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[Kenpachii]

From god tier singer
To troll icon
To billion view juggernaut

How he became internet famous.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[DeepBreath87]

How many of that billion were troll links? 600 million?

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Lupingosei]

Well at least he never gave up

 

[Irobot82]

I fucking unironically love that song! Rick Astley is legit a badass!

 

[GymWolf]

50 are mine.

I'm always in awe while looking at this person who sing like a 50 old man, looks like a 16 years old guy and dance like a 5 years old toddler, how can you not love him.

Also the song is catchy.

 

[T8SC]

He's no stranger to views.
You know the guy, and so do I.
A full viewings what I'm thinking of.
You wouldn't get this from any other song.

 

[GymWolf]

Rick fishley.

 

[Great Hair]

 

[Evil Calvin]

Does he make any money off of those views?

 

[ManaByte]

Does he make any money off of those views?

Yes.

https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw

 

[Scotty W]

 

[Keihart]

A real billion or a fake NA billion ?

 

[Ikutachi]

He's looking good with age.

Does he make any money off of those views?

According to The Register, as of 2010, Astley had directly received only $12 in performance royalties from YouTube. Although by that time the song had been played 39 million times, Astley did not compose the song and received only a performer's share of the sound recording copyright.[43] However, Astley denied those reports in 2016.[44]

 

[MaestroMike]

1 billion views and still has a thick, full head of hair doesn't get any better than that

 

[nkarafo]

The definition of one hit wonder? Or did he made other good songs?

 

[Alebrije]

The definition of one hit wonder? Or did he made other good songs?

 

[SidViscous]

Someone did a 4k 60fps AI upscale and it makes you realise how young he was, he goes from looking like a 40 year old to a teenager.

 

[ItsGreat]

The definition of one hit wonder? Or did he made other good songs?

This was US number 1 in 1988

 

[belmarduk]

I'd always thought Trollhammaren by Finntroll was the much better trolling link.. Good band, them.

 

[GymWolf]

This was US number 1 in 1988

Yeah, i'm italian and i can safely say that this one was pretty famous in europe too.

 

[QuantumZebra]

That's no lie a bad ass cover

 

[Evil Calvin]

Yes.

https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw

That's pretty good. But the range is pretty wide for some reason . Why does it say (for example) $448-7.2K estimated earnings for 7/30? That's a really wide gap. But regardless the low end for a yearly income on this is 81k MINIMUM!

 

[niilokin]

the song is fucking good

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

It should he 5x higher as during the years of trolling and online store scams there wasn't a vevo video. And for some years no Youtube.

 

[Yoboman]

Must be the most successful meme ever?

 

[nush]

It only took 34 years, slowest to one billion.

 

[Big Baller]

He never gave up

 

[partime]

3 billion more to go

OP, OP, OP, OP

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

I saw him live at an 80s event three years ago. He kicked arse and trolled the crowd by ending the set by playing a song from the new album that turned out to be you know what.

 

[Kenpachii]

Someone did a 4k 60fps AI upscale and it makes you realise how young he was, he goes from looking like a 40 year old to a teenager.

That's nuts, holy shit its so clean.

 

[Kev Kev]

i love this video

from what ive read, rick astley had a pretty decent career, even before rickrolling became a thing. but i bet he never figured hed sing in front of a crowd that big (if he already had, then i imagine he never thought it would happen again), so it legit must have been a dream come true for him. and with the foo fighters no less.

 

[Schattenjäger]

Best troll song

 

[Halo is Back]

One of the most annoying memes to ever exist. Fuck that garbage song

 

[Stuart360]

Man he must of made some money off that vid, assuming he's the one who gets the money.
I knew someone who did Youtube vids and they were getting $1.50 per 1000 views, and i'm sure than payout varies but man he could live off this vid lol.

 

[Insane Metal]

Nice!

Also I really like this song

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Man he must of made some money off that vid, assuming he's the one who gets the money.
I knew someone who did Youtube vids and they were getting $1.50 per 1000 views, and i'm sure than payout varies but man he could live off this vid lol.

Not really. At that rate he would have only made 1.5 mil

 

[Stuart360]

Not really. At that rate he would have only made 1.5 mil

Er he's in his 50's, so yeah pretty sure he could live off that 1.5mil. I mean its not bad for a internet meme that had little to do with him really.

 

[Clear]

Er he's in his 50's, so yeah pretty sure he could live off that 1.5mil. I mean its not bad for a internet meme that had little to do with him really.

Worth £16mil according to Google. The boy done good!

 

[dr_octagon]

One of the most annoying memes to ever exist. Fuck that garbage song

 

[Kabelly]

Someone did a 4k 60fps AI upscale and it makes you realise how young he was, he goes from looking like a 40 year old to a teenager.

ai upscaling is nuts

 

[Havoc2049]

The definition of one hit wonder? Or did he made other good songs?

Dude has a legit good voice.

 

[nush]

He never gave up

Never let you down

 

[MudoSkills]

I like the Reddit AMA he did years ago where someone asked if he would ever give them up, and he told them to go fuck themselves and stopped answering questions.