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YouTube data now part of Billboard Hot 100 chart

Viral videos are hits on the Web, and now they can help propel a song to the top of the Billboard charts. Billboard has announced that U.S. YouTube data is now one of the factors when ranking Hot 100 songs and songs on its other charts.

 

Why ‘One Pound Fish’ is no ‘Gangnam Style’

One Pound Fish

With prince of invisible equestrian sports and YouTube page views (Psy), now semi-disgraced, the Internet has decided to anoint its next silly video star.

 

Farm parody of 'Sexy and I Know It' goes viral

I'm Farming and I Grow It

Kansas State University student Greg Peterson and some friends were unwinding at a drive-in restaurant when LMFAO's song "Sexy and I Know It" came on the radio. But as the chorus droned on, the 21-year-old found inspiration. He switched "sexy" to "farming" as he began rapping. Then he started coming up with lyrics. It would be fun, he thought, to do a video parody with his brothers when he returned home to the family farm in central Kansas.

Senh: "I'm Farming and I Grow It" This is awesome. My favorite bit is "I work-out SIDE!"

 

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