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Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" Is the First Hip-Hop Video to Reach 1 Billion Views on YouTube

Congrats to Wiz.

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Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" is the biggest hit of his career to this point, and now the video for the multi-platinum single has put him in some elite company with the likes of Justin BieberKaty Perry, and Taylor Swift. Today, Wiz became the first and only rapper with a music video to ever reach one billion views on YouTube, and better yet, it only took six months to reach that feat.

This is just another impressive accolade for the song, which spent weeks in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and received countless praise during the promotional run for the Furious 7 soundtrack and film. The full list of music videos to reach the illustrious one billion views category can be found below.

1. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’ 2,426,500,822
2. Justin Bieber – ‘Baby’ 1,219,883,321
3. Taylor Swift – ‘Blank Space’ 1,188,147,147
4. Katy Perry – ‘Dark Horse’ 1,121,919,001
5. Katy Perry – ‘Roar’ 1,085,316,510
6. Taylor Swift – ‘Shake It Off’ 1,073,453,852
7. Enrique Iglesias – ‘Bailando’ 1,070,883,424
8. Meghan Trainor – ‘All About That Bass’ 1,046,823,436
9. Mark Ronson – ‘Uptown Funk’ 1,045,536,246
10. Wiz Khalifa – ‘See You Again’ 1,004,350,672

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