Nov 20 - Today our latest hit series, “The Key of Awesome,” with comedian Mark Douglas creating a funny music video every week about what people are talking about on the web, is being spotlighted on the front page of YouTube for its latest episode, “Twilight Sucks, the Emo Vampire Song,” and for this week’s audience report we’re highlighting our most-viewed comedy music videos of the past two years.

Comedy music videos are arguably the most popular genre of original video online, and they’ve been a huge part of our audience-building, bringing millions of viewers to networks like Barely Political, Indy Mogul, and Channel Frederator in a way no marketing spend ever could. And now we’re seeing they can work as regular series: The Key of Awesome racked up 1 million views in its first three weeks, and “Auto-Tune the News,” as noted in previous reports, was our runaway hit of the summer. It’s yet another example of how every new medium creates new formats and new stars, which is what Next New Networks is all about.

Thanks to everyone who came out to last night’s “Barely Digital and Friends Live” concert last night, which featured many of our biggest musical comedy stars — it was a fantastic show, and we’ll be posting lots of photos and footage on our blog in the coming week.

Next New Networks Top 10 Comedy Music Videos as of November 2009

1. Super Obama Girl (Barely Political) (16.3 MM views)
2. I Got a Crush on Obama (Barely Political) (16 MM)
3. Auto-Tune the News #2: Miss California, Gay Marriage (Barely Political) (4.8 MM)
4. Debate ‘08: Giuliani Girl vs. Obama Girl (Barely Political) (3.4 MM)
5. Internet People (Channel Frederator) (3.4 MM)
6. She Wants My… Stimulus Package (Barely Digital) (3.1 MM)
7. Political Sex Scandals (Barely Political) (2.9 MM)
8. Hillary! Stop the Attacks! (Barely Political) (2.4 MM)
9. Kanye & Charlie Auto-Tuned (Barely Digital) (2.3 MM)
10. Harry Potter vs. Voldemort Rap (Indy Mogul) (1.9 MM)

Next New Networks Top 10 Current Episodes, Week of Nov 8-14

1. Kanye & Charlie Auto-Tuned (Barely Digital)
2. Celebrities Crying! The Key of Awesome #4 (Barely Digital)
3. Twilight Sucks! The Key of Awesome #3 (Barely Digital)
4. Top 51 Kid Fails (Barely Digital)
5. Lumma CLS 730 RS M5, Zenvo ST1, BMW Concept6 Motorcycle (Fast Lane Daily)
6. Twilight, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Top Ten Halloween Costumes 2009 (ThreadBanger)
7. Beyond the Trailer: Paranormal Activity Movie Review (Indy Mogul)
8. Porsche Boxster Spyder, BMW M3 GTS, Drunk Driving (Fast Lane Daily)
9. Twilight Sucks: Behind the Fangs (Barely Digital)
10. MTM Audi TTRS, A Bugatti Veyron goes for a Swim (Fast Lane Daily)