Rebecca Black 'Friday' music video and song could earn her hundreds of thousands of dollars

Rebecca Black 'Friday' music video and song could earn her hundreds of thousands of dollars


Tuesday, March 22nd 2011, 11:36 AM
Rebecca Black's 'Friday' may earn her hundreds of thousands of dollars through YouTube and iTunes. WATCH VIDEO below.
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Rebecca Black's 'Friday' may earn her hundreds of thousands of dollars through YouTube and iTunes. WATCH VIDEO below.
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It's not Friday, but it's a good day for Rebecca Black all the same.

The 13-year-old singer's critically panned synth-pop tune "Friday" has become so popular on iTunes and YouTube that downloads could net her hundreds of thousands of dollars, Forbes reported.

Black's music video, which has become a laughingstock for its low-rent concept and amateur production, has already netted more than 30 million views since it was uploaded on Feb. 10, which the financial website estimated could earn Black and record label Ark Music Factory $20,000.

The earnings should give Black a massive boost after "Friday" producers at Black's label, Ark Music Factory, gave her the chance to remove the video when comments turned vicious.

"I decided not to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad," she told The Daily Beast.

"Friday" is also sitting pretty at No. 33 on the iTunes Top Singles chart, and though Apple has not yet released sales numbers, Forbes reported the song is likely to have been downloaded a few hundred thousand times at 70 cents a download.

That comes to a massive profit for Black, whose mother paid $2,000 for her daughter to record two songs written by the team at Ark and create her infamous video, according to The Daily Beast.

Black, whose name has been trending on Twitter for weeks, reportedly plans to donate a portion of the profits to Japan relief and arts programs at schools.