In a new segment from The Friday Hip-Hop report, host Valerie Lora compiles all the hip-hop and R&B videos released throughout the week, and ranks them in order of their first day YouTube hits. The number of views a music video does in the first 24 hours is a great indicator of how much anticipation and buzz there is around that artist. Check out who was in last week’s top 10 below.
1. Bruno Mars – “It Will Rain” | 600K
2. Juicy J, 2 Chainz & Tha Joker – “Zip & A Double Cup Remix” | 200K
3. The Roots – “Tip The Scale” | 30K
4. Lil B – “Dopeman Hunter” | 27K
5. Kalenna – “Go To Work” | 25K
6. T-Pain ft Tay Dizm – “Never Leave Her” | 20K
7. Bow Wow – “Mary Jane” | 19K
8. Kirko Bangz – “Drank In My Cup” | 18,500
9. Travis Porter – “My City” | 12,500
10.Stalley – “330” | 12K