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100,000,000 Views on YouTube - Avril’s “Girlfriend” is There

by JD Rucker | September 5, 2008 at 09:31 pm

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100,000,000 is a large number regardless of what you're talking about. When it comes to YouTube video views, it's an extraordinary number. This video, Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend", has surpassed "Evolution of Dance" on its way to 100,000,000.

With the help of extremely ambitious and clever fan clubs, Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend” video is on the brink of hitting 100,000,000 views. It is moving so fast that by the time you’re reading this, it’s probably already in the exclusive 9-digit league.

Just a few months ago, “Evolution of Dance” had held the top spot for a long time. While it will still reach 100 million, it won’t be able to do it before Girlfriend.

There have been other videos to reach 100,000,000, but they were removed for reaching the plateau using methods against TOS.

What does this say about the state of YouTube? Of buzz marketing? Of the Internet in general? Not much, but it’s a milestone that nobody has reached before (legally) and should be noted.

Some will scream that the record was fabricated, that her fan clubs using questionable techniques to pad the numbers was a breach of YouTube’s Community Guidelines. Whether that is the case or not is up for debate, but in the end, isn’t that what YouTube is supposed to be about? It’s a way for people to share videos. Whether they are aggressively sharing them or not isn’t the important part.

All that is important at this point is the achievement. Way to go, fans!

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Kardemee (not verified)

at 17:39 on September 6th, 2008

I think Avril deserves the no. 1 spot because YouTube has disabled the counts used by automated systems and has deleted all of those views, additionally Avril’s videos are not embedded anywhere else but in YouTube, unlike Evolution of Dance’s video which is embedded all over the internet. It is quite amazing that Avril’s video has managed to rack up that many views without embedding, If Avril’s video had been allowed to be embedded by RCA it would have already far surpassed the Evolution of dance video long ago.

Also the Evolution of Dance video has been out far longer than Avril’s video and it has caught up in record time, proving the immense popularity of the song worldwide.

Avril’s song Girlfriend was the most legally bought and downloaded song of 2007.

Furthermore, Avril was the best selling female artist in the world in 2007 according to: worldwidealbums.net/2007ye.htm

And Avril Lavigne now has the most NO. 1 Top 40 Hits This Decade. Avril Lavigne has ascended to a lofty pedestal: The 22-year-old now has the most No. 1 top 40 hits this decade at “five” and is the No. 2 artist in the 14-year history of Nielsen BDS, behind Mariah Carey’s six chart-toppers. —Chuck Taylor (Billboard.com)Source: billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i6337374c02990aa382432d13494ab554

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at 17:42 on September 6th, 2008

JD Rucker, I like this story. It's good stuff.

I can't belive it. That video sucks! I was just thinking the other day actually about when the Evolution of Dance will get knocked off the top spot and by whom.

Wasn't expecting this news though...

alpinedigital

at 06:18 on September 24th, 2008

To judge a video with anything more than your biased opinion is about as good as just saying you dont like it. That's all it amounts to. The video does NOT suck because it appeals to many people. The song and the artist has won awards. Avril plays the 3 leading characters in the video and does a fine job of pulling off the cocky boyfriend stealer and the homie redhead girlfriend and seeing as though she's placed very well in Maxim's Hot 100 Sexiest women all 4 years of its existance, that should be reason enough to validate my claim that the video does NOT suck.

As for how many views it has, it's a simple matter of realizing that publicity draws traffic, and since she's on a world tour promoting her latest album, I say she's working her tail off for the publicity and deserves her place at #1.