Eminem’s scathing diss track “KILLSHOT” surpassed 500 million views, making it the first rap audio in YouTube history to earn this milestone
The track was huge right from the start, breaking the record for the biggest debut for a hip hop song on YouTube with 38.1 million views in its first 24 hours. On the charts, it hit No.1 in Canada, cracked the top 10 in the US, Hungary, and New Zealand, and landed in the top 20 across several other countries, from the UK to Australia. “KILLSHOT” has since gone Platinum or higher in five different markets.
The song now sits among an elite list of the most viewed audio uploads on YouTube:
1 Camila Cabello – Havana (Audio) ft. Young Thug – 2 billion views
2 Danny Ocean – Me Rehúso (Official Audio) – 1.9 billion views
3 Ozuna – El Farsante (Audio Oficial) – 1 billion views
4 Daft Punk – Get Lucky (Official Audio) – 818 million views
5 Desiigner – Panda (Audio) – 809 million views
6 Aaron Smith – Dancin (KRONO Remix) – 786 million views
7 Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee – Despacito (Audio) – 687 million views
8 Tom Odell – Another Love (Zwette Edit) – 645 million views
9 DVBBS & Borgeous – TSUNAMI (Original Mix) – 583 million views
10 The Chainsmokers – Don’t Let Me Down (Illenium Remix) – 563 million views
11 Axel Thesleff – Bad Karma – 525 million views
12 Eminem – KILLSHOT [Official Audio] – 500 million views
At No.12 with 500 million views, “KILLSHOT” is the fastest song to make it onto this list. While every other track was uploaded over 8 years ago, Eminem’s diss dropped 6 years ago. Okay, almost 7, we’ll celebrate the anniversary on September 14.
