Rihanna Versus Justin Bieber: 'Stay' Singer Gets More YouTube Views than the Biebz [VIDEO]

By Carolyn Menyes c.menyes@gmail.com | Jun 18, 2013 04:03 PM EDT

Rihanna and her Navy have something to celebrate: the "Diamonds" singer has passed pop superstar Justin Bieber as the most watched musical artist on YouTube.

According to Billboard, Ri Ri surpassed Bieber's view count early this morning (June 18). She now reportedly has 3.784 billion views on YouTube, over 2 million ahead of Justin Bieber.

Rihanna and Bieber both have huge fan following on the video site. Rihanna clocks in at 8.73 million subscribers, while Bieber has 4.9 million, according to Billboard. Though Rihanna has almost 4 million more followers on YouTube than Bieber, his fans, also known as Beliebers, are notoriously dedicated, and therefore more likely to watch his videos repeatedly.

The Biebz has two more videos on YouTube than Rihanna, which has likely also helped his view count.

Both artists boast wildly popular videos. Rihanna's most popular clip is 2011's "What's My Name?" featuring Drake. That music video has over 309.5 million views. Her other big videos are "Diamonds" (296 million views), "Only Girl (In The World)" (279 million views) and "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris (266.5 million views).

Bieber's big YouTube hits include "Never Say Never" featuring Jaden Smith (373.7 million views), "One Time" (326.5 million views) and "Beauty and a Beat" featuring Nicki Minaj (252 million views).

Justin Bieber's most popular video has over twice as many views as "What's My Name?" His very first hit "Baby" featuring Ludacris has 866.2 million views. Notably, "Baby" was once the most disliked video on the website. As of press time, the mega-hit had almost 3.5 million thumbs downs, as opposed to 1.6 million thumbs ups.

Despite the hate, "Baby" is the second most viewed music video in the history of YouTube, according to the website.

The biggest ever hit? Psy's "Gangnam Style." Last year's viral video masterpiece has over 1.6 billion views.

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