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Jul 30, 2021 · 100 Greatest Music Videos — from Adele's 'Hello' to ZZ Top's 'Gimme All Your Lovin',' Rolling Stone's picks for the best music videos ever.
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- David Browne,Mankaprr Conteh,Brenna Ehrlich,David Fear,Maria Fontoura,Jon Freeman,Elisabeth Garber-Paul,Andy Greene,Kory Grow,Brian Hiatt,Christian Hoard,Jeff Ihaza,Jason Newman,Angie Martoccio,Jerry Portwood,Claire Shaffer,Rob Sheffield,Hank Shteamer,Brittany Spanos,Simon Vozick-Levinson
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- “Despacito” – Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee (7 billion views)
- “Shape of You” – Ed Sheeran (5 billion views)
- “See You Again” – Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth (4.7 billion views)
- “Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars (3.9 billion views)
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- Harry Styles, “Watermelon Sugar” (dir. Bradley & Pablo) “This video is dedicated to touching: May 18, 2020.” Given the circumstances, the message that precedes the video for Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” could be seen as downright taunting: Styles no doubt already engages in physical contact beyond the average person’s wildest dreams in a normal year, but to release a video of him doing so on a beautiful beach somewhere at a time when most of us had to wear gloves just to accept a UPS package… “Sugar” could’ve easily struck a sour note.
- Future feat. Drake, “Life Is Good” (dir. Director X) Future and Drake, two of the biggest rappers in the world, opening the music video for a collaboration titled “Life Is Good” as… two garbagemen, grinning from ear to ear while loading bags of trash into the back of a truck?
- Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP” (dir. Colin Tilley) Welcome to WAP Manor! You’re a guest of The Lady B, I trust, or perhaps her co-host for this soiree, Madame Thee Stallion?
- Lady Gaga, “911” (dir. Tarsem Singh) The most conceptual video of the Chromatica era so far is a feat of COVID-era filmmaking — nothing about Gaga’s or director Tarsem Singh’s vision feels compromised by the realities of the pandemic.
Sep 29, 2023 · Views: 2.7 billion. This version of Waka Waka features the South African band Freshlyground. The video combines footage from the FIFA World Cup, along with Shakira dancing with children. The song was the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which was played in South Africa.
- Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” (dir. Francis Lawrence, 2009) By the time she crawled out of your mom’s Volvo roof box to deliver her first rah-rah-rahs, Lady Gaga had already hosted a poolside orgy, transformed the subway into her debaucherous lair, and sought poisonous revenge on Alexander Skarsgård for throwing her off the edge of a castle.
- Missy Elliott, “Work It” (dir. Dave Meyers, 2002) While most of her contemporaries settled for music videos that made them look tough or sexy, Missy Elliott got strange with hers, and “Work It” is a perfect distillation of her idiosyncratic vision of warped world.
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?)” (dir. Paul Hunter, 2000) Naked as the day he was born, save for a gold chain and bracelet, D’Angelo is the entirety of the simple, single-take video for “Untitled.”
- Beyoncé, “Formation” (dir. Melina Matsoukas, 2016) Beyoncé stopped the world for the umpteenth time when she dropped the explosive song and video for “Formation,” just a day before performing the anthem at Super Bowl 50.
Dec 31, 2020 · Insider ranked the 45 best music videos released in 2020. "Already" by Beyoncé, Shatta Wale, and Major Lazer took the top spot. "Brown Skin Girl" by Beyoncé, "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and...
Dec 17, 2020 · See our picks for the best music videos of 2020, listed in alphabetical order by artist name, below. And check out all of Pitchfork’s 2020 wrap-up coverage here.
