Vevo music videos that will get to 1 billion views – Ever since Psy’s “Gagnam Style” broke the sound barrier by getting a billion views on YouTube (and, recently, 2 billion), it has been the priority of pop stars to get that many hits on their songs as well.
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Some stall far before the 1 billion mark (“Pretty Girls” by Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea didn’t even break 50 million), some pass it (“Baby” by Justin Bieber, for example). Others almost get there, but just need that final thrust.
It’s an interesting exercise, looking at the number of views that a song gets. Sometimes, it’s unexpected songs that get the most views, ones that perhaps did not chart all that high in the United States but became international smash hits. Some are easier to anticipate, given the universal appeal of their singer and their domestic success. Either way, it’s a means of seeing who the most acclaimed singers in the world are.
As a final note, only Vevo videos have been counted in this list, not because other channels have less views or their videos aren’t as good, but because they are the most logically comparable. Here’s a list of the 12 Vevo videos that will next reach 1 billion views.
12. Wrecking Ball – 781 million
#TBT to when Miley Cyrus posed nude except for a pair of Dr. Martens on a wrecking ball then rolled around on a pile of rubble. “Wrecking Ball” was a hilariously meta name for the song which smashed the record for most views in 24 hours, previously held by One Direction’s “Best Song Ever.”
That number of views continued to increase long after the song fell from the #1 spot on the Billboard. Now it stands at some 781 million views, not quite as close as the rest of the videos on this list to that sexy billion, but still within reasonable vaulting distance.
11. Chandelier – 804 million
One of the most innovative videos in recent memory, Sia’s “Chandelier” is next up. The video, which features Dance Moms’ Maddie Ziegler, shows a little girl dressed in a sullied, skin-colored leotard and a blond wig as she dances through an abandoned house.
The wig has become so iconic, from the 804 million views on “Chandelier” and from two other videos (“Elastic Heart” and “Big Girls Cry”) where she wears it, too, that Maddie Ziegler, in an episode ofDance Moms, says that celebrities at the Grammy’s only recognized her once she had it on.
The routine in the video has been parodied by plenty of other media figures, including Jimmy Kimmel (alongside the elusive Sia) and Jim Carrey with Kate McKinnon on Saturday Night Live, meaning that it’s so popular it’ll soon get to 1 billion.
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