Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody Music Video Hits 1 Billion Views

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Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

โ€œBohemian Rhapsodyโ€ by Queen is still breaking records as it has just become the oldest video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube.

It is the first music video released in the 1970s, or any year prior to the 1990s, to reach the milestone.

Psyโ€˜s โ€œGangnam Styleโ€ was the first video to manage the feat in 2012. It now has 3.3 billion views.

However, that pales in significance next to Luis Fonsiโ€˜s โ€œDespacito,โ€ which hit 6.3 billion plays earlier this year โ€“ making it the most-watched video on the site.

In fact, โ€œBohemian Rhapsodyโ€ doesnโ€™t even make the Top 100 most-played videos on YouTube.

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Before Monday, the only other 20th Century song to reach 1 billion views was Guns Nโ€™ Rosesโ€˜ โ€œNovember Rain.โ€

Speaking just after the announcement by YouTube, founding Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor issued a joint statement to celebrate the achievement.

Brian May and Roger Taylor said: โ€œWe are honored that โ€˜Bohemian Rhapsodyโ€™ has just hit one billion views on YouTube.โ€

โ€œWe want to thank you all and celebrate with our amazing fans all around the world by creating three new music videos to our songs, all featuring you.โ€

Queen fans can also watch a newly restored video of the hit song on the bandโ€™s YouTube channel.

Queen and Adam Lambert are currently on their Rhapsody tour across North America, with their next show set for tonight (July 23, 2019) in Dallas.

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