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> The 1982 track is quadruple platinum, and was the most streamed song in 2017, with over 440m views on YouTube That can't be right. Despacito has 5.9bn views
by trimbo 8y ago
> The 1982 track is quadruple platinum, and was the most streamed song in 2017, with over 440m views on YouTube
That can't be right. Despacito has 5.9bn views on Youtube now and came out in January, 2017.
- hk__2 8y agoStrangely, it links to an article [1] that says “It was one of the most streamed songs in 2017” (emphasis mine), not the most streamed one. https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45810659 https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45810659
- Arzh 8y agoThat might just be the "official" channel, older songs like that usually have way more off-brand videos too.