Exclusive: YouTube's top trending entertainment videos for May
Paste BN presents YouTube's exclusive ranking of its top trending entertainment clips for May 2016, determined by their total number of views, shares and virality.
1. 'Beauty and the Beast' trailer
It only took one week for the trailer for this live-action remake of the Disney classic starring Emma Watson to hit No. 1.
Date posted: May 23
Total views: 14.7 million
2. Carpool Karaoke: Gwen Stefani
Viewers may have been expecting Late Late Show host James Corden and the No Doubt Singer to pick up her boyfriend Blake Shelton; instead, they got George Clooney and Julia Roberts singing Hollaback Girl. And let's face it, that was probably more entertaining than if Shelton sang it.
Date posted: May 4
Total views: 26 million
3. 'Pokemon: Sun and Pokemon Moon Revealed'
This teaser revealed which three Pokemon would be the starter characters in the upcoming video game, due in November.
Date posted: May 10
Total views: 8.6 million
4. Radiohead: 'Burn the Witch'
The stop-motion animation piece is the band's first new music video in four years.
Date posted: May 3
Total views: 16.3 million
5. 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 4 trailer
The first official trailer gave fans of Netflix's prison dramedy a taste of what's to come when the show returns June 17.
Date posted: May 10
Total views: 3.3 million
6. Epic Rap Battles of History: Gordon Ramsay vs. Julia Child
Mamrie Hart dropped delicious bars as The Art of French Cooking author against Epic Lloyd's screaming Scottish chef. The clip from the fifth season of Epic Rap Battles garnered more than 5 million viewers in its first 48 hours.
Date posted: May 18
Total views: 8.8 million
7. 'Saturday Night Live: Drake's Beef'
The Canadian rapper may appear to be a friendly guy but man, can he hold a grudge. Watch him call out just about the whole cast of SNL for perceived slights.
Date posted: May 15
Total views: 4.9 million
8. Meghan Trainor: 'Me Too' on 'Tonight Show'
Some 6 million tuned in to watch the best-new-artist Grammy winner take a spill in high heels, making it the most viewed live performance on the Tonight Show channel.
Date posted: May 13
Total views: 6.0 million
9. Justin Timberlake: 'Can't Stop This Feeling'
Timberlake made his case for song-of-the-summer honors with this star-studded clip, which featured moves from celebs such as Anna Kendrick and Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar.
Date posted: May 5
Total views: 39.8 million
10. 'Honest Trailer: Deadpool'
This may be the first time the subject of an Honest Trailer actually showed up and helped take his own movie down a peg. Well, actually, he defended it as a promotional scheme for the Blu-Ray release, but still, he showed up.
Date posted: May 10
Total views: 13.1 million