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The first video to get a million views was a Nike ad featuring Ronaldinho in 2005. Less than 10 years later, the first video to get a billion views was Psy's 2012 hit Gangnam Style; It surpassed Justin Bieber's song, Baby, to become the most viewed video on the web.
But does Gangnam Style still hold the record? Here's a countdown of the 15 most viewed YouTube videos of all time...
Number of visits:2.35 billion.
Lean On is an electronic dance music track that went to number one in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Mexico, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, and Switzerland. It made it to the top five in both the US and the US.
Most of the video was shot in Maharashtra, India, although some shots were shot in Stockholm.
Number of visits:2,370 million.
Adele's 2015 hit Hello was the lead single from her third studio album, 25. It became the first song in the United States to sell over a million digital copies in one week. Q>
Thanks to the collaboration with IMAX theaters, the video for the song was the first in the world to use the IMAX format. Hello also holds the record for the fastest video to reach 100 million views on Vevo.
Number of visits:2,370 million.
Sidelining Adele for less than two million views is Katy Perry's Dark Horse. It should be noted, however, that Perry's song has been on YouTube for nearly 12 months longer than Adele's song. We can probably expect her to drop the rankings in the near future.
Number of visits:2.41 billion.
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The video shows Sheeran performing a ballroom dance with a contestant from the US show So You Think You Can Dance. Before shooting, the singer had to learn the necessary movements. He reportedly trained for five hours a day for several weeks while on tour..
Number of visits:2.53 billion.
The first reggaeton song on the list is Bailando by Enrique Iglesias. Although Iglesias also released the song in English and Portuguese, it is the Spanish version that has received the most attention.
In fact, it was the first video in Spanish on YouTube that collected more than a billion views.
Number of visits:2.57 billion.
Katy Perry is one of two artists with two videos in the top 15. Her second entry, Roar, is a midway pop song that went number one in multiple countries..
Upon release, many fans accused the song of copying Sara Bareilles' song Brave. Bareilles herself downplayed the furor.
Number of visits:2.6 billion.
“Enemies hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.”
That single lyric immortalized Shake it Off, making it a worldwide hit, spawning an endless sea of memes, and even getting a shout out on Sheldon Cooper's The Big Bang Theory.
Number of visits:2.69 billion.
Maroon Five's Sugar video is the most innovative on this list. The band teamed up with Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin and traveled around Los Angeles to surprise couples at their weddings.
The video is totally genuine. For every wedding featured, only one participant knew of the surprise band and they were not told the identity of the band.
Number of visits:2.96 billion.
The only Bieber song in the top 15 isn't the popular Baby. Instead, it's his 2015 hit Sorry.
Fair warning, the song is catchy, but the video is tragically bad (unless you're into repetitive dance moves and have a fashion sense from the mid-'90s).
Number of visits:3.15 billion.
Drawing on the sounds of '80s funk music, Uptown Funk was the number one song in the US for 14 consecutive weeks. At the year-end award shows, he picked up two Grammys and a Brit.
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Number of views:3.18 billion.
You knew he was coming, right? Along with the song in the top slot (no look), it's one of only two videos in the top 15 that has been a bona fide global phenomenon.
It was number one in 30 counties, world leaders and sports stars performed the dance moves, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said it was a "force for world peace." Psy even met Ki-moon at the UN headquarters in New York.
It's safe to say that the Psy follow-up, sir, wasn't that popular.
Number of visits:3.21 billion.
Um what? You didn't expect that, did you? We definitely weren't.
Masha and the Bear:Recipe for Disaster (episode 17) is the most viewed non-music video on YouTube and is fourth on the list of all time.
The animated children's show, which is in Russian, tells the story of Masha and her pet as they try to stay out of trouble. In this episode, Masha cooks too much porridge and endangers her forest homeland.
Number of visits:3.65 billion.
Ah, back to the music. Ed Sheeran joins Katy Perry as the second artist with two videos on the list. The Shape of You is a pop song that appeals to Jamaican dancehall music. It was number one in 34 countries..
The video features American dancer Jennie Pegouskie and retired sumo wrestler Yamamotoyama Ryuta.
Number of visits:3.67 billion.
See You Again was written for the movie Furious 7 and is intended to be a tribute song to Paul Walker, deceased former star of the franchise.
The movie was in the middle of filming when Walker was killed in a car accident in 2013. Walker's brothers, Caleb and Cody, were used as stand-ins to fill in the remaining scenes.
Number of visits:5.37 billion.
Luis Fonsi's reggaeton hit Despacito was another global megahit. The song went to number one in 47 countries and reached the top 10 in another six. It became the first Spanish-language record to reach number one in the US since Macarena in 1996.
The song also set a record for the fastest song to reach 1 billion views, taking only 97 days. By comparison, it took Gangnam Style five months to reach the same milestone.
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However, by a curious coincidence, it also appears in the most disliked videos on YouTube. Quite the fall from grace, we're sure you'll agree.
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