YouTube's top five videos of 2009
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Latest in News
On Facebook
Life & Style blogs
Time for a new approach to alcohol
Ambulances were called and three drunk teenagers were brought to my care. One was so drunk we had to...
London Fashion Week countdown
London Fashion Week is nearly upon us (again) and the invites are fast piling up. Our fashion team w...
HIV orphans in Thailand prepare for the future
In Baan Gerda, a community for HIV infected or affected youngsters in Northern Thailand, a group of ...
VIEW GALLERY
Susan Boyle, the runner up to this year's Britain's Got Talent show, is the star of the most popular YouTube video of 2009 after an audience of more than 120 million logged on to watch her rendition of 'I Dreamed A Dream.'
Boyle's offering was far and away the most popular clip on the video sharing web site, receiving more hits than the second and third most popular videos combined.
The second most viewed, with over 37 million hits this year, is called David After Dentist, which features a child sitting in the back of the car and asking "Is this real life?" as he appreciates the anaesthesia after effects of a trip to the dentist.
Two adverts and a wedding movie scooped the next most viewed spots on the first year that YouTube has shared this kind of data.
Click here or on the image to see YouTube's top five videos of 2009.
- 1 Spotify: 1 million plays, £108 return
- 2 How Koscielny became prince of the Emirates
- 3 Apple admits it has a human rights problem
- 4 Mark Steel: If religion is 'marginal', I'm the Pope
- 5 No secularism please, we're British
- 6 Lightning kills an entire football team
- 7 Matthew Norman: There's always the Human Rights Act, Trevor
- 8 Special report: The hungry generation
- 9 I was born to be a killer. Every night I see the Devil in my dreams
- 10 Six Grammys, five years off: Adele puts love before career
Free trial of new Independent iPad app
Get your daily dose of the best of British journalism, sponsored by American Airlines
Win a three-week coastal jaunt
Spend three weeks exploring every nook and cranny of gorgeous Atlantic Canada.
Amazing restaurant offers
Three glasses of free champagne and a special menu at 46 top London restaurants.
Latest Independent competitions
Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our competitions and offers page.
Commercial thought leaders
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.
Career Services
Day In a Page
How an abortion divided America
Did they all live happily ever after? That's up to you...




Comments