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hello and welcome to topics where we
count down the very best that YouTube
has to offer
believe it or not 2015 has come and gone
so it’s time for us to look back at the
most popular YouTube music videos of
2015 I know when that hotline bling
I can only mean one thing for this list
we’re using data from YouTube’s rank
which was pulled on November 19th of
2015 as well as the current views as of
December 11th of the same year
some artists had multiple songs make the
top ten but just like last year
we are limiting our countdown to just
one song per artist
number 10 watch me whip/nae nae salento
what better way to start our list than
with a brand new artist this song with
silent toes debut single and it took the
YouTube community by storm spotting
hundreds of homemade videos of people
performing the dance moves for his own
video silent o keeps it pretty simple
sticking to a high school gymnasium
where dozens of people perform the
various moves break your leg break your
legs
stop laptop recognizing the viral
sensation status of his song however he
also includes several fan made video
sent in by the viewers including the
video by the adorable heaven king and
her dance crew
number nine elastic heart SIA featuring
Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler Shia
LaBeouf is just a lightning rod for
controversy Sia’s elastic heart features
LaBeouf alongside Maddie Ziegler who
starred in SIA chandelier video and
received criticism from some
commentators for portraying a pedophilic
relationship between the two
you
both LaBeouf and Ziggler appear in
ragged nude outfits while interpretive
ly interacting with each other the two
also make numerous dramatic facial
expressions including a scary moment
where Ziegler leaves the cage in raging
LaBeouf
while SIA ended up apologizing because
of the controversy several critics have
praised the emotional intensity of the
video
number eight worth it
fifth harmony featuring kid ink give it
to me I’m in fifth harmony become the
new Spice Girls or Destiny’s Child with
Smash Hits like worth it they appear to
be well on their way to stardom
fifth harmony was formed during the
second season of The X Factor USA back
in 2012 but this song is by far their
most successful track today
the video portrays the girls as CEOs and
was praised by critics for its strong
feminist message proving that feminism
can be sexy if one thing certain each of
these girls is definitely worth it
number 7 hey mama
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj bebe
Rexha and Afrojack yes them be a woman
gets the be embedded yes I be whatever
that could tell me when you win it just
wouldn’t be a countdown of the best
videos of the year without an entry from
Nicki Minaj on this track she teams up
with French DJ David Guetta to give us
this bangin club track
as the third collaboration between the
pair reviewers praised the songs beat
and sound while the lyrics received some
criticism for being misogynistic yes n
do the cooking yes and do the cleaning
let’s uh keep the novel sweet pea eat
synced video features all four artists
and is set in the middle of a desert
while scantily clad men and women dance
and drive ATVs it was released around
the same time as Mad Max fury road which
may or may not have been a coincidence
cuz baby now we got bad number six bad
blood Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick
Lamar take a look what you’ve done cause
baby now we got back one of the
distinguishing features of Taylor
Swift’s 1989 tour was the use of
surprise guests she brought onstage with
her seemingly every night we see that
trend continue in her video for bad
blood which features a number of
different celebrities including Cara
Delevingne Jessica Alba and Cindy
Crawford
now we
the main antagonist in the video is
Selena Gomez who may or may not be a
stand-in for Katy Perry the alleged
target of the song after gomez betrays
her Swift inter-gang prepare for an
all-out assault on her former bestie
careful Calvin Harris a pissed-off
t-swift can kick some serious ass
number five hello Adele hello it’s me if
we can make it to the end of this entry
without crying it will be a miracle it
could be said that the only reason this
video isn’t number one is because it was
released towards the end of October
Adele’s hello earned an astonishing
twenty seven point seven million views
on VEVO in just 24 hours
shattering the previous record of 20
point 1 million views held by our
previous entries
Oh
the sake a delay directed video was
filmed in rural Quebec and features
actor Tristan wilds the sepia-toned
visuals match the songs nostalgic tone
with many critics calling the track her
best ballad to date
ciao
and yes adele uses a flip phone and a
landline in the retro-inspired video and
it totally works
doesn’t a new
number four love me like you do Eldin
you’re the light you’re the night you’re
the color of my blood whether you’re a
fan of Fifty Shades of Grey or not you
have to admit that this song is
incredibly catchy the track quickly
became Goulding’s most successful single
and earned her several Award nominations
including the Best Original Song at the
73rd Golden Globe Awards
is true
critics praised her strong vocals and
the songs sultry tone which fit in
perfectly with the film’s plot the video
features Goulding singing and dancing
and contains several scenes from the
film actually after removing all of the
ridiculous dialogue the film doesn’t
look half bad
number three lean on Major Lazer & DJ
snake featuring moon long ago we walk on
this level what do you get when you
combine a distinctive sound catchy
lyrics and exotic dancing to the third
most popular video on YouTube in 2015
Major Lazer & DJ snake teamed up to
provide the Bang & beat while Danish
singer Mir handled the vocals the track
reached the number one spot in several
countries and became the most streamed
song of all time according to Spotify
the video which features all of the
artists engaging in various dance
sequences was inspired by Major Lazer’s
tour of India where they discovered they
had a massive fan base admit it at least
some of you watching this thought the
lyrics were focus fire a gun
number two sugar maroon5 any video that
takes its inspiration from wedding
crashers is bound to be a success the
third single from maroon 5’s fifth
studio album sugar was a commercial and
critical success but it’s the video we
want to focus on
directed by david dobkin who also
directed the film the video features
Adam Levine and the rest of the band
traveling around Los Angeles and
crashing various weddings December 6
2014 we’re in the drive across LA and
hit every wedding we possibly can it’s
gonna be awesome
only the groom’s were told ahead of time
and even they were only informed that a
popular band would be performing meaning
everyone stunned reactions are genuine
just to ensure the bride was happy the
band also performed an acoustic version
of she will be loved off-camera
before we get to the number one most
popular music video of 2015
here are some honorable mentions
they wanna buy my pride can’t you st.
upset
nobody can drag me down
I just wanna look good for you good for
you
Oh
number one see you again
Wiz Kalifa featuring Charlie puth it’s
been a long day without you my friend
when Furious 7 was released the main
question on everyone’s mind was how they
would handle the tragic passing of Paul
Walker this song which was made
specifically for the film served as a
tribute to Walker and became an instant
success how can we not talk about family
when family’s all that we got everything
I was do you were standing there by my
side and
it’s the first hip-hop song to receive
over 1 billion views on YouTube and has
been nominated for several awards the
video which has over 8 million likes
features both booth and Khalifa
interspersed with footage from the film
Oh
it ends with the final scene of the film
as Toretto and O’Conner head off down
different roads into the sunset
a graceful goodbye for someone who left
us far too soon
that’s it for our countdown of what
truly was a great year for music videos
be sure to check us out on Twitter
Instagram and Facebook vote for new
lists on our suggest page and for more
awesome top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
hello and welcome to topics where we
count down the very best that YouTube
has to offer
believe it or not 2015 has come and gone
so it’s time for us to look back at the
most popular YouTube music videos of
2015 I know when that hotline bling
I can only mean one thing for this list
we’re using data from YouTube’s rank
which was pulled on November 19th of
2015 as well as the current views as of
December 11th of the same year
some artists had multiple songs make the
top ten but just like last year
we are limiting our countdown to just
one song per artist
number 10 watch me whip/nae nae salento
what better way to start our list than
with a brand new artist this song with
silent toes debut single and it took the
YouTube community by storm spotting
hundreds of homemade videos of people
performing the dance moves for his own
video silent o keeps it pretty simple
sticking to a high school gymnasium
where dozens of people perform the
various moves break your leg break your
legs
stop laptop recognizing the viral
sensation status of his song however he
also includes several fan made video
sent in by the viewers including the
video by the adorable heaven king and
her dance crew
number nine elastic heart SIA featuring
Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler Shia
LaBeouf is just a lightning rod for
controversy Sia’s elastic heart features
LaBeouf alongside Maddie Ziegler who
starred in SIA chandelier video and
received criticism from some
commentators for portraying a pedophilic
relationship between the two
you
both LaBeouf and Ziggler appear in
ragged nude outfits while interpretive
ly interacting with each other the two
also make numerous dramatic facial
expressions including a scary moment
where Ziegler leaves the cage in raging
LaBeouf
while SIA ended up apologizing because
of the controversy several critics have
praised the emotional intensity of the
video
number eight worth it
fifth harmony featuring kid ink give it
to me I’m in fifth harmony become the
new Spice Girls or Destiny’s Child with
Smash Hits like worth it they appear to
be well on their way to stardom
fifth harmony was formed during the
second season of The X Factor USA back
in 2012 but this song is by far their
most successful track today
the video portrays the girls as CEOs and
was praised by critics for its strong
feminist message proving that feminism
can be sexy if one thing certain each of
these girls is definitely worth it
number 7 hey mama
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj bebe
Rexha and Afrojack yes them be a woman
gets the be embedded yes I be whatever
that could tell me when you win it just
wouldn’t be a countdown of the best
videos of the year without an entry from
Nicki Minaj on this track she teams up
with French DJ David Guetta to give us
this bangin club track
as the third collaboration between the
pair reviewers praised the songs beat
and sound while the lyrics received some
criticism for being misogynistic yes n
do the cooking yes and do the cleaning
let’s uh keep the novel sweet pea eat
synced video features all four artists
and is set in the middle of a desert
while scantily clad men and women dance
and drive ATVs it was released around
the same time as Mad Max fury road which
may or may not have been a coincidence
cuz baby now we got bad number six bad
blood Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick
Lamar take a look what you’ve done cause
baby now we got back one of the
distinguishing features of Taylor
Swift’s 1989 tour was the use of
surprise guests she brought onstage with
her seemingly every night we see that
trend continue in her video for bad
blood which features a number of
different celebrities including Cara
Delevingne Jessica Alba and Cindy
Crawford
now we
the main antagonist in the video is
Selena Gomez who may or may not be a
stand-in for Katy Perry the alleged
target of the song after gomez betrays
her Swift inter-gang prepare for an
all-out assault on her former bestie
careful Calvin Harris a pissed-off
t-swift can kick some serious ass
number five hello Adele hello it’s me if
we can make it to the end of this entry
without crying it will be a miracle it
could be said that the only reason this
video isn’t number one is because it was
released towards the end of October
Adele’s hello earned an astonishing
twenty seven point seven million views
on VEVO in just 24 hours
shattering the previous record of 20
point 1 million views held by our
previous entries
Oh
the sake a delay directed video was
filmed in rural Quebec and features
actor Tristan wilds the sepia-toned
visuals match the songs nostalgic tone
with many critics calling the track her
best ballad to date
ciao
and yes adele uses a flip phone and a
landline in the retro-inspired video and
it totally works
doesn’t a new
number four love me like you do Eldin
you’re the light you’re the night you’re
the color of my blood whether you’re a
fan of Fifty Shades of Grey or not you
have to admit that this song is
incredibly catchy the track quickly
became Goulding’s most successful single
and earned her several Award nominations
including the Best Original Song at the
73rd Golden Globe Awards
is true
critics praised her strong vocals and
the songs sultry tone which fit in
perfectly with the film’s plot the video
features Goulding singing and dancing
and contains several scenes from the
film actually after removing all of the
ridiculous dialogue the film doesn’t
look half bad
number three lean on Major Lazer & DJ
snake featuring moon long ago we walk on
this level what do you get when you
combine a distinctive sound catchy
lyrics and exotic dancing to the third
most popular video on YouTube in 2015
Major Lazer & DJ snake teamed up to
provide the Bang & beat while Danish
singer Mir handled the vocals the track
reached the number one spot in several
countries and became the most streamed
song of all time according to Spotify
the video which features all of the
artists engaging in various dance
sequences was inspired by Major Lazer’s
tour of India where they discovered they
had a massive fan base admit it at least
some of you watching this thought the
lyrics were focus fire a gun
number two sugar maroon5 any video that
takes its inspiration from wedding
crashers is bound to be a success the
third single from maroon 5’s fifth
studio album sugar was a commercial and
critical success but it’s the video we
want to focus on
directed by david dobkin who also
directed the film the video features
Adam Levine and the rest of the band
traveling around Los Angeles and
crashing various weddings December 6
2014 we’re in the drive across LA and
hit every wedding we possibly can it’s
gonna be awesome
only the groom’s were told ahead of time
and even they were only informed that a
popular band would be performing meaning
everyone stunned reactions are genuine
just to ensure the bride was happy the
band also performed an acoustic version
of she will be loved off-camera
before we get to the number one most
popular music video of 2015
here are some honorable mentions
they wanna buy my pride can’t you st.
upset
nobody can drag me down
I just wanna look good for you good for
you
Oh
number one see you again
Wiz Kalifa featuring Charlie puth it’s
been a long day without you my friend
when Furious 7 was released the main
question on everyone’s mind was how they
would handle the tragic passing of Paul
Walker this song which was made
specifically for the film served as a
tribute to Walker and became an instant
success how can we not talk about family
when family’s all that we got everything
I was do you were standing there by my
side and
it’s the first hip-hop song to receive
over 1 billion views on YouTube and has
been nominated for several awards the
video which has over 8 million likes
features both booth and Khalifa
interspersed with footage from the film
Oh
it ends with the final scene of the film
as Toretto and O’Conner head off down
different roads into the sunset
a graceful goodbye for someone who left
us far too soon
that’s it for our countdown of what
truly was a great year for music videos
be sure to check us out on Twitter
Instagram and Facebook vote for new
lists on our suggest page and for more
awesome top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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