If you needed any further indication how shitty this year actually was, Vevo has outlined it perfectly with their most watched videos of 2016.
Music is apparently still dead in the World:
Justin Bieber – Sorry (PURPOSE : The Movement) – 1,824,823,909
Fifth Harmony – Work from Home – 1,173,014,751
Calvin Harris – This Is What You Came For (Official Video) – 1,008,115,358
Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? – 1,002,151,667
Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (PURPOSE : The Movement) – 966,846,883
Drake – Hotline Bling – 899,014,469
Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk – 825,589,463
Rihanna – Work (Explicit) – 800,984,121
The Chainsmokers – Closer (Lyric) – 776,806,154
Yeah… Justin Bieber has three videos within the top ten. How is something like that justified? I would blame Canada since he’s ultimately theirs but the United States I’m sure bares plenty of responsibility in those final tallies.
First the election… now this.