YouTube Traits 2024: Diljit Dosanjh, Ambani marriage ceremony take prime spots with billions of views

Diljit Dosanjh performs on the Coachella Music and Arts Pageant on the Empire Polo Membership on Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Indio, Calif; Anant Ambani, son of businessman Mukesh Ambani, poses together with his fiance Radhika Service provider on the purple carpet through the sangeet ceremony at Jio World Centre, Mumbai, India, July 5, 2024
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With the curtains closing on 2024, YouTube revealed the highest developments, creators and moments that resonated throughout India on the video platform.

2024, the yr of Diljit Dosanjh

Within the sphere of leisure, fashionable Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh discovered a spot amongst essentially the most trending subjects this yr. In accordance with YouTube, movies with the key phrase “Diljit Dosanjh” or associated to Diljit Dosanjh obtained greater than 3.9 billion views in 2024 in India. That is after all not shocking contemplating the sensational yr the pop star has had.

Dosanjh’s yr started with the discharge of the extremely acclaimed movie, Amar Singh Chamkila, during which he portrayed the titular musician with aptitude and depth. In June, in a historic second for Indian music on the worldwide stage, Dosanjh made his debut look on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Present, during which he delivered a sensational efficiency that left audiences mesmerised.

Parineeti Chopra as Amarjot Kaur, Diljit Dosanjh as Amar Singh Chamkila in ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’
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This was after all only a day after the discharge of ‘Bhairava Anthem,’ the stellar observe from Prabhas’ Kalki 2898 AD; Dosanjh appeared alongside the Telugu celebrity within the music video, which has garnered over 16 million views on YouTube.

In October, Dosanjh teamed up with American rapper Pitbull and pop singer Neeraj Shridhar for the title observe of the blockbuster horror comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, starring Kartik Aaryan. The video has amassed over 79 million views on YouTube as of right now.

The identical month, Dosanjh kick-started his sensational Dil-Luminati India Tour 2024. The tour’s opening exhibits in Delhi turned the fastest-selling and highest-grossing live performance occasion in Indian historical past. Sadly, the live shows fell prey to black-marketing of tickets.

Following the speedy sellout, quite a few experiences emerged of people being deceived by means of fraudulent ticket gross sales. Many followers found that they had been offered pretend tickets or charged exorbitant costs for respectable ones. Publish this, the Enforcement Directorate launched an investigation below the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act and carried out searches at over 13 places on October 25. Dosanjh’s Delhi live shows additionally confronted backlash over extreme mismanagement from the organisers. Throughout his live performance in Jaipur, Dosanjh expressed remorse about followers falling prey to a ticketing rip-off and suggested his followers to be cautious of such scams.

Singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh performs at JLN Stadium, in New Delhi, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.
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One other controversy erupted earlier final month when Dosanjh took on the Telangana authorities in model at his Hyderabad live performance. Forward of the live performance, the federal government had issued a discover banning songs selling alcohol, medication, and violence to be sung on the occasion. Throughout his efficiency, Dosanjh to a lot applause from the group sang modified lyrics to his chartbusters “Lemonade” and “5 Taara”

“If an artist comes from exterior the nation, they will sing or do no matter they need, there’s no stress. However when your artist is coming dwelling to carry out, you’ve an issue, you create bother. However I’ll let you know one thing. God is with me, I gained’t let this go,” Dosanjh was quoted saying on the live performance. At his Gujarat present — during which he kept away from alcohol-themed songs in compliance with Gujarat’s dry state guidelines — Dosanjh stated, “Declare a dry day wherever my exhibits are, and I’ll chorus from alcohol-related songs. It’s simple for me to tweak my lyrics.”

Nonetheless, 2024 has been a monumental yr for Dosanjh who has transcended cultural and language obstacles to turn into one of the outstanding South Asian artists on the worldwide stage.

When the Ambanis turned India into their star-studded opulent theatre

One other main subject that discovered lots of traction on YouTube this yr was the star-studded marriage ceremony of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Asia’s richest man, and Radhika Service provider, daughter of Indian pharma tycoons Viren and Shaila Service provider. In India, movies with the phrases “Ambani” and “Wedding ceremony” within the title obtained greater than 6.5 billion views in 2024, as per a report by YouTube.

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant Ambani ties the knot with Radhika Service provider within the extravagant marriage ceremony ceremony, on the Jio World Conference Centre in Mumbai
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The star-studded occasion that spanned for months was attended by celebrities from throughout the globe, politicians, who’s who of Hindi and south Indian cinema world and nearly all the highest cricketers of the nation.

World personalities like Kim Kardashian, her sister Khloe Kardashian, John Cena, Rema, former British prime minister Tony Blair and his spouse, Cherie, and others lent worldwide zing on the occasion.

The Bollywood personalities that had been current on the occasion included Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Tiger Shroff and Varun Dhawan. The listing of different fashionable Indian personalities additionally included cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni to yesteryear nice Krish Srikkanth and newest sensations Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav.

The entourage from down south was led by Rajinikanth, Suriya, Jyotika, Ram Charan, Yash, Mahesh Babu, Rana Daggubati, Venkatesh Daggubati, Prithviraj, Atlee and Nayanthara.

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Singer Justin Bieber poses for a photograph with Anant Ambani and his fiancé Radhika Service provider throughout pre-wedding festivities of the couple, in Mumbai.
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Whereas the world watched in awe of the ‘marriage ceremony of the yr,’ movies from the occasion took YouTube by storm this yr. From movies of Shah Rukh Khan, Rajinikanth, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor and MS Dhoni dancing on the baraat ceremony to movies of performances by Rihanna, Akon, Backstreet Boys, Pitbull, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber, there was no lack of content material for information portals and YouTube channels.

The Ambanis actually turned India into one massive marriage ceremony stage.

In the meantime, in keeping with YouTube, there have been over 7 billion views of movies associated to the ICC T20 World Cup in 2024, whereas movies with the phrases “moye moye” within the title obtained greater than 4.5 billion views.