YouTube, American video-sharing platform, has released a detailed breakdown of the most popular music videos for the last decade, with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s ‘Despacito’ and Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ topping the list.
The list took into consideration the number of clicks and views racked up by the various music videos shared on the platform between 2010 and 2019.
Topping the chart is ‘Despacito’ with 6,558,078,465 views while ‘Shape of You’ garnered 4,517,718,006 views.
Wiz Khalifa’s ‘See You Again’ featuring Charlie Puth was ranked third on the chart with 4,320,523,808 views while Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ featuring Bruno Mars and Pry’s ‘Gangman Style’ round out the 4th and fifth spots with 3,732,564,526 views and 3,471,161,219 views respectively.
Ed Sheeran also had his ‘Thinking Out Loud’ music video on 10th spot on the list with 2,864,887,373 views.
Below are YouTube’s most-watched music-videos for the last 10 years:
1. Luis Fonsi – ‘Despacito (ft. Daddy Yankee)’ – 6,558,078,465 views
2. Ed Sheeran – ‘Shape of You’ – 4,517,718,066 views
3. Wiz Khalifa – ‘See You Again (ft. Charlie Puth)’ – 4,320,523,808 views
4. Mark Ronson – ‘Uptown Funk (ft. Bruno Mars)’ – 3,732,564,526 views
5. Psy – ‘Gangnam Style’ – 3,471,161,219 views
6. Justin Bieber – ‘Sorry’ – 3,225,301,301 views
7. Maroon 5 – ‘Sugar’ – 3,086,744,534 views
8. Katy Perry – ‘Roar’ – 2,968,228,909 views
9. OneRepublic – ‘Counting Stars’ – 2,883,120,697 views
10. Ed Sheeran – ‘Thinking Out Loud’ – 2,864,887,373 views
YouTube also released a detailed breakdown of the most popular music videos from the past three decades.
YouTube’s Most-Viewed Music Videos By Decade
1980s
| Video | Views | |
1. | Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine (Official Music Video) | 1,026,321,298 |
2. | a-ha – Take On Me (Official Music Video) | 966,018,153 |
3. | Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Official Video) | 797,474,019 |
4. | Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Official Music Video) | 717,041,719 |
5. | The Police – Every Breath You Take (Official Music Video) | 716,451,277 |
6. | Europe – The Final Countdown (Official Video) | 711,308,154 |
7. | Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart (Video) | 659,549,359 |
8. | Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer | 635,999,230 |
9. | Michael Jackson – Thriller (Official Video) | 635,482,194 |
10. | Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up (Video) | 628,591,927 |
1990s
1. | Guns N’ Roses – November Rain | 1,275,474,139 |
2. | Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit (Official Music Video) | 990,292,925 |
3. | The Cranberries – Zombie (Official Music Video) | 976,606,183 |
4. | Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You | 883,325,731 |
5. | 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up (Official Video) | 780,419,277 |
6. | Scorpions – Wind Of Change (Official Music Video) | 732,217,020 |
7. | No Doubt – Don’t Speak (Official Music Video) | 718,398,582 |
8. | Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way | 709,804,092 |
9. | Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg – Still D.R.E. (Official Video) | 688,413,212 |
10. | Aqua – Barbie Girl (Official Video) | 685,104,561 |
2000s
1. | Crazy Frog – Axel F (Official Video) | 1,894,959,380 |
2. | Numb (Official Video) – Linkin Park | 1,283,779,857 |
3. | Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (Official Music Video) | 1,139,998,193 |
4. | Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me | 1,012,792,172 |
5. | Beyoncé – Halo | 961,272,647 |
6. | Katy Perry – Hot N Cold (Official) | 936,937,685 |
7. | Chris Brown – Loyal (Explicit) ft. Lil Wayne, Tyga | 936,098,974 |
8. | System Of A Down – Chop Suey! | 918,069,015 |
9. | In The End (Official Video) – Linkin Park | 892,237,348 |
10. | 50 Cent – In Da Club (Int’l Version) [Official Video] | 859,564,859 |
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