The knee-socked songstress’s video “Girlfriend” has generated আরো than 113 million views, making it the most-watched clip on YouTube. Though the total number of মতামত was rigged দ্বারা Lavigne’s rabid অনুরাগী base, the achievement could earn the pop starlet as much as $2 million—the biggest windfall ever paid out to a YouTube star. Lavigne can thank her management company, Nettwork Management, for cutting such a lucrative licensing deal. Nettwork’s CEO, Terry McBride, expects to reap similar rewards in Asia, where Lavigne’s pubescent schoolgirl outfits play especially well. Rhianna and Alicia Keys are also among the তালিকা of artists that have reaped sizeable checks from YouTube.
