Sure, they spread across the web like wildfire, dominating your feeds and hijacking your attention. But earworm-y pop songs? Those hits you end up wanting to wipe from your memory forever? Now the site boasts an expanded metric for chronic popularity and an ever-changing batch of insanely popular music vids. Alan Walker - "Faded" Views: 2. Well, obviously, considering the the music video for his breakthrough hit, "Faded," is the 15th most-watched music video on YouTube. Despite all of the dance elements, it's a somber song with a bleak video to match, featuring a lost, young renegade moping in abandoned buildings as he searches for home. Katy Perry - "Dark Horse" Official ft. Juicy J Views: 2.

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Although the most-viewed videos were initially viral videos , such as " Evolution of Dance " and " Charlie Bit My Finger ", the most-viewed videos were increasingly related to music videos. In fact, since Lady Gaga 's " Bad Romance " in , every video that has reached the top of the "most-viewed YouTube videos" list has been a music video. Although some of the previously most-viewed videos are no longer listed on the site, reaching the top of the list is still considered a tremendous feat.
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Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. If albums had something of a soft landing on the pop landscape in , then songs more than picked up the headline-grabbing slack. The Man and Sam Hunt did so domestically. And even with all this, it was still a year where the very best singles might not have been the very biggest.
It is equally important to mention that songs that have a solid beat can also be remixed and used to create a memeable song. Are you ready to find out the most fun karaoke songs of all time? Here are some of the most popular karaoke songs, broken down by genre, category, and more! In the span of a few hours, Twitter's focus went from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's divorce rumors, to Kanye West Hopefully this will eventually contain every meme song there ever was and will be. This version will resonate the most with anyone who appreciates the art of a great mixtape.