2. True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season
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2. The Men Who Built America
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3. Dexter: The Seventh Season
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3. The Intouchables
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4. The Bible: The Epic Miniseries
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4. The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane
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5. Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season
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5. Bully
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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.
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Music Picks
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Best-Selling MP3 Albums
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Best-Selling CDS
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1. Tegan & Sara, Heartthrob
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1. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience
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2. Various Artists, Big Mozart Box
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2. Michael Bublé, To Be Loved
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3. Various Artists, 100 Must-Have Movie Classics, Vol. 2
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3. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
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4. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience
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4. Josh Groban, All That Echoes
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5. Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City
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5. David Bowie, The Next Day
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Best-Selling Vinyl
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Amazon Picks: Albums (CD & MP3)
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1. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
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1. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
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2. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience
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2. Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City
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3. Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City
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3. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience
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4. David Bowie, The Next Day
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4. Phoenix, Bankrupt
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5. The National, Trouble Will Find Me
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5. Tegan & Sara, Heartthrob
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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.
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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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