Top Viral Music Videos of All Time

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The growth and development of the internet have led to other phenomena also related to it. Social media is one such phenomenon of the 21st century which have by leaps and bounds become a significant part of our lives. At the heart of it you will find Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Music videos is not a new concept as they have existed since the 60s even before the television became mainstream. However, music videos today is very much a hyped up subject. Whilst it can be the worst song in the history of music, it could also have one of the most popular and/or infamous music videos.

A viral video is a video that becomes popular over a short period of time through the process of sharing through social media. These videos either become popular because they are controversial such as in the case of Hannah Montana crossing over to  the dark side in We Can't Stop or Robin Thicke's scandalous Blurred Lines. However, some videos rise to fame due to the songs being extremely good such as Avicii's Wake me up or Rihanna's Diamonds. While YouTube is the main platform for videos to go viral other social media also plays a crucial role. Songs such as Gangnam Style and Wrecking Ball received the much overrated popularity mostly due to their music videos.

Psy's Gangnam Style definitely takes the throne with over 2 billion views on YouTube at present. In 2014 the 24 hour period record sparked off with Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball gaining over 19.3 million hits. However, this was surpassed by Nicki Minaj's Anaconda with over 19.6 million hits in just 24 hours. This record too was recently broken by Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar's Bad Blood garnering 20.1 million views in just 24 hours. Psy's Gentleman unofficially holds the record reaching 38.4 million views in one day, but is not officially acknowledged because it was only associated with Vevo four days later after its release. So here are the top 40 viral music videos of all time.

1. Psy – Gangnam style
   
2. Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad blood
   
3. Psy – Gentleman
   
4. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking ball
   
5. Taylor Swift – Blank space
   
6. Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris – Baby
   
7. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
   
8. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See you again
   
9. Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona – Bailando
   
10. Taylor Swift – Shake it off
    
11. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown funk
    
12. Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ – Lean on 
    
13. Meghan Trainor – All about the bass
    
14. Maroon 5 – Sugar
    
15. Ylvis – The fox (What does the fox say?)
    
16. Sia – Chandelier
    
17. Pharrell Williams – Happy
    
18. Rebecca Black – Friday
    
19. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – Dark horse
    
20. Ellie Goulding – Love me like you do 
    
21. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call me maybe
    
22. Miley Cyrus – We can’t stop
    
23. Katy Perry – Roar
    
24. LMFAO ft. GoonRock & Lauren Bennett – Party rock anthem
    
25. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – On the floor
    
26. Shakira ft. Freshlyground – Waka waka (This time for Africa)
    
27. Psy & Hyuna – Oppa is just my style
    
28. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – Thrift shop
    
29. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred lines
    
30. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – Fancy
    
31. OneRepublic – Counting stars
    
32. Avicii – Wake me up
    
33. Pink ft. Nate Reuss – Just give me a reason
    
34. Rihanna – Diamonds
    
35. One Direction – What makes you beautiful
    
36. Ed Sheeran – Thinking out loud 
    
37. Pitbull ft. Kesha – Timber
    
38. Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj – Bang bang 
    
39. MAGIC! – Rude
    
40. Michel Teló – Ai se eu te pego
    

Till the next chord…

At Ease!!!