Posted on 04/12/2011 6:52:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Teen YouTube sensation Rebecca Black sings gleefully about the weekend in her Web video hit "Friday," – and now the 13 year-old has something even more exciting to crow about.
"Friday" has been viewed online more than Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Justin Bieber's "Pray," Visible Measures, a company that tracks performance of Web videos said on Monday.
Black's low-budget video, which the California teen made with a boutique record label, has generated nearly 100 million views on YouTube since it was posted online on Feb. 10.
But Visible Measures said that including copies of the video, spoofs and other versions available on hundreds of video sites, "Friday" has generated more than 200 million views.
By comparison, looking at the same measurement, Gaga's video for her single "Born This Way" has generated more than 180 million online views, Visible Measures said. Bieber's "Pray" has produced over 65 million views, the company said.
"Born This Way" was released in late February and Bieber's "Pray" came out late last year.
In Black's video "Friday," she can be seen riding in a car with friends and singing "fun, fun, think about fun."
Some critics have blasted the song for being simplistic and glossy, but it has won Black appearances on national television, tens of thousands of sales on Apple's iTunes and chart entries in the United States, the UK, Australia and Canada.
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Rebecca Black is the Florence Foster Jenkins of the You Tube age.
RE: Rebecca Black is the Florence Foster Jenkins of the You Tube age.
Th difference is we have MANY Florence Foster Jenkins even in our recording industry. Technology is advanced to a point where anyone who can’t sing on key can be AUTO-TUNED.
See here :
HOW TO CREATE A SEXY POP STAR ( even if she can’t sing ) :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=irk3_p15RJY
And to think a talented person such as Orb Vroomer doing his remake of High Roller on a drumKAT barely gets any hits. (make sure you watch the good version,ha)
“The difference is we have MANY Florence Foster Jenkins even in our recording industry.”
Okay, then. Rebecca Black is *A* Florence Foster Jenkins of the You Tube age.
Oh. Dear . God.
Pop music just sucks nowadays.
I will say this, it is a million times better than Willow Smith’s absolute piece of crap song “Whip My Hair” that would never have been recorded if her parents hadn’t called in every favor they have in Hollywood. that is the worst piece of garbage ever to make noise.
P.S. If you want to hear a damn fine record, check out Jason Isbell’s new one “Here We Rest” that came out today.
I still prefer it over any Lady Gaga crap.
That’s a kick. The guy really does sound like Bob.
That’s terrible.......
Relax, dude...We survived Al Gore doing the macarena...this is small potatoes by comparison..
Somehow, Hicks, Colbert and Fallon managed to make the song fun. Great version!
Watch the Jimmy Fallon-Stephen Colbert-Taylor Hicks parody of the song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLAMhTorPCk
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