Pop princess Lady Gaga was stripped of millions of YouTube views when the video sharing site cleared out accounts it deemed created by hackers and bots.

Lady Gaga has lost 156 million views across her entire network of videos, losing one of the highest totals out of all entertainers. The crackdown comes after YouTube already stripped Sony and Universial records of 2 billion views across all their videos and networks because YouTube stated that many of the videos migrated to the company’s VEVO pages were “dead videos”.

Another portion of the stripped views from Sony and Universal were due to what YouTube calls “de-spamming the data.”

Many of the Youtube views were taken away as a result of Sony, Universal and EMI’s decision to bet on VEVO.

Lady Gaga was not the only artist affected by YouTube’s views cleanup, other entertainers include Beyonce, Michael Jackson and Chris Brown. At the time of the original clean-up, singer Leona Lewis lost 24 million views.

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It has been a short 5 months since Psy unleashed “Gangnam Style” on the world. Just one short month ago it became the most viewed video in the history of Youtube and on Friday the 21st, it was officially announced to be the first video to ever break the one billion mark in total views. When MTV broke the news about Psy being the first person to break the one billion views mark, it was understandable that Psy had a hard time coming up with something to say about the incredible accomplishment. What makes Psy’s success all that much more interesting s that he never expected any of it.

“I can’t compare it to anything else!” he laughed. “In 2012, I experienced so many things; it’s been a tremendous year, but to accomplish this, it’s really something that stands out. Because it all began with YouTube, and to have [the video] reach 1 billion views … I don’t think even I can break that record!”

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Justin Bieber has been dethroned as the reigning king of YouTube as rapper Psy and his Gangnam Style become the most watched video in YouTube history, with 806 million views to date.

Justin Bieber began his career when he was discovered on YouTube back in 2008 and had held the record of most views with 804 million until this October when Psy earned his place in the Guinness World Records for “most liked YouTube video ever.”

Hailing from South Korea, Psy, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, took the world by storm with his 4 minute hit video and his serious dance moves. His song ‘Gangnam Style’ is named for a neighborhood in Seoul. Psy told CNN that “I described the district as normal and calm in the daytime and going insane in the nighttime. That’s what the lyrics are about.”

Psy recently appeared at the American Music Awards to perform a surprise duet with 90’s rapper and fellow dancer MC Hammer.

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