Rebecca Black Top Honored for ‘Youtube Video of the Year’

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 at 10:55 am , filed under Breaking News by Lucy Taylor

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Rebecca Black takes the top honor position on YouTube’s Rewind lists which look back at the Top 10 most-viewed videos of 2011 in the past twelve months leading to the year end.

A Canadian girl video for Friday originally appeared on YouTube site in Feb. 2011, but was pulled off the website in July because of legal clashes between Black and Ark Music Factory, the record label that launched the song and posted it to YouTube.

The song was posted again on Black’s own YouTube channel on Sept. 16, 2011 and has since been played more than 12.5 million times. The video-sharing website revealed the 10 video clips that have received the most clicks in 2011 – during which it said 48 hours of content was uploaded every minute.

YouTube’s Top 10 Most-Viewed Videos for 2011:

1. Rebecca Black — Friday (official video) — about 12.5 million views since Sept. 16: more than 100 million views from original post.
2. Ultimate Dog Tease — about 74 million views since May 1.
3. Jack Sparrow by The Lonely Island, featuring Michael Bolton — about 60.5 million views since May 7.
4. Talking Twin Babies, Part 2 — official video — about 56 million views since Feb. 14
5. Nyan Cat (original) — about 54 million views since April 4.
6. @KarminMusic cover of Look At Me Now by Chris Brown, featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes — about 49.5 million views since April 12.
7. The Creep by The Lonely Island, featuring Nicki Minaj and John Waters — about 48.5 million views since Jan. 29.
8. Maria Aragon cover of Born This Way by Lady Gaga — about 45 million views since Feb. 16
9. The Force Volkswagen commercial — about 45 million views since Feb. 2.
10. Cat mom hugs baby kitten — about 38 million views since May 26.

Tags: 2011 YouTube's Top 10 Videos, Jennifer Lopez, Rebecca Black, Rebecca Black Viral Videos of the Year, Talking Twin Babies, Ultimate Dog Tease, Youtube Video of the Year

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