Quote:Maroon 5 gets a way bigger tour crowd than Kelly, who's rebuilding her touring audience. She averaged around 3.5k for her solo tour last year according to Pollstar, and M5 averaged over 11k.

Quote:On YouTube, Video Makes the Radio Star

...On March 5 a 16-year-old Texan named Austin Mahone posted a video to YouTube in which he and some buddies dance to Harlem Shake...As the intro ramps up, a single person dances, surrounded by a seemingly oblivious crowd; when the bass kicks in, there’s a jump-cut, and suddenly the lone dancer is engulfed by a mob of people freaking out along with him. Ryan Seacrest, Kate Upton, and the Miami Heat have all participated in Harlem Shake videos, which have been viewed more than 500 million times in aggregate.

Mahone’s version, which has been seen at least 600,000 times, takes the same rough shape as the others—he hops and whirls alone, then in a raucous ensemble—but his video contains two big twists. First, Mahone shot it while performing a sold-out concert for 62,000 people at a Houston stadium. When the jump-cut comes, you can hear the crowd roar. Second, the only reason Mahone was even on that stage is because he’s a viral star in his own right, having built a staggeringly large fan base by posting covers of pop and R&B hits to YouTube. Watching Mahone do the Harlem Shake is like watching the Internet eat itself...