Miley Cyrus Named MTV Artiste Of The Year

MTV has just announced that Miley Cyrus has been selected by its music and news teams as MTV's Best Artist of 2013.

The criteria for making the pick included album and single sales, touring, airplay, social media, Internet and overall impact.

And who had bigger impact on MTV and the music scene this year than Miley?

In addition, according to traffic data from music discovery site Artists.MTV.com, Cyrus had the year's most visited artist page, while her medley of We Can't Stop/Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke from the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards tops the list as the most watched video of 2013.

MTV's Best Artist of 2013:

1. Miley Cyrus
2. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
3. Justin Timberlake
4. Kanye West
5. One Direction
6. Katy Perry
7. Drake
8. Bruno Mars
9. Lorde
10. Lady Gaga

-USA Today