This year there were no major surprises.
As it became known, most popular and profitable singer on all of YouTube was an American Riana.
Rihanna, aka Robyn Rihanna Fenty, for the last 6 years received the title four times. The nearest competitor for this title was Taylor swift in the Wake of the scandals with Kim Kardashian and spicy romance with Tom Hiddleston has earned himself a few points of popularity, are unable to impose a serious struggle.
It should be noted that the total number of views for music videos of Rihanna in 2016 amounted to over 1.7 billion, while from Taylor swift in 2015 there were more than 4 billion hits. It Taylor won this award in 2015.