Adele’s smash-hit Hello becomes the first video to achieve 1 billion YouTube views within three months. She has already broken plenty of industry records.
But British songstress Adele has achieved yet another, this week by becoming the first artist to attract 1 billion YouTube views within three months.
The streaming service announced Thursday that her music video for Hello greeted its 1 billionth view in 87 days, breaking the 158-day record held by Psy’s Gangnam Style.
The black and white clip joins sixteen other videos which have also reached 1 billion views. They include Maroon 5’s Sugar, Major Lazer’s Lean On, OneRepublic’s Counting Stars, LMFAO’s Party Rock and Sia’s Chandelier.
There are several other music videos on the cusp of reaching 1 billion views, including Shakira’s Waka Waka, Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud and Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do.
