Here are the week's most popular videos on YouTube.
1) Eminem - Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna - The official music video, starring Megan Fox, has finally been released online to an overwhelming success. 32,243,271 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U
2) Kanye West - POWER - Any other week, West would have dominated the YouTube charts with his latest video. But with Eminem as his competitor, he has to settle on the runner-up position. 6,600,361 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE
3) Justin Bieber Gets Nailed By a Water Bottle - Not everyone's a fan of the teen singer. 6,098,359 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0GjKiy3nSI
4) In Soviet Russia... - The Russians are the kings of viral video right now, finds vlogger Ray William Johnson, and he has impressive stunts to prove it. 2,657,669 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cqFbEDsZqE
5) Call of Duty: Black Ops - Multiplayer Teaser - The game is slated for release on November 11. 2,467,988 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_fsM6LBi54
6) Annoying Orange: Crabapple - YouTube personality Orange meets one of the crabbiest fruits ever. 2,187,788 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTiFml51wWI
7) I LIKE TURTLES!! - How to break the ice, how not to play minigolf, and a potentially NSFW video about turtles' sex life. 2,017,091 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah7hxQIuwD8
8) Lady Gaga with Semi Precious Weapons (Official) - The megastar gets naked and stage-dives into the crowd at the Lollapalooza Festival in the USA. 2,001,479 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGh9zlN6eLo
9) CRAZY GIRLFRIEND FROM HELL!! - Vlogger Shane Dawson is putting his last name to best use, spoofing TV show Dawson's Creek and continuing to address more serious teen issues. 1,927,762 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMdLeyKpF18
10) Auto-Tune the News: iTunes Version - Bed Intruder Song - Antoine Dodson has really made it onto iTunes. 1,899,990 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKsVSBhSwJg
Ranking collected on YouTube.com on Friday, August 13, 2010.
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