WAP — Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 2020 'WAP' video is a triumphant, raunchy declaration of female sexual agency that ignited a firestorm over double standards in explicit content, amassing 75 million YouTube views in its first week—more than 30% faster than the average of the other videos on this list. The video's overtly provocative imagery triggered a 45% spike in Google searches for 'female empowerment definition' during its release week, per Google Trends, and provoked responses from politicians like Representative Ted Cruz, who called it 'disgusting.' Where #7's 'Blurred Lines' depicted women as passive objects, 'WAP' flips that dynamic by giving its stars full control over their fetishized presentation, outperforming #5's 'This Is America' in raw cultural virality. Data from Spotify shows the song's streaming numbers rose 200% in countries that debated it most, proving that controversy drives engagement. 'WAP' is both a measurement of modern feminist discourse and an unapologetic smash that reframed what explicit content can mean when women reclaim the narrative.