Pop Goes Viral in 2010
24 December 2010


Lady Gaga poses in the photo room at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles

Pop music went viral in 2010, flourishing in cyberspace while downloads stagnated and CD sales continued to plummet.

Released late in 2009, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" reached second place on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, while earning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. More significant, however, was the accompanying video. The surreal five-minute clip has to date attracted 319 million views on YouTube…and it's far from the year's most-watched music video.

Justin Bieber