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One of most watched YouTube videos of 2015 is by Atlanta teen

It has been a very good year for Atlanta musician Silentó.

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It has been a very good year for Atlanta musician Silentó.

By Lauren Colley

Dec 11, 2015

You’ve heard the song, maybe even have created your own version of the video. And now the earworm has been crowned one of the most popular music videos of 2015.

YouTube analyzed the number of subscribers and views of videos uploaded to its site to determine the most viewed music videos of the year, and 17-year-old Atlanta rapper Silentó's "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" made the cut at No. 10. The video launched in June and has garnered nearly 470 million views and more than one million subscribers.

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