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Thursday, February 6, 2025

YouTube: The Top 100 Most Watched Videos of All Time

You Tube:

The Top 100 Most Viewed Music Videos of All Time

YouTube has become the 21st century’s version of MTV; that is, it is the go-to place for music videos. On December 1, 2012, “Gangnam Style” by Psy became the first music video to surpass one billion views. Since then, more than five hundred music videos have passed that mark. You can see a full list of those videos here. This page captures the top 100 videos. The first number indicates the number of views in billions.

Note: if there are multiple versions of a song (such as an official video, a lyric video, or live performances) the numbers have been consolidated into one figure as long as all the versions are the same song by the same performer.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

5 billion +:

1) 15574.81: Pinkfong! “Baby Shark” (2016)
2) 10077.68: Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee “Despacito” (2017)
3) 7075.15: Cocomelon “Wheels on the Bus” (2018)
4) 7009.73: LooLoo Kids “Johny Johny Yes Papa” (2016)
5) 6989.56: Cocomelon “Bath Song” (2018)
6) 6555.56: Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
7) 6407.19: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
8) 6230.00: ChuChu TV “Phonics Songs with Two Words” (2014)
9) 5747.09: Marc Ronson & Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
10) 5452.00: Psy “Gangnam Style” (2012)

11) 5224.16: Mirosha TV “Learning Colors – Colorful Eggs on a Farm” (2018)
12) 5010.59: Crazy Frog “Axel F” (2005)

4.0 to 4.9 billion:

13) 4952.92: El Chombo “Dame Tu Cosita” (2018)
14) 4889.02: Idina Menzel “Let It Go” (2013)
15) 4807.00: Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
16) 4364.72: Cocomelon “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (2018)
17) 4347.95: Jingle Toons “Lakdi Ki Kathi” (2018)
18) 4345.53: T-Series Bhakti Sagar “Shree Hanuman Chalisa” (2011)
19) 4179.95: Maroon 5 “Sugar” (2014)
20) 4151.57: Shakira & Freshlyground “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” (2010)
21) 4116.40: One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
22) 4098.58: Kiiddiestv Hindi “Humpty the Train ona Fruits Ride” (2018) 23) 4098.29: Katy Perry “Roar” (2013)

3.0 to 3.9 billion:

24) 3912.73: Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
25) 3910.00: Justin Bieber “Sorry” (2015)
26) 3900.66: Katy Perry & Juicy J “Dark Horse” (2013)
27) 3847.15: Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
28) 3773.00: Passenger “Let Her Go” (2012)
29) 3763.32: Alan Walker “Faded” (2015)
30) 3725.08: Major Lazer, DJ Snake & MØ “Lean On” (2015)

31) 3634.28: Enrique Iglesias, Descemer Bueno, & Gente de Zona “Bailando” (2014)
32) 3580.84: Taylor Swft “Blank Space” (2014)
33) 3577.50: Gummibär “The Gummy Bear Song” (2007)
34) 3530.00: Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
35) 3444.87: J. Balvin & Willy Williams “Mi Gente” (2017)
36) 3439.98: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
37) 3321.04: Cocomelon “Yes Yes Vegetables Song” (2018)
38) 3314.14: Justin Bieber & Ludacris “Baby” (2010)
39) 3267.94: Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez “We Don’t Talk Anymore” (2016)
40) 3213.13: Galinha Pintadinha “Upa Cavalinho” (2017)

41) 3209.30: CoCoMelon “Yes Yes Playground Song” (2018)
42) 3186.18: Adele “Hello” (2015)
43) 3182.81: Chainsmokers & Halsey “Closer” (2016)
44) 3111.41: Dua Lipa “New Rules” (2017)
45) 3029.14: Clean Bandit, Sean Paul, & Anne-Marie “Rockabye” (2016)
46) 3024.80: Shakira & Maluma “Chantaje” (2016)
47) 3010.51: Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out” (2015)

2.5 to 2.9 billion:

48) 2966.32: Pedro Capó with Farruko “Calma” (2018)
49) 2949.87: Daddy Yankee with Snow “Con Calma” (2019)
50) 2933.61: Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)
51) 2933.50: Fifth Harmony & Ty Dolla $ign “Work from Home” (2016)
52) 2930.30: Bounce Patrol “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (2013)
53) 2917.80: Bruno Mars “The Lazy Song” (2010)
54) 2902.00: Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana” (2017)
55) 2831.79: Calvin Harris & Rihanna “This Is What You Came For” (2016)
56) 2825.02: Teluga Rhymes for Children “Chal Chal Gurram” (2016)
57) 2858.00: Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
58) 2789.05: Sia “Chandelier” (2014)
59) 2770.39: Imagine Dragons “Believer” (2017)
60) 2694.03: Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)

61) 2679.22: Natti Natasha with Ozuna “Criminal” (2017)
62) 2651.85: DJ Snake with Selena Gomez, Ozuna, & Cardi B “Taki Taki” (2018)
63) 2625.78: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
64) 2582.40: Marshmello “Alone” (2016)
65) 2581.51: Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower” (2018)
66) 2580.26: Christina Perri “A Thousand Years” (2011)
67) 2569.88: The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears” (2020)
68) 2566.60: BTS “Dynamite” (2020)
69) 2563.32: La Granja de Zenón “El Baile del Sapito” (2017)
70) 2556.20: Rihanna “Diamonds” (2012)

71) 2545.15: The Weeknd & Daft Punk “Starboy” (2016)
72) 2543.21: Magic! “Rude” (2013)
73) 2512.28: La Granja de Zenón “La Vaca Lola” (2016)
74) 2508.10: Becky G with Bad Bunny “Mayores” (2017)
75) 2500.51: Shawn Mendes “Treat You Better” (2016)

2.2 to 2.4 billion:

76) 2493.31: Nio Garcia with Darrell & Casper Magico, Bad Bunny, Nicky Jam, & Ozuna “Te Boté (Remix)” (2018)
77) 2482.68: Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull “On the Floor” (2011)
78) 2471.90: John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
79) 2450.58: LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (2011)
80) 2446.02: Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)

81) 2446.02: Linkin Park “Numb” (2003)
82) 2422.06: La Granja de Zenón “El Gallo y la Pata” (2014)
83) 2420.95: Super Simple Songs “This Is the Way” (2016)
84) 2418.44: Avicii & Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up” (2013)
85) 2405.52: Luis Fonsi with Demi Lovato “Échame La Culpa” (2017)
86) 2404.49: Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
87) 2397.62: J. Geco “Chicken Song” (2013)
88) 2367.20: Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)
89) 2359.81: Ellie Goulding “Love Me Like You Do” (2015)
90) 2359.47: Jhay Cortez with J. Balvin & Bad Bunny “No Me Canoce” (2019)

91) 2350.94: The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This” (2017)
92) 2328.12: Fifth Harmony & Kid Ink “Worth It” (2015)
93) 2305.43: Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (2015)
94) 2285.20: Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj “Side to Side” (2016)
95) 2277.65: 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)
96) 2276.92: Super Simple Songs “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (2010)
97) 2276.64: Adele “Someone Like You” (2011)
98) 2276.10: Nicky Jam with J. Balvin “X (Equis)” (2018)
99) 2271.58: Blackpink “DDU-DU DDU-DU” (2018)
100) 2249.29: Becky G “Sin Pijama” (2018)

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First posted 11/22/2018; last updated 2/6/2025.

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Monday, March 16, 2020

The World’s Best-Selling Songs by Year, 1970-2019

First posted 12/29/2011; last updated 2/29/2020.

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Songs:

The World’s Best Sellers by Year

Figuring out the best-selling song for each year isn’t as easy as it seems. A variety of sources for sales figures (see here) were tapped in the absence of an official agency to track worldwide sales. As such, some figures have likely been inflated by record companies or other vested parties.

On top of that, reported figures don’t always strictly represent sales. In the 21st century especially, other figures such as such as the number of times songs were streamed via Spotify, YouTube or other services have been factored in. That means a song certified for 10 million in sales may not have actually “sold” that many copies.

Nonetheless, this list has been assembled in the hopes of offering some idea of the bestselling song of each year from 1900 to present. The numbers in parentheses indicates the number of sales in millions.

  • 2019: Billie Eilish “Bad Guy” (19.5 m)
  • 2018: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (18.4 m)
  • 2017: Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee “Despacito” (25.3 m)
  • 2016: The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (20.7 m)
  • 2015: Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth “See You Again” (20.9 m)
  • 2014: Marc Ronson & Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (20.0 m)
  • Lorde “Royals” (22.0 m)
  • 2012: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (14.25 m)
  • 2011: LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (18.87 m)
  • 2010: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (20.6 m)

  • 2009: Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (15.0 m)
  • 2008: Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (14.11 m)
  • 2007: Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (12.0 m)
  • 2006: Shakira with Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie” (10.0 m)
  • 2005: Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (8.54 m)
  • 2004: O-Zone “Dragostea Din Tei” (8.0 m)
  • 2003: Pan’Jabi MC “Mudian to Bach Ke” (10.0 m)
  • 2002: Eminem “Lose Yourself” (15.38 m)
  • 2001: Shakira “Whenver, Wherever” (8.5 m)
  • 2000: Britney Spears “Oops!...I Did It Again” (6.0 m)

  • 1999: Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (8.0 m)
  • 1998: Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman “Time to Say Goodbye” (12.0 m)
  • 1997: Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (37.0 m)
  • 1996: Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (10.0 m)
  • 1995: Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (11.0 m)
  • 1994: Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (16.0 m)
  • 1993: Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is” (4.04 m)
  • 1992: Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (20.0 m)
  • 1991: Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (15.0 m)
  • 1990: The Scorpions “Wind of Change” (15.0 m)
  • 1989: Kaoma “Lambada” (15.0 m)
  • 1988: Tone Loc “Wild Thing” 2.54 m)
  • 1987: Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (8.0 m)
  • 1986: Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (4.3 m)
  • 1985: U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World” (20.0 m)
  • 1984: Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (11.7 m)
  • 1983: Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (6.0 m)
  • 1982: The Goombay Dance Band “Sun of Jamaica” (10.0 m)
  • 1981: Trio “Da Da Da” (13.0 m)
  • 1980: Kenny Rogers “Lady” (16.0 m)

  • 1979: Patrick Hernandez “Born to Be Alive” (11.0 m)
  • 1978: Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (15.0 m)
  • 1977: Baccara “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” (18.0 m)
  • 1976: Prince Nico Mbarga “Sweet Mother” (13.0 m)
  • 1975: Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen (12.61 m)
  • 1974: Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (11.5 m)
  • 1973: Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (6.0 m)
  • 1972: The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of Royal Scots Dragoon Guards “Amazing Grace” (7.0 m)
  • 1971: Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (10.0 m)
  • 1970: Mungo Jerry “In the Summertime” (30.0 m)
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Thursday, December 31, 2015

The Top 50 Songs of 2015

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2015

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Adele “Hello”
  2. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again”
  3. The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face”
  4. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
  5. Justin Bieber “Sorry”
  6. The Weeknd “The Hills”
  7. Drake “Hotline Bling”
  8. Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?”
  9. Lukas Graham “7 Years”
  10. Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out”

  11. Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  12. Major Lazer with DJ Snake & MØ “Lean On”
  13. Ellie Goulding “Love Me Like You Do”
  14. Shawn Mendes “Stitches”
  15. Desiigner “Panda”
  16. Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man”
  17. Twenty One Pilots “Ride”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  18. Mike Posner “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”
  19. Disturbed “The Sound of Silence”
  20. X Ambassadors “Renegades”

  21. Jason Derulo “Want to Want Me”
  22. Little Big Town “Girl Crush”
  23. Rihanna with Kanye West & Paul McCartney “Four Five Seconds”
  24. Alan Walker “Faded”
  25. Coldplay with Beyoncé “Hymn for the Weekend”
  26. Chris Stapleton “Tennessee Whiskey”
  27. Rachel Platten “Fight Song”
  28. DNCE “Cake by the Ocean”
  29. Alessia Cara “Scars to Your Beautiful”
  30. Flo Rida “My House”

  31. Alessia Cara “Here”
  32. David Bowie “Lazarus”
  33. Adele “Send My Love to Your New Lover”
  34. The Chainsmokers with Rozes “Roses”
  35. Skrillex with Diplo & Justin Bieber “Where Are Ü Now”
  36. Kendrick Lamar “Alright”
  37. Coldplay “Adventure of a Lifetime”
  38. Calvin Harris & Disciples “How Deep Is Your Love”
  39. Beck “Dreams”
  40. G-Eazy with Bebe Rexha “Me, Myself & I”

  41. Charlie Puth & Meghan Trainor “Marvin Gaye”
  42. Selena Gomez with A$AP Rocky “Good for You”
  43. Mumford & Sons “Believe”
  44. David Bowie “Blackstar”
  45. Adele “When We Were Young”
  46. Andy Grammar “Honey I’m Good”
  47. Meghan Trainor & John Legend “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”
  48. Post Malone “White Iverson”
  49. Kendrick Lamar “King Kunta”
  50. Sam Hunt “Take Your Time”

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First posted 12/26/2021; last updated 1/17/2023.

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Saturday, July 18, 2015

“See You Again” spent 12th week at #1

See You Again

Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth

Writer(s): Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz (see lyrics here)

Released: March 10, 2015

First Charted: March 28, 2015

Peak: 112 US, 14 RR, 16 BA, 17 DG, 18 ST, 13 AC, 2 A40, 114 RB, 12 UK, 18 CN, 16 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 11.0 US, 1.48 UK, 20.90 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 5933.73 video, 1825.59 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

The Fast and Furious movie franchise, starring Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, focused on fast cars and racing. In a sad twist of fate, Walker died in a car accident in 2013. For the seventh movie in the franchise, producers wanted a song to serve as a goodbye to Walker. Charlie Puth, who’d penned “Slow Motion” by Trey Songz, answered the call for demos, imagining a final text from Diesel to Walker saying, “I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.” SF

Puth was paired with Justin Franks, i.e. DJ Frank E, by his publishing company. WK The two shared a common bond which inspired the song – both lost friends to motorcycle accidents. Puth’s friend, Vail Cerullo, was a fellow student at Berklee College of Music and predicted Puth would write a #1 song. SF

One account suggests Puth was surprised to find out his vocal would be used in the song, SF but he told The Talk TV show that he refused to contribute the song unless he sang the hook. WK His vocal wasn’t the only one on the song, however. Wiz Khalifa was also commissed to add rap verses, which he crafted around the subject of family. WK

The song started at the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100, but picked up steam quickly, setting a record with its five-week ascent to the top for the fastest climb from #100 to #1. Only ten songs accomplished that feat; one of them was Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow.” SF The song’s twelve weeks atop the chart tied Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” as the longest run at #1 for a rap song. SF It was the biggest-selling song in the world in 2015. WK

“See You Again” broke the record for Spotify’s most-streamed track in a single day with 4.26 million streams on April 17, 2015. SF In July 2017, it became the all-time most-watched music video on YouTube, surpassing the 2.8 billion views of PSY’s “Gangnam Style.” SF Its reign wasn’t long; the next month it was passed by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito.” SF

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