I think one big category you missed was “funny”. So many songs blow up because people can laugh at it and share it around.

Idky the translation error in the making of Hit Me Baby One More Time is so amusing to me.

"Adam Levine's voice, you can hear it from your neighbor's front yard," why is that so accurate??

That might’ve been one of TSwift’s first major pop feeling songs but some of her country songs definitely got her big like Our Song and Teardrops on my Guitar

0:05 - Dua Lipa 0:42 - Meghan Trainor 1:06 - Rag'n'Bone Man 2:07 - Katy Perry 2:43 - Rihanna 3:19 - Ed Sheeran 3:58 - Psy 4:43 - The Chainsmokers 5:27 - Britney Spears 6:04 - Vanessa Carlton 6:26 - Avril Lavigne 7:02 - Nickelback 7:28 - Ariana Grande 7:54 - Daddy Yankee 8:31 - One Direction 8:46 - Alan Walker 9:15 - Martin Garrix 9:43 - Coldplay 10:04 - Maroon 5 10:41 - Eminem 10:55 - Macklemore 11:07 - 6ix9ine 11:17 - KYLE 11:34 - 50 Cent 11:41 - Fetty Wap 11:46 - Twenty One Pilots 12:06 - Shawn Mendes 12:29 - Carly Rae Jepsen 12:54 - Lorde 13:02 - Enrique Iglesias 13:21 - Michel Teló 13:25 - Taylor Swift 13:41 - Little Mix 14:01 - Zara Larsson 14:13 - Shakira 14:27 - Bazzi 14:42 - Akon 15:15 - Michael Jackson 15:22 - Imagine Dragons 15:41 - Clean Bandit 15:49 - Adele 15:57 - Charlie Puth 16:21 - Sia 16:32 - John Legend 16:39 - Passenger 16:44 - Gotye 16:49 - Hozier 16:57 - OneRepublic 17:10 - Panjabi MC

You should do a video titled "Songs that almost ruined artists"

For Gangnam Style, I think Roomie could have included “Repeatable dance”, or “Interesting visuals”. Which is a factor that made it big. People danced and repeated his moves all over the world.

"Let Me Take a Selfie" is a strong candidate for the worst song ever written.

I definitely wouldn't say some of these were the artist's breakthrough songs. OneRepublic had hits like Apologize WAY before Counting Stars came out. And Adele had Rolling in the Deep, Sia had Titanium, Taylor Swift had Teardrops On My Guitar, etc.

All latinos in this video were absolutely massive artists by the time the songs listed here as breakthrough were released. These were just the songs that kind of put them in English speaking countries' radars. That applies to Daddy Yankee, Enrique Iglesias and Shakira.

not a Swiftie, but i remember hearing "Our Song" all the time when it came out

Joel geeking out over Taylor Swift just proves to me that this man is worthy of all my love.

"Being a meme" and "great drop" should be categories in this video

Taylor's song which made her popular was actually Love Story, played all over Europe as well!

Other UKpostsrs when advertising merch: “it’s super great quality and so comfortable.” Joel: It has a great... hOLe

I'm so glad they put yellow in this video. Yellow is still one of the absolute best songs of the 2000s. I think the melody and the lyrics are both elite.

Ariana wasn’t dating Mac Miller yet when they made “The Way” together. They only started dating several years later.

I thought Maroon 5's breakthrough single that made them famous was This Love? And Taylor Swift's song that made her famous was Love Story/Teardrops on my guitar?

Day 27 of Requesting Songs that have the same name: Where do broken hearts go - Whitney Houston vs. One Direction The Power of Love - Celion Dion vs. Huey Lewis and the News vs. Air Supply vs. Frankie Goes to Hollywood Shut Up - Greyson Chance vs. Arianna Grande vs. Simple Plan vs. The Black Eyed Peas Golden - Harry Styles vs. Zayn Fearless - Taylor Swift vs. Louis Tomlinson Sorry - Justin Bieber vs. Beyonce vs. Nicki Minaj vs. Halsey I don't care - Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber vs. Fall Out Boy Hero - Mariah Carey vs. Enrique Iglesias vs. Weezer vs. Skillet

OneRepublic became famous from Apologize. Counting Stars is just their biggest hit to this day

roomie: Gasoline has special melody me a latin who is upset of hearing the same rhythm in all places for more than 10 years: ._.

The fact that Little Mix's breakthrough song is their first single

I feel like Hozier has really strong lyrics too. Great songwriting. Can make you feel things and go through experiences you actually never went through

What a lot of people point out when Avril came into the music industry was that she really stood out compared to all the polished and glam teen idols at the time like Britney and Christina. She showed a more raw and vulnerable side in her music as she experienced life as a teenager. A lot of young people connected to that and propelled her into stardom. Regarding the her first single, it was good song that people liked. What really did it for Avril was her image and lyrics I’d say.

Joel, I am 50% deaf and I truly appreciate that your daily videos actually have some VOLUME .. I wear hearing aids at work, so I like to take a break from them at home and I don't like always using headphones either.. many thanks!!! for everything!

" Mistakes are the main reason for progress in the world" that actually lowkey makes a bit of sense

Other youtubers: our merch is made with the finest cotton Roomie: *hole*

Dua Lipa's breakthrough song, at least here in UK, was a 2016 single called "Blow your mind".

There should be 'catchy' category. Cuz most of the songs were a hit because they were a massively catchy

Thrift Shop definitely made Macklemore famous. It was a bigger hit and it became a hit earlier. So there's really no reason to put Can't Hold Us on this list ahead of it

The way Joel says “palatable” is so jarring every time 🤣

Ever since I discovered Joel's channel, I have gotten into this routine in which I have to watch his new video after I get back from work.

I'd have thought "Apologize" was the song that made OneRepublic famed but maybe it wasn't as popular elsewhere, but it was literally everywhere in the UK, going back many many years to about 2006/2007... wow I'm old, I was 11 when that song came out probably welp

New video ideas: Kids Bop vs Original Famous covers vs Original Collab with Stevie T Iconic songs that never charted React to bollywood songs React to catchy ad jingles

One Direction's first song was What Makes You Beautiful as well as their breakthrough song, how gret is that. Im a Directionar, but it makes sense ever since they had been formed on the x-factor they has started gathering fans and fame, and after releasing WMYB it just grew to heights.

Going through really stressful moments right now, watching this to help me calm, thank you Roomie

"Mistakes are the main reason for progress in the world" - Joel from RoomieOfficial

You should make a video where you see artists who completely changed genres (like Panic! at The Disco) and see if they where better before or after their change.

Roomie, Ariana and Mac started dating in 2016 and that song was released in 2013 so they were only friends at the time. Hope that was helpful!

I would say both Dua and Taylor also have pretty recognisable, unique voices

Gangnam style is literally a commentary about society and the wealthy (South Korea's golden spoons). Sometimes the west needs to turn on CC.

Joel: adds a sync category Joel 1 minute later: “I’ve never met this category in my life”

I love New Rules because it’s not just an ex song, it can also be a song about healthy boundaries with abusive/toxic people! Love it! 😄

for Avril, she was verrrry cool at the time for young wannabe pop-punk girls. Definitely a vibe and attitude in the video was a big attraction. Everyone started wearing ties like she did in the video.

50 Cents breakthrough song was "In Da Club", that song was HUGE and you heard it everywhere and it definitely came out before "Candy Shop".

I thought Ariana's blow up song was "Problem" ft. Iggy Azalea

The honesty, humility is sooooo mega cool. Love you soooo much Joel, and your team.😍😍😍😍😍

Me as an Indian : Watches the entire video like a normal person Me at the end of the video : see's mundian to bach ke and loses it...it's a whole different vibe here in India

When Shawn Mendes was first being played on the radio my dad would think it was Justin Bieber every time and that really messes me up when I listen for it

"Mistakes are the main reason for progress in the world" I wasn't ready for this kind of motivational talk but I appreciate it very much!

Roomie: "Song that made Shakira famous... Whenever Whatever." Stoy Aqui: "Am I a joke to you?"

"Swedish artist btw" I love how Joel takes every chance to represent Sweden

Video content ideas-: 1. Ranking songs named on food items ( the ketchup song, ice-cream, kiwi, cherry, sugar, champagne problems, etc) 2. ranking songs named on diseases or injuries or accidents or disasters etc( I'm not sure if we have got it in a number sufficient for making a video upon it)(like heart attack, Stockholm syndrome etc kinda). 3. or, you can guess a song along side a competitor by playing it on reverse and then gradually make it harder by increasing the speed on reverse by a certain percentage and every time you guess it wrong, idk put some punishment there.(I am not quite sure if it's gonna be a bit complicated to play). 4.The name place Animal thing game.( U can add categories like emotions, Time/numbers etc) You can divide your white board in these four categories and then rank and decided which category has the best songs:-). Like in name category-: songs named after names.( Olivia, bloody Mary,etc) In place category-: Carolina ,cornelia street,etc. Animal category-: animals, who let the dogs out roar etc. Thing category-: umbrella, chandelier, maps, cardigan, etc. Emotions category-: emotions, lonely, alone, happy etc. Time/number category-: a thousand years, a thousand miles, 18, 22, 7 rings, A.M. etc. 5.Guess the song by describing the music video to the other person. 7. Famous artists who are good songwriters but bad/average vocalists vs famous artists who are good vocalists but bad/average songwriters. 6. Singers when they write a song for themselves vs when they write thr song for other artists. And as you used to be a drummer; these topics might just interest you; 1. Most viewed drumming videos on UKposts. 2. Singers who can drum vs drummers who can sing. Hope you like these ideas Rami.

I actually really like Nickleback XD I feel like a lot of people hate them just because it's popular to hate them

ive become OBSESSED with watching your videos now....thank you

One thing that I found abou is that joel still don't know much about dua lipa. She is the top 3rd artist with most monthly listeners.She is one of the biggest artist in the world rn.

Joel getting annoyed over Selfie , is literally me every time!!

As soon as Complicated started i got CHILLS. It’s a masterpiece

Avril deserved a point for unique voice! You can always tell its her

I kissed a girl isn’t really about her kissing a girl for a guy’s attention. it’s more about her kissing a girl and genuinely liking it.

The fact that he didnt put down "yellow" for vibe... Criminal.

Ariana Grande wasn’t dating Mac Miller when The Way came out. The kids at the end of the video was directed. They did get together a couple years later. -An Arianator

Joel liking a One Direction song makes me like him even more

When I was a kid I used to listen to lots of these songs and now watching this it brings back memories

To me Macklemore has a unique voice (he has a distinct sound, like you could immediately tell him apart) and he has good lyrics, and his songs incorporate different melodies 👌💞💞💞

I don't agree with the onerepublic one. Wouldn't it technically be "Apolegize" that made onerepublic famous?

okay but hozier was robbed of the "interesting lyrics" tag,,,, like in my opinion that song has the most interesting lyrics out of ALL of these

Is it just me or did anyone realize MJ’s first solo song was his break through song

the songs that actually made these artists famous: Taylor Swift: Tear Drops on My Guitar Shakira: Ojos Asi John Legend: Ordinary People Macklamore: Thrift Shop Twenty One Pilots: Holding on to You Adele: Chasing Pavements OneRepublic: Apologize

I don't think Counting Stars is the song that made One Republic famous, they had quite a few really good and succesfull songs before that, like Apologize (which was a really big song at the time) , Good Life, Stop and Stare...

I feel like Hozier should've gotten a point for interesting lyrics as well. I mean c'mon man, "Take me to Church" and basically every single one of his songs (most of them anyway) have such great lyrics! Maybe it's just me tho

I would love to see some 5SOS (5seconds of summer) on your channel soon. Youngblood was such a strong comeback for them back in 2018

I just realized that "Levine" and "Lavigne" pronounce exactly the same!

Little mix is so underrated in America

Counting stars is such a vibe

Shawn's Stiches will never get old 😌

I was sure that Rihanna's breakthrough was "Unfaithful" and Ariana's was "Problem". But that's probably just the case in Poland 😅

Actually,taking selfies were just starting to blow up during the time for that song

Pon de Replay, iconic for appearing in Bring it On: All or Nothing.

Anyone else love Joel’s hair in this video?

I'm a bit late today, I was listening to Eurovision songs... Speaking of which, Joel isn't it time you react to them?

Honestly i think that Michael Jackson was already very famous when he did the album "off the wall" ... He had already a 15 years carrier , because the Jackson 5 were huge !!

I will never stop giving Joshua Ramsey of Marianas Trench his flowers for writing such a SMASH hit in “Call Me Maybe” and you shouting him out for this made me respect you immensely. Hell yeah, man.

Maybe I'm just old, but I feel like OneRepublic was already big by the time Counting Stars came out? Apologize, Stop and Stare, and Secrets, All The Right Moves, and Good Life were all fairly big songs and I know I heard them all on the radio at some point. Secrets was even in the Sorcerer's Apprentice which is a Disney movie. Not that being in a movie makes it big, but it likely helped it along. Though Secrets is a great song without any help.

Onerepublic made apologise years before counting starts.. and apologise was massive! 😅

Dua Lipa's "Be the One" was huge in Europe, though, and it is this one that felt like a breakthrough to me!

"Human" is such an incredible song! LOVE it SO much!!!

Okay but how did "Take Me to Church" not get "Interesting Lyrics"? I think the strong message of the song was probably the main reason it became so big

Person: has voice Roomie: yep that’s a unique voice

I think another category could’ve been funny, or songs that make people laugh or go viral because of how funny they are

okay the happiness on my face when what makes you beautiful came on proves that im not over these boys ❤❤

all these videos are cool and all, but can we just appreciate the fact he starts off every video straight to the point and only does a sort of intro in the middle? this shit rocks

WHEN ROOMIE STARTED VIBING TO 6six9nine my heart broke

Alright who put candy shop as 50 cents career making song in da club was literally in his debut album

i love this compilation

Every time Joel says "ayyyy", take a shot of bee- I mean Apple juice

Joel is his own “Whose Line” episode: everything is made up and the points don’t matter.

Fun fact: in 1997 Chris Martin invited Keane's keyboard player to join Coldplay, but he refused

Perrie from Little Mix has such an unique voice!!!!!!!!

You're definitely right when you say moms are already watching! I'm a 37y old mom and I watch every single one of your videos!