Lady Gaga Stripped of 156 Million Youtube Views

The singer’s official account had the views wiped from her total tally after the video-sharing network decided to conduct an audit of the site to clear old videos.

YouTube has been deleting videos from artists’ original accounts, after the clips had been redistributed to their official VEVO pages.

However, a spokesperson has confirmed that Lady GaGa’s lost views were from her official VEVO channel, reports Billboard.

At the time of the initial purge, the spokesperson explained: “This was not a bug or a security breach. This was an enforcement of our viewcount policy.”