LONDON: YouTube has revealed that Stormzy’s infectious single Vossi Bop was the most-watched music video of 2019.
Based around a viral dance craze, the video sees the star rapping on Westminster Bridge and features a cameo from Idris Elba.
Sam Smith and Normani’s Dancing With A Stranger was the second-biggest video. Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy came third.
Outside the UK, Latin music dominated, accounting for all of YouTube’s top five music videos.
Top of the list is Daddy Yankee’s Con Calma – which interpolates Snow’s 1990s rap classic Informer; while electro-flamenco singer Rosalía takes second place with the earworm groove of Con Altura.
It’s the third year in a row that a Latin song has topped YouTube’s global chart. In 2018, the honor went to Nio García’s Te Boté; while in 2017, it was Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s Despacito (which is the most-viewed video in the site’s history, with 6.5bn views).
(Agencies)
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