What is the #1 music video of all time?

What is the #1 music video of all time?

1. Michael Jackson, ‘Thriller’ (1983)

What is the most viewed song?

Despacito
“Despacito,” Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s smash collaboration that was inescapable at its peak in 2017, currently holds the title as the most-watched music video on YouTube, boasting more than seven billion views at the time of publication (for reference, the Earth has a population of 7.5 billion).

What’s the most viewed song?

Are there any music videos that are still popular?

While videos on YouTube are still wildly popular, the art form has suffered over the past decade as MTV and VH1 have moved away from showing them. Frankly, I miss when music videos were important. Good ones told a story that connected a song’s lyrics to the audience through a visual medium.

Which is the longest music video of all time?

The longest ever music video? That’d be Happy by Pharrell Williams, certified by the Guinness World Records in November 2013 as 24 hours long exactly. It features the four minute track, played on loop 360 times, with various people (including Pharrell himself at the top of every hour) dancing and singing along.

What was the first music video ever played on MTV?

The very first music video ever played on MTV was The Buggles ‘ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” but that statement isn’t entirely accurate: Before MTV even existed, music videos have helped launch the careers of countless musical artists.

Why do people watch music videos on YouTube?

While most people turn to YouTube for influencers, tutorials and viral clips, a lot of us sign on to watch our favorite music videos. Unlike the past when we would tune into MTV to binge the best videos from popular stars, at the few clicks of a button, billions are rewatching (and rewatching and rewatching) these clips on YouTube.