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YouTube and Vevo have unveiled their most watched music videos of 2016, based on views, shares, comments and likes.

Fifth Harmony’s ‘Work From Home’ featuring Ty Dolla $ign heads up YouTube’s list with almost 1.2 billion hits, while Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s smash hit ‘This Is What You Came For’ comes in at second place, notching up just over one billion views.

Vevo’s most viewed video of the year was Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’, followed in second place by Adele’s ‘Hello’, with the music video platform also drawing up separate lists for US and UK viewers. See the full lists below and keep an eye out for FACT’s own top 10 feature over the weekend.

YouTube’s worldwide most-viewed videos of 2016:

Fifth Harmony – ‘Work from Home’ feat. Ty Dolla $ign – 1,184,701,874
Calvin Harris – ‘This Is What You Came For’ feat. Rihanna – 1,032,529,463
Nicky Jam – ‘Hasta el Amanecer’ – 877,707,603
The Chainsmokers – ‘Closer’ (Lyric Video) feat. Halsey – 817,500,580
Rihanna – ‘Work’ (Explicit) feat. Drake – 797,387,872
Mike Posner – ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’ (Seeb Remix) (Explicit) – 703,189,891
Sia – ‘Cheap Thrills’ (Lyric Video) feat. Sean Paul – 684,151,503
Zayn – ‘Pillowtalk’ – 650,533,728
Coldplay – ‘Hymn For The Weekend’ – 621,893,527
Twenty One Pilots – ‘Heathens’ – 481,424,181

Vevo’s worldwide most-viewed videos of 2016:

Justin Bieber – ‘Sorry’ (PURPOSE : The Movement) – 1,824,823,909
Adele – ‘Hello’ – 1,255,754,358
Fifth Harmony – ‘Work from Home’ – 1,173,014,751
Calvin Harris – ‘This Is What You Came For’ (Official Video) – 1,008,115,358
Justin Bieber – ‘What Do You Mean?’ – 1,002,151,667
Justin Bieber – ‘Love Yourself’ (PURPOSE : The Movement) – 966,846,883
Drake – ‘Hotline Bling’ – 899,014,469
Mark Ronson – ‘Uptown Funk’ – 825,589,463
Rihanna – ‘Work’ (Explicit) – 800,984,121
The Chainsmokers – ‘Closer’ (Lyric) – 776,806,154

Vevo’s UK most-viewed videos of 2016:

Justin Bieber – ‘Sorry’ (PURPOSE : The Movement) – 87,152,761
Fifth Harmony – ‘Work from Home’ – 68,826,339
Justin Bieber – ‘Love Yourself’ (PURPOSE : The Movement) – 65,616,618
Adele – ‘Hello’ – 50,894,044
The Chainsmokers – ‘Closer’ (Lyric) – 50,583,787
Mike Posner – ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’ (Seeb Remix) (Explicit) – 49,306,678
Calvin Harris – ‘This Is What You Came For’ (Official Video) – 46,417,510
Justin Bieber – ‘What Do You Mean?’ – 45,442,430
Shawn Mendes – ‘Stitches’ (Official Video) – 44,603,140
ZAYN – ‘Pillowtalk’ – 42,939,753

Vevo’s US most-viewed videos of 2016:

Justin Bieber – ‘Sorry’ (PURPOSE : The Movement) – 210,948,179
Adele – ‘Hello’ – 204,603,192
Fifth Harmony – ‘Work from Home’ – 200,347,587
Drake – ‘Hotline Bling’ – 173,973,993
Silentó – ‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)’ (Official) – 163,948,557
Future – ‘Low Life’ – 158,771,709
The Weeknd – ‘The Hills’ – 145,661,617
The Chainsmokers – ‘Closer’ (Lyric) – 142,680,045
Justin Bieber – ‘Love Yourself’ (PURPOSE : The Movement) – 134,602,893
Rihanna – ‘Work’ (Explicit) – 125,578,425
Calvin Harris – ‘This Is What You Came For’ (Official Video) – 116,576,685 [via NME]

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