Rihanna named most viewed artist on YouTube

Los Angeles: R&B star Rihanna has beaten Justin Bieber as the most viewed artist on video sharing website YouTube.

The 25-year-old Barbadian singer`s 77 videos have a total of 3.784 billion views, 2 million more than the view number of the 79 videos which belong to the `Baby` hitmaker, reported Ace Showbiz. The `Diamonds` hitmaker has 8.734 million fans who subscribe to her channel to check out her music while Bieber has 4.954 fans who do so. The YouTube`s third most-viewed artist is Psy. The South Korean rapper, who found fame after his `Gangnam Style` video, has a total of 3.1 billion views. Other big draws are Eminem with 2.4 billion, Lady Gaga with 2.3 billion and Shakira with 2 billion. PTI