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Jun 05, 2015

Weekend Fun: Kobe-Messi 'Shootout' voted YouTube 'ad of the decade'

Watch the collection of films selected from across the world here

As part of its ten year celebration, YouTube asked users to vote for their favourite ads of the decade. The votes are in and the top five ads have been announced. The top five videos have been watched for over 7.7 million hours, cumulatively.  
 
The top five spots
 
1. Kobe v Messi: The Shootout (above) Views: 141,169,286
 
 
2. Volkswagen's 2011 Big Game spot, The Force Views: 62,221,286
 

 
3. Always #LikeAGirl  Views: 57,785,939
 

 
4. Volvo Trucks' The Epic Split feat. Van Damme  Views: 79,431,311
 

 
5. Dove Real Beauty Sketches  Views: 65,831,418
 

 
The list of 20 nominations was...
 
 
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