{"id":27856,"date":"2018-12-01T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=27856"},"modified":"2018-12-01T17:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T17:30:21","slug":"ariana-grande-breaks-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/ariana-grande-breaks-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Breaks YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ariana Grande&#8217;s &#8216;Thank U, Next&#8217; video is breaking records as YouTube&#8217;s most-watched video in the first 24 hours.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27877\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-02-at-01.15.45.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"546\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since its release (November 30), it also smashed YouTube&#8217;s record for most-viewed video using YouTube&#8217;s Premiere scheduling feature with 829,000 viewers watching simultaneously at its peak. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/pop\/8487621\/ariana-grande-youtube-premiere-record-thank-u-next-video\">Billboard<\/a>, during the video debut, over 516,000 messages were sent on the Premier version of the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The huge traffic surge caused a delay in YouTube comments posting to the video, but this did not slow down fans watching, as the video hit 1 million views in 35 minutes. YouTube released a statement on their official twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@ArianaGrande the thank u, next video was so good, it broke the internet (or at least delayed YouTube comments from posting for a bit).<\/p>\n<p>Comments are still working on the video, they&#39;re just delayed! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/osq64npfpt\">https:\/\/t.co\/osq64npfpt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamYouTube\/status\/1068639193356677120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Grande knocked K-Pop group BTS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pBuZEGYXA6E\">&#8216;Idol&#8217;<\/a> from the top spot with &#8216;Thank U, Next&#8217;, amassing an outstanding 47 million views and counting:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27857\" style=\"width: 742px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27857\" class=\"wp-image-27857\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-01-at-23.48.23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"477\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statistics from <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/digital\/news\/ariana-grande-thank-u-next-youtube-record-video-views-1203071119\/\">Variety<\/a>, Graphic by Katherine Cenaj<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8216;Thank U, Next&#8217; which pays homage to iconic 2000&#8217;s &#8216;chick flicks&#8217;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0377092\/\">Mean Girls<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0250494\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Legally Blonde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0337563\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">13 going on 30<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0204946\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Bring It On<\/a>, has become an overnight sensation and has\u00a0garnered a great response from the online community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImKailenaK\/status\/1068625985082277888\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImKailenaK\/status\/1068625985082277888<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eva_olivia6\/status\/1068598743749009408\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/eva_olivia6\/status\/1068598743749009408<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/louievuittonlv\/status\/1068684568465563648\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/louievuittonlv\/status\/1068684568465563648<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video featured a multitude of celebrities from all-time &#8216;Momager&#8217; Kris Jenner as &#8216;cool mum&#8217; in a Mean Girls inspired scene to one of Legally Blonde&#8217;s favourite actors: Jennifer Coolidge.<\/p>\n<p>The premier of the video on November 30, also caught the eyes of multiple celebs who tweeted out their support:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrisJenner\/status\/1068610508922609665\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrisJenner\/status\/1068610508922609665<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RWitherspoon\/status\/1068647452754857984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1068647452754857984&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2018%2Fdigital%2Fnews%2Fariana-grande-thank-u-next-youtube-record-video-views-1203071119%2F\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RWitherspoon\/status\/1068647452754857984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1068647452754857984&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2018%2Fdigital%2Fnews%2Fariana-grande-thank-u-next-youtube-record-video-views-1203071119%2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/1068601259287109638\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/1068601259287109638<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The song has been a huge success for Grande; topping\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio1\/chart\/singles?filter=up\">&#8216;The Official Top 40 Singles Chart&#8217;<\/a> for 4 weeks straight, becoming the fastest song in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ariana-grande-most-streamed-artist-worldwide-spotify-2415088\">Spotify<\/a> history to reach 100 million streams and landing her the No.1 spot as most streamed artist on Spotify, surpassing 46.9million monthly listeners.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ariana Grande - thank u, next (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gl1aHhXnN1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more on Ariana Grande:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/ariana-grande-shuts-down-claims-and-says-hello-to-her-2019-sweetener-world-tour\/\">Ariana Grande shuts down claims and says hello to her 2019 Sweetneer tour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/does-being-in-the-public-eye-lead-to-addiction\/\">Does being in the public eye lead to addiction?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Katherine Cenaj | Subbing: Debrah Kirilov\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande&#8217;s &#8216;Thank U, Next&#8217; 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