There seems to be a raging knock-down war happening nowadays which is stirring people up. The arena: Youtube. The raging parties: fans of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. And the glorious prize: The Youtube most-watched video award.
During Thursday last week, Youtube officially announced through their Tweeter account that Bieber’s video of Baby featuring Ludacris toppled Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance from being the most streamed video of Youtube. The news immediately started a clicking and streaming battle for the fans of Gaga as Youtube tweeted again that she was able to claim back her throne as number one. However, Lady Gaga’s little monsters seem to be fighting a losing battle as Bieber’s fans won the race again with a whopping 250.7 million views over the female singer’s 247.6 million streams.
Now, the reigning video on the Youtube realm features Bieber crooning to his swooning fans in a skating rink. The artist was first discovered by bigwigs of the music industry after his mom Pattie uploaded a video of him in the same leading video sharing website. Upon hearing of his win, Bieber tweeted his heartfelt thanks to those who made his video’s success possible. The young music icon stated that he was grateful to hear that his music is now number one in the website that also jumpstarted his career.
(Oh 4chan!)
Bieber also complimented Lady Gaga by expressing that she is one of his most respected artists. He also said that Gaga’s video of Bad Romance is incredible and it does not matter who between them has the most views. For him, the cherry on top is that they both have amazing fans which they are both thankful and proud of.
Setting the figures aside, Youtube supremacy definitely does not happen overnight. Bieber’s “Baby” was first released on February 19 and also fought tooth-and-nail against other party and pop music from artists such as Miley Cyrus and Pitbull for five months. Gaga’s “Bad Romance”, on the other hand, was first released November 10, 2009 and was able to grab the Youtube crown five months later last April.
Lost in this uproar of battle is the third most-watched video in Youtube which, ironically, features real life babies. The video is titled “Charlie bit my finger-again!” and has garnered over 211 million views ever since it has been uploaded back in 2007.
Gaga’s little mosters still isn’t waving the white flag yet and is rallying their browsers again to claim back their spot. The good thing is, even though fans of both singers are already involved in a death-lock fight, both artists still stay sport and professional to each other. Checkout the 3 Most Viewed Youtube clips to date.
[youtube width="500" height="395"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4[/youtube]
[youtube width="500" height="395"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I[/youtube]
[youtube width="500" height="395"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM[/youtube]
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