GOOGLE   ZIETGEIST  2011

No-1; Rebecca Black

#1 Fastest Rising Search

Rebecca Black arrives at Variety's 5th annual Power Of Youth event presented by The Hub at Paramount Studios on October 22, 2011 in Hollywood, California.

Rebecca Black made a big splash on the Internet with the release of her 2011 pop single “Friday”. The music video catapulted the then 13-year-old to celebrity status after the video went viral, receiving over 167 million views on YouTube.




Searches for Rebecca Black and related searches like Rebecca Black Friday jumped >10,000% between 2010 and 2011, making the young pop singer the fastest rising search on Google in 2011.
The pop singer hit an all-time high the week of 20 March 20 2011, two weeks after “Friday” was released. An international media frenzy followed.
Rebecca Black wasn’t just a search sensation in the U.S., “Friday” also topped the singles charts in New Zealand, whose biggest city, Auckland, was used as a background in the video.