2013: The Year of the Celebrity Selfie

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Drake

Rapper Drake has posted up a storm on his Instagram (IG name:champagnepapi) in 2013. He's documented the release of his latest album Nothing Was The Same, subsequent tour and poked fun at himself through memes and Degrassi jokes. However, a collective swoon from womankind came when he posted a sexy shirtless selfie. Let's hope there's more where that came from in 2014.

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Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham has had a quite a year--she got a multi-million dollar book deal, took to Twitter to update us on her television watching and season two of her critically acclaimed HBO show Girls was one of the most talked about (good and bad) TV shows of the year. Dunham's Instagram, much like her work, is open and vulnerable--showing the star with her dog, boyfriend and many, many selfies.

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Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber has a rough year and that's not judging from the many emo selfies he posted on his Instagram. He nursed a broken heart from his breakup with Selena Gomez and went through multiple controversial antics ranging from run ins with photographers and a rumored brothel visit in South America. However, don't let that detract from his excellent Music Mondays--a weekly song release which is chronicled in the album Journals only available via ITunes until January 9, 2014.

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Debra Messing

Will Debra Messing outlive us all? Judging from the lack of aging she's done between these two pictures, we are going to go with "Yes!" Messing hasn't done much since her stint on the canceled Smash but that's because she's been preparing for her Broadway debut in Outside Mullingar which opens in January 2014.

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Demi Lovato

The gorgeous Demi Lovato has served as an inspiration to many in 2013 with her frank talk about her struggles with addiction and eating disorders. She's also been busy publishing a book, serving as a judge on X-Factor, releasing her fifth album Demi AND a guest arc as Santana's love interest on Glee. Our new 2014 resolution: take a page from Demi's work ethic book.

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James Franco

Honestly, what didn't James Franco do in 2013? He directed, wrote and starred in the most diverse range of films from the adaptation of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, This Is the End, a guest role on Fox's The Mindy Project and playing the Britney Spears singing, gun toting Alien in Spring Breakers. He also went to school and penned multiple articles for outlets including an ode to the selfie for The New York Times--officially making himself an expert on the subject.

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Geraldo Rivera

If this is what Geraldo Rivera has got under his t-shirt now, can you imagine what he had as a football player in high school? Granted, none of us were probably supposed to see it. He admitted to taking several shots of tequila before tweeting the pic--which has hindered some of his work. Several of his public appearances were canceled due to the selfie but his regular appearances on Fox News haven't been affected.

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Kim Kardashian

It appears that Kim has always had a preference for the white bikini. Who can blame her if she looks like that in one! Kim took to Instagram to show off her post-baby body inspiring Kim's fiance, Kanye West, to head home. Beyond getting engaged and having North West (one of the cutest celeb babies), Kim's stayed busy with her reality show and many business ventures.

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Lindsay Lohan

It's wonderful to see Lindsay Lohan happy and healthy. The troubled starlet spent part of 2013 in rehab. She had a couple small roles in Scary Movie 5, FX show Anger Management and Eastbound and Down. She starred in the erotic thriller The Canyons, while the movie was panned, Lohan received praise for her role. She's set to do a reality docu-series for OWN in 2014. Judging from her Instagram, she might also be recording some new music. Let's hope 2014 is Lindsay's triumphant return!

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Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus twerked her way into cementing 2013 as HER year. The pop star constantly courted controversy with skimpy outfits, racy videos and capped it with a VMA performance with Robin Thicke and a foam finger. Despite her much-talked-about persona, Miley's Bangerz ended up on many best of 2013 lists. She'll be touring in 2014 to support the album. We're expecting many more tongue-sticking-out selfies in the new year.

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Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj might be the queen of the selfie--the more provocative the better. While Nicki didn't release a new album this year, she was all over the place making cameos in songs by Chris Brown and Ciara. 2014 aims to be a big year for Nicki--she's releasing a new album and her first film role in The Other Woman alongside Cameron Diaz hits screens.

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Rihanna

If you aren't following Rihanna on Instagram, you are missing out. The singer documents her travels, fabulous ensembles and occasional strip club ventures. She spent 2013 on tour for her album Unapologetic, made a cameo in This Is the End and made the hottest music video known to mankind for "Pour It Up."

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Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez (BFF of fellow selfie taker Demi Lovato) had a huge year in 2013. She released her album Stars Dance which debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. She also toured around the world to promote the album. With the releases of the much talked about Spring Breakers and Getaway, she also established herself as a fashion force. But with this selfie, Selena proved that she's still insanely gorgeous without a stitch of makeup.

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Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani's perfect face hasn't changed much from her high school days. Gwen was originally going to tour with her band No Doubt to promote their first album in nearly a decade Push and Shove. However, that got postponed to focus on making their seventh studio album. Gwen's also pregnant with her third child with husband Gavin Rossdale.

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Beyonce

While we already knew that Beyonce is queen of everything: Instagram, Tumblr, Life--she managed to even one up herself by dropping a secret "visual" album Beyonce two weeks before Christmas. Bow down to the queen.