Beyonce - Single Ladies voted 'Best Video of the Decade'
Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" video has been voted the 'Best Music Video of the Decade' in an online poll conducted by music video website, www.muzu.tv.
The video, which won the 2009 MTV Video Music Award for 'Video of the Year', sparked a viral dance craze on its release and has been viewed on the Internet over 350 million times.
The video has been parodied by famous celebrities including Justin Timberlake and the Jonas Brothers and even copied by US President, Barack Obama, at his inauguration.
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Beyonce beat off stiff competition from Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice, which featured Oscar winner Christopher Walken dancing around an empty hotel and was directed by iconic filmmaker Spike Jonze. It won six MTV Video Music Awards when it was released in 2001.
Madonna's purple-leotarded dance display in Hung Up took third place, narrowly beating Kylie's Can't Get You Out Of My Head.
Other videos that made the Top Ten include Rihanna, Umbrella which was Number 1 in the UK for 10 weeks, and OK Go's Here It Goes Again which has received 48 million internet views.
1. Beyonce - Single Ladies (2009)
2. Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice (2001)
3. Madonna - Hung Up (2005)
4. Kylie - Can’t Get You Out of My Head (2001)
5. Eminem - Stan (2000)
6. Rihanna - Umbrella (2007)
7. Outkast - Hey Ya! (2003)
8. Coldplay - The Scientist (2002)
9. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (2005)
10. OK Go - Here It Goes Again (2006)
Graeme Slattery of Muzu.tv said: "The noughties have been a really exciting time for music videos. We've seen the combination of big-budget production and viral crazes that have taken on a real cult status. Beyonce's Single Ladies brought those aspects together in one amazing package and is definitely worthy of being the 'Best Video of the Decade'.
* Muzu.tv asked 2,000 music fans to vote for the best music videos of the last ten years.
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