The next 12 Vevo music videos that will get to 1 billion views – See which is #1 (+Videos)

8. Counting Stars – 858 million

More than 858 million people know that lately Ryan Tedder, lead singer of OneRepublic, has “been losing sleep.” These are the memorable opening words of the next entry on this list, “Counting Stars.”

The song, which was a pretty big hit reaching #2 on the Billboard, still did not make it to #1. How, then, did it get 858 million views on YouTube? Well, perhaps it’s because of the lead singer’s amazing ability to produce catchy music. In fact, he, like Kanye West, was a successful producer long before he was a performer, having created tracks like Leona Lewis’s “Bleeding Love,” which hit #1. Given his credentials, his own song likely will keep rising til it breaks the billion.