BEST ACT EVER!
Rick Astley has been named as the best act ever by recieving over 100 million votes at MTV’s Europe Music Awards.
The 42-year-old Englishman received 100 million votes – more than all the night’s other winners combined – to take the title ahead of international stars such as U2, Britney Spears and The Beatles.
Astley’s career has enjoyed an unlikely revival in recent years thanks to an internet trend known as Rickrolling, in which people are tricked into watching his videos by clicking on more enticingly-labelled links.
His 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up now been watched more than 20 million times on YouTube, winning over a new generation of fans who have now handed him MTV glory.
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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