Top 10 most viewed/liked/disliked live performances on YouTube

[StrawberryBlond 14,846]

Ever since Vevo came along, uploading live singing performances to YouTube became the norm and while we're used to doing stats of a singer's most viewed, liked and disliked music videos (including yours truly!), we've never ranked these stats for live videos, so I thought I'd do some digging and was kinda surprised at the results. I don't include videos that are clearly edited or are highlights, nor do I include Carpool Karaoke videos as they're a very different idea, are heavily edited and are mixed and matched with dialogue. It doesn't need to be official footage uploaded by Vevo, it can be anyone. Visually edited videos are fine (a lot of older live clips are like this) as well as music videos that are composed of live video footage. It has to be pure singing from beginning to end in order to count as "live." So, without further ado, here we are:

Most viewed live performances on YouTube

1. HA-ASH - Lo Aprendí de Ti - 893,000,000+

2. Thalía feat. Maluma - Desde Esa Noche from Premio Lo Nuestro 2016 - 784,000,000+

3. HA-ASH - Perdón, Perdón - 741,000,000+

4. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain live at The Royal Albert Hall - 551,000,000+

5. Adele - When We Were Young live at The Church Studios - 506,000,000+

6. HA-ASH - Te Dejo En Libertad - 465,000,000+

7. Thalía - Equivocada (Live Version) - 365,000,000+

8. Thalía & Pedro Capó - Estoy Enamorado - 287,000,000+

9. Mariah Carey - Without You official music video from Here Is Mariah Carey 1993 - 262,000,000+

10. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow live from the 2019 Oscars - 244,000,000+

Most liked live performances on YouTube

1. Adele - When We Were Young live from The Church Studios - 2,400,000+

2. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman official a cappella performance) - 2,300,000+

3. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain live from The Royal Albert Hall - 2,200,000+

4. HA-ASH - Lo Aprendí de Ti - 2,200,000+

5. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow live from the 2019 Oscars - 2,200,000+

6. Blackpink - Solo, Forever & Young live at SBS Gayodaejun 2018 - 2,100,000+

7. HA-ASH - Perdón, Perdón - 2,000,000+

8. Thalía feat. Maluma - Desde Esa Noche from Premio Lo Nuestro 2016 - 1,900,000+

9. Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore - 1,700,000+

10. BTS - Anpanman live from the BTS Comeback Show - 1,600,000+

Most disliked live performances on YouTube

1. Maroon 5 feat. Travis Scott & Big Boi - Superbowl LIII Halftime Show - 918,000+

2. Eminem - Trump diss freestyle live as part of BET Hip Hop Awards Freestyle Cypher - 242,000+

3. Thalía feat. Maluma - Desde Esa Noche from Premio Lo Nuestro 2016 - 207,000+

4. HA-ASH - Lo Aprendí de Ti - 162,000+

5. Fergie - The Star Spangled Banner live from the 2018 NBA All-Star Game (ESPN upload) - 132,000+

6. HA-ASH - Perdón, Perdón - 127,000+

7. Madonna feat. Quavo - Like A Prayer, Dark Ballet and Future live from the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest - 88,000+

8. Adele - When We Were Young live at The Church Studios - 87,000+

9. Blackpink - Solo, Forever & Young live at SBS Gayodaejun 2018 - 82,000+

10. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow live at the 2019 Oscars - 74,000+

 

So, what do you think? Any of them surprise you? Surprised Beyonce and Taylor aren't there, kinda suprised at just how many views Adele has. I'm amazed Gaga has achieved what she has, especially as her clip has been around the least amount of time, it took some artists years to achieve the stats she has. Does anyone think I left any out? Bear in mind that some artists used to have much more disliked live clips but as they were so bad, they got removed!

EDIT: Put in some of those Latin acts, this really shook things up a bit. Hopefully, that's it all now.

[PunkTheFunk 124,425]

5 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Most liked live performances on YouTube

4. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow live from the 2019 Oscars - 2,200,000+

 

5 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Most disliked live performances on YouTube

7. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow live at the 2019 Oscars - 74,000+

[FfFfFfFF 55,767]

I know there are many Latin performances with (almost) billion of views but I can't name them because I saw the list once. Your list only applies to the Anglosphere I think.

[StrawberryBlond 14,846]

1 minute ago, FfFfFfFF said:

I know there are many Latin performances with (almost) billion of views but I can't name them because I saw the list once. Your list only applies to the Anglosphere I think.

I did include 2 Korean acts. I went looking for performances from big name Latin acts but couldn't find any that had big stats. Trust me, I tried to make the list as global as possible but if they didn't have the figures, they can't get up there.

[weed 73,798]

this is most viewed  but very interesting!

 

[Gypsy Life 118,907]

6 minutes ago, weed said:

this is most viewed  but very interesting!

 

This has more. 893m.

 

[PACGAGA 1,275]

Beyoncé’s performances aren’t uploaded on YT so that’s probably why they’re not there. 
 

as for Taylor, lemme not say anything chile hehehe

[weed 73,798]

4 minutes ago, Gypsy Life said:

This has more. 893m.

 

oh woww oh wowwwww! They have ANOTHER at 740M!

 

[StrawberryBlond 14,846]

12 minutes ago, weed said:

this is most viewed  but very interesting!

 

5 minutes ago, Gypsy Life said:

This has more. 893m.

 

Not only in views, but likes and dislikes too. And this is leading me down a rabbit hole when I search on YouTube. I'll do a bit of digging and try to amend things a bit later when I think things are straightened out. I had no idea these people existed, that's part of the problem.

[Gypsy Life 118,907]

4 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Not only in views, but likes and dislikes too. And this is leading me down a rabbit hole when I search on YouTube. I'll do a bit of digging and try to amend things a bit later when I think things are straightened out. I had no idea these people existed, that's part of the problem.

There's an odd amount of latin videos with big views. You can probably find them here by searching "live" or "vivo" https://kworb.net/youtube/topvideos.html

Although it seems that a lot of them are called "live" but it's really the studio recording plastered over the video

[StrawberryBlond 14,846]

@FfFfFfFF and @Gypsy Life

I've updated it taking what you'd found into account plus a few extras. I believe that's it all now. Just goes to show there's some names you have no clue about that have massive fanbases!

[FfFfFfFF 55,767]

1 minute ago, StrawberryBlond said:

@FfFfFfFF and @Gypsy Life

I've updated it taking what you'd found into account plus a few extras. I believe that's it all now. Just goes to show there's some names you have no clue about that have massive fanbases!

Or GP following. I see pop artists that are already talked about and known on music sites as the ones having big fanbases but the others not so much.

GP are the main source of views, not fans. And also a factor that plays a role into how many views the songs got is that some are available only as live performances.

[Lady Adga 8,664]

Las HA-ASH, wow  They're very popular here in Mexico. 

This is a live performance, too (818.608.419). Another very popular song here in Mexico. There's no party these days where they don't play this song:

 

[Red Velvet 10,988]

Most viewed K-Pop performance obviously goes to my fave BLACKPINK. 128 million views.

These views were the results of them not releasing a full album.

[LOVEDRUG 10,652]

yessss at BTS getting on the list 

also, mariah, gaga and madonna... we stan