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'Gangnam style,' music-oriented videos top YouTube searches in PHL for 2012


Korean superstar PSY's "Gangnam Style" and music-oriented videos topped the searches by Filipinos who visited video-sharing site YouTube in 2012. Except for the trailer of the movie "Avengers Assemble," YouTube said the trending videos for 2012 prove anew that Filipinos are a music-loving people. "Being a country that loves music, most of the trending videos in the Philippines are music videos, with the exception of the official trailer of Marvel’s Avengers Assemble. Pinoys also proved that YouTube is the best platform to showcase talent and be discovered, with the example of a YouTube video featuring Zendee Rose Tenerefe singing in a mall," it said. It noted Tenerefe's video gained more than two million views, and launched her singing career. YouTube also noted the top channel in the country is the popular rap battle "FlipTop Battles." Filipinos likewise showed interest with Korean music, with SMTOWN or S.M. Entertainment and officialpsy cited in the top channels. YouTube listed the top 10 trending videos in the Philippines as:

1. PSY - GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V 2. Marvel's Avengers Assemble (2012) - Official trailer | HD 3. GLOC-9 feat. Ebe Dancel "Sirena" Music Video 4. Abra - Gayuma (Official Music Video) ft. Thyro & Jeriko Aguilar 5. Biglang Liko - Ron Henley feat. Pow Chavez OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO 6. Yeng Constantino - Pag-Ibig 7. SA ISANG SULYAP MO by 143 (Official Music Video) 8. Loonie feat. Quest - Tao Lang (Official Music Video) 9. 12:51 (Original) - Krissy and Ericka Official Music Video 10. And I Am Telling You (Random Girl)(SM Megamall)
The top channels are:
1. fliptopbattles 2. boyceavenue 3. JamichTV 4. jwcfree 5. maddijanemusic 6. nigahiga 7. NBA 8. Jayesslee 9. SMTOWN 10. officialpsy
Meanwhile, YouTube's top global trending videos are:
1. PSY - Gangnam Style: became the most viewed video of all time in just six months. 2. Walk off the Earth: The most-viewed cover song of 2012, otherwise known as “5 people, 1 guitar” attracted 140 million views this year. 3. KONY 2012: For one week, this was the most-shared video in the world. The cause-based video was March’s top search and garnered the most views ever for a YouTube video in a single day (31 million). 4. Call Me Maybe: kicked off a trend of lip-sync videos that spanned from the Harvard baseball team and celebrities. 5. Epic Rap Battles: Obama vs. Romney: This episode, featuring well-known Obama impersonator Alphacat, is from YouTube’s “Epic Rap Battles” which drew over 250 million views this year. A larger 2012 trend involved videos of Obama and Romney, viewed well over 2 billion times. 6. Dramatic Surprise: What happens when you place a mysterious sign in the middle of a Flemish square? 7. Why You Asking All Them Questions: Comedian Emmanuel Hudson’s popularity exploded this year, especially in the southern U.S. with almost half of this video’s 39 million views coming from mobile devices. 8. Lindsey Sterling: Lindsey’s trademark dubstep violin styles created a lot of buzz this year- especially in the U.S., Germany and Poland. 9. Facebook Parenting: A father’s reaction to his daughter’s Facebook post set off a storm of controversy, discussion, and response videos, with 11 million views in just one day. 10. Stratos Highlights: This live stream of Felix Baumgartner’s free-fall from 128,000 feet shattered previous live stream records with 8 million concurrent views. Since then, 14,000 videos have been posted mentioning "Felix Baumgartner" and the recording posted to YouTube has attracted 30 million views.
Top global channels
1. boyceavenue 2. ERB 3. HolaSoyGerman 4. JennaMarbles 5. lindseystomp 6. PrankvsPrank 7. TheFineBros 8. ThePianoGuys 9. theslowmoguys 10. Vsauce
— LBG, GMA News
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