The Life List: 10 tracks that reign on YouTube

South Korean quartet Blackpink.
South Korean quartet Blackpink. PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
How You Like That (2020)
How You Like That (2020) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Boy With Luv (2019)
Boy With Luv (2019) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Thank U, Next (2018)
Thank U, Next (2018) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Me! (2019)
Me! (2019) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Shape Of You (2017)
Shape Of You (2017) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Despacito (2017)
Despacito (2017) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Hello (2015)
Hello (2015) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Gangnam Style (2012)
Gangnam Style (2012) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Sugar (2015)
Sugar (2015) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Roar (2013)
Roar (2013) PHOTOS: ADELE/YOUTUBE, ARIANA GRANDE/YOUTUBE, BLACKPINK/FACEBOOK, BLACKPINK/YOUTUBE, BIG HIT LABELS/YOUTUBE, ED SHEERAN/YOUTUBE, KATY PERRY/FACEBOOK, LUIS FONSI/YOUTUBE, MAROON 5/YOUTUBE, OFFICIALPSY/YOUTUBE, TAYLOR SWIFT/YOUTUBE
Eddino Abdul Hadi
Music Correspondent
Updated
Jul 06, 2020, 09:03 AM
Published
Jul 06, 2020, 05:00 AM
New: Gift this subscriber-only story to your friends and family

When K-pop group Blackpink released the music video for new song How You Like That recently, it attracted an average of 998 new views a second on its first day.

The quartet set a new YouTube record for the highest number of views within 24 hours: 86.3 million.

Already a subscriber? 

Read the full story and more at $9.90/month

Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month

ST One Digital

 $9.90/month

No contract

ST app access on 1 mobile device

Subscribe now

Unlock these benefits

  • All subscriber-only content on ST app and straitstimes.com

  • Easy access any time via ST app on 1 mobile device

  • E-paper with 2-week archive so you won't miss out on content that matters to you

Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 06, 2020, with the headline The Life List: 10 tracks that reign on YouTube. Subscribe

Available for
iPhones and iPads
Available in
Google Play

MCI (P) 066/10/2023. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No. 202120748H. Copyright © 2024 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.

Back to the top