The Most Popular Music Videos Released This Week (8/23)

It’s Friday, y’all. Time for your weekly music video happy hour of the top 10 most popular videos of the week. "Applause" by Lady Gaga comes in at #1, winning the week by over 15 million views, one of the biggest margins we've seen in a while. Some other things you’ll find in these videos are handsome dudes singing into the camera, Billy Zane, an English and Spanglish version of a Ricky Martin song, and a mother fucking Bearshark.

Remember, this week is the MTV VMAs, and we've got some special stuff planned, so stay tuned to our Facebook page and Twitter page for details.

As always, you can check out the top 25 most popular videos released this week in playlist format as well.

1. 1
   Applause

   Artist Lady Gaga

   Director Inez & Vinoodh
   472.6M views
2. 2
   Rock N Roll

   Artist Avril Lavigne

   Director Chris Marrs Piliero
   123.0M views
3. 3
   Almost Is Never Enough

   Artist Ariana Grande

   Director Nev Todorovic
   137.6M views
4. 4
   Darte un Beso

   Artist Prince Royce

   Director Danny Hastings
   1.6B views
5. 5
   Turn The Night Up (Version 2)

   Artist Enrique Iglesias

   Director Yasha Malekzad
   25.6M views
6. 6
   Take Me Home

   Artist Midnight Red

   Director Matt Stawski
   9.2M views
7. 7
   Runaway

   Artist KARA
   1.5M views
8. 8
   Come With Me

   Artist Ricky Martin

   Director Carlos Pérez
   42.6M views
9. 9
   Grow Old With Me

   Artist Tom Odell

   Director Alex Southam
   32.7M views
10. 10
    Round and Round

    Artist Super Best Friends

    Director Matt Roberts
    417.4K views