When site co-founder of YouTube, Jawed Karim uploaded a video, no one could have imagined that the 18-second video will revolutionize digital media. Over one billion users and 350 hours of video uploaded each minute in YouTube.
From Psy’s “Gangnam Style” to Shakir‘s “waka waka” YouTube is filled with music clips that can submerged you. Here, are the list of top 5 most viewed Youtube video songs.
5. Blank Space
Singer : Taylor Swift
Views :915,957,580
Upload Date :November 10, 2014
“Blank Space” is the best song of Taylor Swift from her 2014 fifth studio album1989.
“Blank Space”, having reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 , helped Swift to become the first woman in the Hot 100’s 56-year history to succeed herself at the top spot. Several critics included this song in their year-end lists and were the second and the sixth best song according to Time and Rolling Stone in January 2015.
4. Roar
Singer :Katy Perry
Views :951,384,412
Upload Date :September 5, 2013
Her fourth studio album, Prism.
“Roar” was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
Katy Perry scores a 4th spot in our trending top 5 most viewed YouTube music video. “Roar” was from her fourth studio album, Prism, where eye catching CGI animals and leopard print bikini were the talk of the town.
3. Dark Horse
Singer :Katy Perry
Views : 982,744,236
Upload Date : February 20, 2014
Katy is surely going to be the first female to get 2 songs with 1 billion views.
“Dark Horse” has gained more views then her 2013 single – “Roar”. It got a bit of publicity from the controversy of a person wearing Allah pendant shown burnt alive. Some Muslim community criticized it for being blasphemous.
2. Baby
Singer :Justin Bieber
Views : 1 ,175,307,963
Upload Date : February 19, 2010
“Baby”, a song by Justin Bieber, was released as the lead single from Bieber’s debut album, My World 2.0.
The official music video remains the second most-viewed video all-time on YouTube. It had been the most-viewed from July 12, 2010 until November 24, 2012, when “Gangnam Style” by Psy went viral.
This is the most viewed video on a Vevo platform but probably the most disliked video too (4,728,070 dislikes) surpassing Rebecca Black’s “Friday”.
1. Gangnam Style
Singer :Psy
Views : 2,350,379,797
Upload Date : July 15, 2012
Featuring Psy’s iconic horse-riding moves, “Gangnam Style” changed the definition of the word “viral”. It become the most-watched video on YouTube in four months. Psy made YouTube history to claim the first video to reach 2 billion views, which even the co-founders could not have imagined when they started youtube.
The phrase “Gangnam Style” is a Korean made-up word that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. Its catchy beat and Psy’s amusing dance moves (which themselves have become a phenomenon) helped it to gain the top spot in trending top 5 Most viewed songs on YouTube Mean while our Tendingtop5 team also started dancing ….Oppan Gangnam Style !
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