YouTube's Most Wanted: The Dislikes Have Surpassed the Likes on Justin Bieber's "Baby."

Justin Bieber's Baby has become "The" YouTube sensation. In July, Bieber rocketed past Lady Gaga's Bad Romance to become YouTube's most viewed video of All-Time as it surpassed 250,000,000 views. The video's recognition didn't slow down, however: Bieber would reach 300,000,000 by the conclusion of August.

Baby has reached another feat recently: its approval rating... and it's not an honorable milestone. With 374,405 dislikes, the video has more dislikes than likes. Currently, it has 310,146 likes.

Is the negative publicity coming from being a celebrity? Is the video just that bad? Are there that many music fans who disapprove of his style? Compare Bieber's Baby to another wide known music figure's video, Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. Lady Gaga is one of the most recognized stars in the world, so she'll have a large quantity of hatred because of her successes. However, her Bad Romance video, which ranks second on YouTube with nearly 275,000,000 views, has only accumulated 51,634 dislikes in comparison to 263,594 likes.

Bieber may have 40 million more views and growing, but the approval rating for Bad Romance is nearly double: 83.6% to 45.3%. Does this mean that Baby's popularity is more because of atrociousness than skill or people that actually enjoy the final product?

Love him or hate him, advertisers and record labels executive must love the attention that this kid creates. The response that this teen has generated guarantees an onslaught of similar artists in the future.

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REFERENCES

JustinBieberVevo, Baby. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4&ob=av2e September 5, 2010.

LadyGagaVevo, Bad Romance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I September 5, 2010.