Top 10 most viewed artists on YouTube
It was Lady Gaga who first reached 1 billion views in October 2010, but the Beliebers pushed Justin Bieber to the top shortly after - in November 2010 - and helped the Canadian star become first to 2 billion and 3 billion view milestones on YouTube.
Justin Bieber (JustinBieberVEVO) 3,520,426,883
Rihanna (RihannaVEVO) 3,401,883,870
Eminem (EminemVEVO) 2,290,773,706
Lady Gaga (LadyGagaVEVO) 2,179,860,219
PSY (officialpsy) 2,073,173,676
Shakira (shakiraVEVO) 1,911,962,769
Beyonce (beyonceVEVO) 1,780,402,638
Chris Brown (ChrisBrownVEVO) 1,516,922,667
The Black Eyed Peas (BlackEyedPeasVEVO) 1,490,270,139
Jennifer Lopez (JenniferLopezVEVO) 1,482,012,369