YouTube & Video

YouTube’s Top Music Videos Of 2009

image from www.ctd.northwestern.edu YouTube's most popular videos this last year (in some instances they aggregated views across multiple versions of the same video):

Most Watched Music Videos (Gobal):
1. Pitbull "I Know You Want Me" (82M +)
2. Miley Cyrus "The Climb" (64M+)
3. Miley Cyrus "Party in the U.S.A." (54M+)
4. The Lonely Island "I'm On a Boat" (48M+)
5. Keri Hilson "Knock You Down" (35M+)

Most Watched Videos (Global):

1. Susan Boyle – Britain's Got Talent (120M+)
2. David After Dentist (37M+)
3. JK Wedding Entrance Dance (33M+)
4. New Moon Movie Trailer (31M+)
5. Evian Roller Babies (27M+)

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  1. The Pitbull video is so mediocre and pseudo porno that it leads me to believe that their view count is gamed. This is not viral success, it’s a bunch of interns clicking away or something. 20 M more views than Miley Cyrus!?

  2. Chuck, I’d like to point out a video that might be of interest to you since you’re into stories about indie artists:
    Oren Lavie – “Her Morning Elegance”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY
    Oren is unsigned and unpublished. He’s got over 9 million views of this music video – and he produced it and co-directed it.
    The video was ALSO nominated for a Grammy. Not bad!

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