From watching funny videos to help us relax, watching tutorials and educative videos to learn, to watching reviews and so many other contents created and uploaded on YouTube every day, having been launched in 2005, YouTube remains the top online video sharing platform accessible worldwide.Just like other video content, music also is a part of the wide range of what makes YouTube a special platform that makes people spend so many hours streaming. Here are the top five most watched music videos on YouTube.

5. PSY – GANGMAN STYLE – 4.8 Billion views

Uploaded by ‘officialpsy’, with 27 million likes and 5.3 million comments so far, Gangman style by PSY rocks the number five spot in the most watched music videos on YouTube. In December 2012, the masterpiece became the first video to ever hit 1 billion views and holding the title for the most viewed
video on YouTube from November 24 2012 to July 10 2017 when it was overtaken by See you again by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth. The songs’s infrctious beats, quirky lyrics and iconic dance moves made it gain popularity around the world.

4. MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS – UPTOWN FUNK – 4.9 Billion views

With its undeniable hooks and amazing beats, it is no surprise that the hit quickly became the piece that billions of people couldn’t get enough of. The topped the charts in 19 countries and reached top 10 and 15 others making it the most successful single for both Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. The song
currently has a staggering 20 million likes on YouTube and 601k comments.

3. SEE YOU AGAIN BY WIZ KHALIFA FT CHARLIE PUTH – 5.9 billion views

Having been the most viewed song from July to August in 2017, the song was created as a tribute to the
late Paul Walker for the furious 7 sound track. The song held the record for the most streamed track in a
single day on Spotify in the US until it was surpassed by ‘Drag me down’ by one direction.

2. SHAPE OF YOU BY ED SHEERAN – 6 Billion views

Shape of you by Ed Sheeran was released in 2017. The song dominated the charts, securing the top spot
in 34 countries including the US billboard hoy 100 and the UK, Australian and Canadian single charts.

1. DESPACITO BY LOUIS FONSI FT DADDY YANKEE – 8.2 Billion views

On the top of the list is a song credited to bringing the Spanish language pop music to the mainstream
market dubbed ‘DESPACITO’. With the fusion of reggae ton and pop, the piece now has staggering of 8.2
Billion views, 51 million likes and 4.2 million comments.