Justin Bieber Has 2016’s Most Watched Music Video
“Sorry” finishes above videos from Adele, Rihanna, and Fifth Harmony on VEVO’s list.
2016's most watched music video is one from 2015. Justin Bieber's "Sorry" has been revealed by VEVO as the year's most viewed video worldwide with over 1.8b views. That's 600m more than Adele's "Hello," which was also released in 2015, in second spot.
In total, five of the top ten videos gained over a billion views worldwide, with Fifth Harmony's "Work From Home," and This Is What You Came For" by Calvin Harris also featuring in the top five. Noted Instagram hater Bieber ends the year with three entries in the worldwide chart with "What Do You Mean?" and "Love Yourself" also featuring in the top ten.
VEVO's top ten is as follows:
Justin Bieber, "Sorry" - 1,824,823,909
Adele, "Hello" 1,255,754,358
Fifth Harmony, "Work from Home" - 1,173,014,751
Calvin Harris, "This Is What You Came For" - 1,008,115,358
Justin Bieber, "What Do You Mean?" - 1,002,151,667
Justin Bieber, Love Yourself" - 966,846,883
Drake, "Hotline Bling" - 899,014,469
Mark Ronson, "Uptown Funk" - 825,589,463
Rihanna, "Work" - 800,984,121
The Chainsmokers, "Closer" (Lyric) - 776,806,154