Most Retweeted Tweets of 2013: Cory Monteith, Paul Walker, One Direction

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Jumping on the end of the year bandwagon is Twitter, who shared information on their most retweeted tweets and the hashtags that got the most traction this year.

The top three retweeted tweets of the year were Lea Michele's thanks to fans for their support in the wake of Cory Monteith's death (shared 408,266 times), the confirmation of the passing of Paul Walker (400,367) and Niall Horan of One Direction celebrating his 20th birthday.

One of these things is not like the other.

https://twitter.com/msleamichele/statuses/361895025073856512

https://twitter.com/RealPaulWalker/statuses/406984510367350784

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/statuses/378297302953492480

Miley Cyrus' performance with Robin Thicke at the VMAs garnered 306,100 tweets per minute, while Argo's win at the Oscars landed 85,300 tweets per minute.

The Pretty Little Liars mid-season finale also hit it big this year with 1.9 million tweets, while Beyonce's halftime show at the Super Bowl brought in 268,000 tweets per minute.

Other top trends of the year include the Super Bowl blackout, The Voice's use of the instant save, the Breaking Bad series finale, all the award shows and music festivals and of course the celebrity pregnancies.

Not to mention the destruction of DOMA, the government shutdown and the birth of the royal baby.

Phew, it was a busy year.

You can check out the entire year in review HERE or go month to month over HERE.