Dance For Me, YouTube: Tones & I's 'Dance Monkey' Cracks One Billion Views

20 May 2020 | 5:05 pm | Staff Writer

"I had so much fun making this video."

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Tones & I has reached another huge milestone - the Melbourne artist has now hit 1 billion views on YouTube on her track Dance Monkey

In the time since the video was uploaded in June last year, the video has spent over 20 weeks in the #1 slot on YouTube’s Global Top Songs chart, as well as hitting the YouTube Top Songs chart in over 50 countries and territories. 

"I can’t believe Dance Monkey has hit 1 billion views!" said Tones & I of the achievement. 

"I had so much fun making this video. Thank you to everyone for watching."


In the past 12 months, Tones & I has pulled in 2.59 billion views across her videos - which includes 182 million views from the US, 175 million views from Indonesia, 168 million views in Mexico, 155 million views in Brazil and 128 million views in France - and amassed 3.2 million subscribers to her channel. 

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Tones & I is also among the 25 most viewed artists on the video platform for 2020 so far. 

The Music caught up with the team who helped take Dance Monkey to the world as part of an oral history on Tones & I's incredible 2019, read it here.