As the world's largest video website, YouTube refers to the well-known foreign video website youtube, a network term.
Because youtube is banned in China, because the pronunciation you read as "oil", and the English meaning oftube is "pipe". In order to be able to express the meaning normally and to be able to post without affecting, netizens gave him a noun called YouTube. And many people use the extranet tool to see youtube card like a youtube drop a few drops of oil is not smooth, so it is also called youtube.
YouTube is a video site, an early company based in San Bruno, California. Registered on February 15, 2005, it was founded by Chinese-American Chen Shijun and others to download, watch and share videos or short videos.
And music accounts for a large proportion of YouTube videos, just as the so-called music knows no borders, good concerts let people experience sincerity and kindness, feel enthusiasm and hope.
So what are the most played songs in YouTube? Have you ever heard of it?
Tenth place Counting Stars
Counting Stars was played nearly 3 billion times.
The song was performed by the American pop rock band OneRepublic (Republican Era) and was included on OneRepublic's third studio album, Native, the third single on the album.
Originally, the song was prepared by lead singer Ryan Ted for Beyoncé and her album, but Beyoncé felt that she could not sing it, so Ryan Ted immediately thought of the idea of making the band sing together, and the song eventually went viral.
Ninth Thought Out Loud
"Thinking Out Loud" was played 3 billion times.
The song was sung by Wong Boss Ed Sheeran and was included on his second studio album X. Boss Huang won two awards for the 58th Annual Grammy "Song of the Year" and "Best Pop Solo" for this song.
"Thinking Out Loud" is co-created by Boss Huang and Amy Vech, and is said to be improvised after a dinner, and the collision between geniuses is as simple as that!
8th Place Roar
"Roar" YouTube has been played nearly 3.1 billion times.
The song was sung by Fruit Sister Katy Perry. The song is included on Fruit Sister's third album Prism, released in 2013.
The song was released on August 10, 2013 by Capitol Records as the first single from a promotional album, and was included on Katie Perry's third album Prism, released on October 22, 2013.
"Roar" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 three weeks after becoming Katie Perry's eighth number one single on the chart, sweeping the top of the music charts in more than a dozen countries including the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Canada, Austria, New Zealand, Ireland, Israel, and South Korea.
7th Place Sugar
Sugar was played 3.2 billion times.
"Sugar" is a popular song performed by the American rock band Maroon Red, with lyrics and scores by Adam Levine, Henry Walter, Jacob Kaiser Hedlen, Joshua Coleman, Dr. Luke and Mike Posner, released on January 13, 2015 as the third single for his fifth studio album V.
The song was originally written by songwriter Mike Posner for his solo album Pages. Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine repeatedly asked Posner to sing the song, but was rejected by Posner. Pages was not released for some reason, so Posner gave the song to Maroon 5.
The song debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on January 31, 2015, peaking at number eight in its first week and rising to second place on March 28. From 2015 to 2016, the song was nominated for awards such as "Best Pop Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards, "Best Pop Group" at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, and "Best Song That Makes You Smile" at the Disney Radio Music Awards
6th Sorry
"Sorry" has been played 3.2 billion times.
"Sorry" is a popular song performed by Canadian male singer Justin Bieber, with lyrics and scores co-written by Julia Mack, Justin Bieber, Schirex, Sonny Moore, Michael Tucker, and Schreix and Blood are responsible for music publishing. The song was released by Kojima Records on October 23, 2015 as the second single from the promotional album, and was featured on Justin Bieber's fourth studio album Purpose.
"Sorry" is Justin Bieber's second number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100, which reached number one on January 23, 2016 and won the title for three consecutive weeks. In other regions, the song also won the top of the music charts in 13 countries, including Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Canada, South Africa, Slovakia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In May 2016, the song was nominated for the Billboard Music Awards for "Best Selling Song" award.
In December 2015, the song was named one of the "Top 25 Best Songs of the Year" by Billboard magazine, ranking 9th
Fifth place Gangnam style
"Gangnam Style" has been played 3.6 billion times.
Gangnam Style (Korean: 강남 스타일) is a K-Pop single by South Korean musician Park Jae-sang. Released in July 2012 as the title song for PSY's sixth studio album, PSY 6A PART1, the song debuted on the Korean nationally recognized music chart "Gaon Chart". At around 15:50 UTC on December 21, 2012, Gangnam Style became the first video in internet history to exceed 1 billion views. In September 2012, the music video also broke the Guinness World Record and became the most "liked" video in YouTube history.
The song was sung by Psy (Park Jae-sang) and is included on Psy's music album Psy 6A part 1, released in 2012.
Gangnam Style is also the first video in the history of the Internet to receive more than 1 billion views.
Fourth place Uptown Funk
Uptown Funk was played 3.8 billion times.
Uptown Funk is a rap song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars and British music producer Mark Jungson, co-written by Mark Jungson, Bruno Mars, Jeff Bascole, Philip Lawrence, Nicholas Williams, Devon Gilabe, Rudolf Taylor, Lonnie Simmons and The Gap Band. The song was included on Mark Jungson's album Uptown Special, released on January 13, 2014 by RCA Records.
"Uptown Funk" is Bruno Mars's longest-running single on the Billboard Hot 100. (14 consecutive weeks, the second in history), the song won the number one singles chart in more than 20 countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Uptown Funk set a record of 2.49 million media streams in the UK the week it was released. The song sold 12.588 million copies for the full year of 2015, the highest-selling song in the world that year.
On 26 February 2015, the song won the British Single of the Year Awards. On February 16, 2016, the song won the Production of the Year award at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, and Mars and Junsen won the Award for Best Pop Group for this song.
Third place See You Again
"See You Again" has been played 4.5 billion times.
"See You Again" is a song by American rapper Witz Kalifa and singer Charlie Puse, with lyrics and music co-written by DJ Frank E, Charlie Puss, Wize Kalifa and Andrew Hidal. The song was sung by American rappers Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth and was featured on the soundtrack album Fast & Furious 7 and Charlie Puth's 2016 album Nine Track Mind. The song was also written by the film for the late film star Paul Walker.
"See You Again" has won the music charts in more than 20 countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Germany. On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the song won a total of 12 weeks. In 2015, the song was nominated for "Song of the Year", "Best Pop Collaboration" and "Best Film and Television Song" at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.
Second Place Shape of You
"Shape of You" has been played 4.8 billion times.
The song was also sung by Ed Sheeran and featured on Boss Wong's third studio album, ÷. The song earned him the 60th annual Grammy Award for "Best Pop Performance."
"Shape of You" is a song written by Ed Sheeran inadvertently, and Rihanna has been thinking about it all the time. He thought Rihanna would love the song, so he wanted to give it to Rihanna, but the record company wanted Boss Huang to sing it herself, and finally had the song of the fire.
"Shape of You", Ed Sheeran's first number one single on the U.S. Billboard 100, topped the chart on January 28, 2017, and became the 27th "First Week Number One Single" on the Billboard Hot 100, with a total of 12 weeks of number one. In 2018, the song earned Ed Sheeran the "Best Pop Performance" award from the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
1st place Despacito
Despacito has been played 6.7 billion times.
Despacito is sung by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee and featured on Luis Fonsi's 2017 album Despacito & Mis Grandes xitos.
On February 18, 2017, the song topped the U.S. Billboard Top Latin Chart. On November 16, 2017, the song won the Latin Grammy Award for Production of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Short Music Video
These are the ten most played songs of YouTube, have you ever heard them? Music knows no borders, and good music will definitely make it resonate!