New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Eminem's song "
Rap God" reached 1 billion views on YouTube! The song, which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013, marks Eminem's third video to hit 1 billion views, joining a pair of 2010 chart-topping hits, "Love the Way You Lie" and "Not Afraid." On Friday, the rapper implored fans to push the video over the threshold, tweeting a lyric from the song ("Everybody loves to root for a nuisance") with a link to a view counter on his website.
Eminem released "
Rap God" as the third single off The Marshall Mathers LP 2, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA. The six-minute song holds the Guinness world record for "most words in a hit single," clocking in at 1,560.
However, is it no longer the fastest pure rapping in Eminem's discography. That honor belongs to "Godzilla," off the rapper's new album
Music to Be Murdered By. According to Genius,
Eminem reaches an average of 7.46 words per second in the final verse of "Godzilla," outpacing the 6.46 words per second during the fastest part of "Rap God."
"
Rap God" is the third
Eminem video to eclipse the benchmark. His track "
Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie," featuring Rihanna, have also surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube.
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," is currently the most-streamed video on YouTube, having racked up over 6.6 billion views as of Monday.
"Gangnam Style," the 2012 megahit by South Korean musician Psy, was the first video to surpass one billion views. The catchy dance track, which topped the charts in 27 countries, according to the Official Charts Company, and spawned thousands of online parodies, currently has more than 3.5 billion views.
In 2015,
Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's collaborative track "
See You Again" made history as the first rap video to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube. The song, which featured on the "
Furious 7" soundtrack and was dedicated to the late actor Paul Walker, hit the milestone just six months after it was posted on the video-sharing website.
