YouTube’s Top Music Videos Of 2009
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+)
And this is relevant to indie artists because…?
Am I supposed to only write about indie artists? I don’t tink so, but I’d love everyone’s feedback.
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!?
Ha ha interns clicking more than 20 million times? 😀
The reason it has been viewed so many times is because it’s pseudo porn !
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Oren is unsigned and unpublished.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!
I’m not really buying the Pitbull numbers
http://www.myspace.com/blackveilbrides are almost at 4Million for an indie
http://www.youtube.com/blackveilbridestv#p/u/4/gFDCHdKbKBY
Click on the video KNIVES AND PENS
sad, sad, sad… but trueoooo :/