It’s not surprising to see a great music video earn billions of views and likes but there are only a few ones that make it to the Top 10 list. 2020 has come a long way to define a video as a viral hit and to cut the long story short we have listed out the Top to watched videos of 2020 that have performed exceptionally well on all aspects.
1) FUTURE – LIFE IS GOOD FT. DRAKE
This collaboration is bound to spice up something exotic and this time it is their latest video Life Is Good which includes cameos from Lil Yachty, 21 Savage, Mike Will Made-It, and also Big Bank Black who are shown as drive-thru worker, garbage man, mechanic, and also a genius Apple employee. The video was released on 10th January 2020 and is the third single from Future’s eighth album High Off Lite. The song is Future’s highest-charting song and has sold over six million units in the U.S. While Drake took care of the beginning, Future set in to perform in the latter. Their collaboration has always earned a fabulous response from the audience, and this one is no exception.
2) JUSTIN BIEBER – YUMMY
Called his most anticipated return, the song Yummy is a breezy R&B jam that is also the lead single of his album Changes. The song debuted at Number 2 on Spotify and Bieber has expressed his desperate desire to send the song to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the song gives a closer picture of how Bieber feels about his newly-wed wife. The three-and-a-half minute’s long track takes a little hint of R&B as Bieber takes on a direct approach to talk about his intimate personal life with his wife Hailey Baldwin. The video was released on January 3, 2020, along with a lyric video where many complimented Bieber’s vocal strength, while there were others to take a dig at the production style and the lyrics. The video earned over 8.4 million views in the first 24 hours, leading to becoming his biggest 24-hour debut and as of December 1, the video has received over 540 million views.
3) MALUMA – HAWAI
Maluma and The Weeknd’s collaboration calls for something exciting and this time it’s the remix of Hawai that comes accompanied by a neon-lit video. The 26-year-old singer has reflected on his past relationship with this break-up song where it talks about two people breaking up in the modern age. The video is quite impressive where it shows that the photos one share on Instagram and the story behind it can be quite deceiving. The well decorate video deserves more than just a glance. The refreshing video topped the charts in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and various other places. It also reached the Number four position on the Billboard Global 200 chart and went on to become the first number-one song on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. Post the release of its remix version, the Hawai video reached the Number three spot on the Billboard Global 200 and Number twelve on the US Billboard Hot 100. The music video has garnered a spectacular count of 500 million views on YouTube.
4) TAINY, J BALVIN – AGUA
Hitting the screen on 9th July, Agua meaning Water is a song produced by Puerto Rican producer Tainy and Colombian singer J Balvin as the lead single coming from the 2020 film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. The reggaeton track comes with a lot of good vibes and a lot of happy memories and happiness, which the audience certainly needs during this period. The music video was premiered on J Balvin’s YouTube channel on the 15th of July and quickly reached 35.9 million views in its first week itself. The video soon garnered over 200 million views.
5) CAMILO – FAVORITO
Camilo Echeverry, famously known as Camilo categorizes his music as a mix of Latin pop with Urbano and driven by romantic lyrics and an impressive voice. The singer who rose to fame in 2007 for winning the Colombian talent show, Factor XS has several hit songs under his cover including Favorito that went on to be nominated as the Best Latin song.
6) CAMILO – VIDA DE RICO
Camilo- the Colombian singer/ songwriter is someone to be paid attention to in the current generation whose another upbeat song titled Vida de Rico is something that would let you completely fancy Camilo’s discography. In the song, the singer describes how he might not have much, but he’s still willing to share everything with his wife. 2020 is a time when all of us desperately need a silver lining, and this song is the perfect antidote to those gloomy days where you need to reinstall your faith in love. The music video has a nice, emotional grit where he is spotted celebrating small joys like buying his first home with his wife as they dance with the workers just like friends. The video has earned over 31 million views letting Camilo enter the Top Artists charts in 15 markets this year and also become one of the top 50 most viewed artists this year.
7) KAROL G – AY, DIOS MIO!
The Columbian star takes love as her greatest inspiration in the single Ay DiOs Mio that wraps the story of how she met her fiancé. The song was released on July 6 and shows the story of she met Ema, her fiancé, as the song starts on how he first sent her DMs on Instagram and Whatsapp, until the day they finally happened to meet. The video shows them going out and dancing. The music video reached Number 10 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart in August and also topped the Latin Airplay chart in October.
8) THE WEEKND – BLINDING LIGHTS
The Grammy award-winning superstar The Weeknd once again shines out bright with the hit video Blinding lights. The single is the R&B star’s greatest hit since 2019 and has an enigmatic minor key and groove that settles in quite impressively. The pop and pop-rock vibe of the song along with the beautiful vocals sets the expectations high. The center-piece of course the chorus of the track as The Weeknd directs on a topic that revolves around love, relationship, and sex. The song peaked at Number one in around thirty-four countries and also became The Weeknd’s 5th number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100 for weeks. The song also became his first number-one single in Germany for about ten weeks, in the UK for eight weeks, and in Australia for eleven weeks, thereby making it his most successful single to date.
9) CAMILO, EVALUNA MONTANER – POP PRIMERA VEZ
Performed by Camilo and Evaluna Montaner, Por Primera Vez entered the South American Chart representing Columbia and has been strongly received from both sides. This is their very first collaboration since they both dated and got married, and released music separately. The romantic song hit the screen on February 8, on their big day, and shares the couple’s most romantic journey to marriage and how they are sharing moments and experiences for the first time. The music video documents all such pleasant memories as they tied the knot in Miami. Both of them have been featured as Billboard’s Latin Artist on the rise and this is their first collaboration that has already created a havoc buzz.
10) IDINA MENZEL, AURORA – INTO THE UNKNOWN
A new entry into the Billboard series is Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora, who made her debut at Number 8 on the charts with her song Into the Unknown, with Idina Menzel from Frozen 2. The scintillating call from the unknown forest that appears throughout the film belongs to this Norwegian artist. Even though the artist has previously appeared on the Billboard 200, Into the Unknown made her debut at Number 55 on the Hot 100. The song has received an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Critics’ Choice Movie Award, and also the Satellite Award nominations for the Best Original Song.