TOP TEN OF 2012.

This is the top ten most watched videos of 2012.

10. Taylor Swift - We are never getting back together.

This video has 95 million views.




This video tells a story of the breaking up and making up of two young people. This is shown in an exciting way which includes dancing around with people dressed up as different things and in different outfits. This music video is also very easy for young people such as teenagers to relate to. I think that this very is a very upbeat and bright one.

9. Nicki Minaj - Starships.

This video has 98 million views.




This music video is very bright and, like most of Nicki Minaj's videos is full of dancing, little to nothing clothing and strange hair colours. The video is very disjunctured and has nothing to do with the lyrics, and this would be Goodwin's observation. I believe that it is a party jam and so would be very popular for young people.

8. Katy Perry - Wide Awake. 

This video has 107 million views.




This music video, as previously discussed in my blog post about Katy Perry, represents Katy coming back and apologising to her fans for changing her image from a big sister to a sexual predator, which she blames on Russell Brand. In this music video she is very pure, wearing white, and uses a young innocent girl to represent herself. It is also very dark but it has the beat which attracts teenage girls. At the beginning she also uses the music video for 'California Girls' to maybe advertise this. This music video is illustration.

7. Katy Perry - Part of me.

This video has 118 million views.




This music video, when released, was spoken about a lot. This is illustration according to Goodwin's observations and tells the story of a woman who is strong after her boyfriend/fiance cheated on her and she found out. This is a feminist video and song about how women are strong and can be fine after being lied to by a man. This is also done through the use of the women in the army. I believe that this video has a message which Katy is trying to get across and has done it very well.

6. One Direction - Live while we're young.

This video has over 123 million views.


 This music video is just five boys having fun which is also what the song is about so we could say that it is amplified. It does not have a storyline or much of a meaning however it is a very fun and upbeat video and this is probably why is has so many views!

5. Rihanna - Where have you been?

This video has 149 million views.




This music video consists mainly of dancing. I do not believe that this video is all that good however it has had this many views so people must be interested in Rihanna and her dance moves.

4. One direction - One thing.

This video has 183 million views.



This music video is very similar to their other music videos. It consists of the five boys just having fun in their music video. I believe that this makes it very realistic due to them being young and this helps young people to relate to them and have fun.

3. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend.




This music video highlights Justin Bieber's popularity in the music industry due to the beginning of the video where the two girls are watching one of his music videos on their phone. The scene then changes from very upclose shots of Bieber to the song restarting and set in a place where all these young girls and boys are dancing around in a car park while Bieber is with one girl sitting on a car. This is a very repetitive video and Goodwin would say that this is an amplified video. Bieber's intentions in th video are very clear because Justin Bieber's actions fit with the words and lyrics of the song he is singing. I believe that this is an effective video because it includes typical dancing and young people which will also attract other young people to watch his videos.

2. Carly Rae Jepson - Call Me Maybe.




This video was the runner up for the top ten of 2012. This is a very humerous video including a girl who fancies a man and tries to make him like her. She then gives him her number and we watch her flaunt around in front of him. She puts on a show in the garage and sings to him and at the end we find out he is gay. This video is successful, I believe, due to the guy being very appealling when he takes off his shirt and the way that Carly herself is wearing shorts withher bra showing and is cleaning the car quite provocatively. This is a very effective video and the song was found to be very annoying but at the same time catchy and a lot of people would hear it on the radio and listen to it. This encouraged people to watch the music video.

1. PSY - Gangnam Style.


This music video was the most watched in 2012. This is because the song was so popular and the video had a very humorous and jokey feel to it. It included a dance routine which many people of the general public and audience to this music video have learned and every time to song comes on people will imitate the dance moves used in the music video. This has enabled the song to become extremely popular therefore people have been talking about it, encouraging others to watch the music video. PSY wears a variety of different coloured costumes and dances around with a load of girls, which I believe attracts an audience. The use of cartoon imagery also attracts people who like cartoon.