Katy Perry has made history on YouTube as her music video for “Dark Horse” surpassed 3 billion views, making her the first and sole female artist to reach this milestone with two official music videos. The song itself features a blend of trap and hip hop genres, with Perry’s sultry voice complementing Juicy J’s rap style. Perry mentioned in an interview that she aimed to incorporate some “darkness” and “witchcraft” into the lyrics, which are from the perspective of a witch warning a man not to fall in love with her because he won’t be able to love anyone else. While “Dark Horse” received mixed reviews from critics for its religious references, it was a commercial hit, topping charts in Canada, the Netherlands, and the US, and selling around 8 million copies worldwide.
The innovative idea and enchanting tune of Dark Horse have led to its great success on different music charts.
Katy Perry has made history on YouTube with her “Dark Horse” music video, which has now been viewed over 3 billion times. This impressive milestone means that Katy is the first female artist to have two official music videos with over 3 billion views each. Previously, her popular tune “Roar” also reached 3 billion views on February 6, 2020, making her the first solo female artist to achieve this incredible feat. With competition from other successful female artists like Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off,” which has 2.8 billion views, Katy’s accomplishments are truly remarkable.
On February 6th, 2020, it was announced that Katy Perry’s hit song “Roar” has officially achieved 3 billion views on YouTube, in celebration of its 6th anniversary. Perry is one of the few female artists with an impressive YouTube following, as she has 13 music videos that have each surpassed the 500 million view mark. Some of her popular hits include “Dark Horse”, “Firework”, “Last Friday Night”, “Hot ‘n Cold”, “Wide Awake”, “Part of Me”, “This Is How We Do”, “The One That Got Away”, “Bon Appétit”, “Chain to the Rhythm”, and “Swish Swish”.
Katy Perry’s popularity skyrocketed thanks to one of her hit songs called Last Friday Night.