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We have tallied up all of this year's music video plays on Yahoo! Music and have compiled the top 10. We are proud that half of the list of videos comes from new artists including Sara Bareilles, Leona Lewis and OneRepublic. Still, many of your favorite established artists also secured key spots on the list. Take a scroll down the picks to also see entries from Rihanna, Mariah and Alicia Keys.

10) Rihanna "Take A Bow"
If the candid camera show Cheaters ever started an award special, Rihanna's "Take A Bow" could be the theme song. On the track Rihanna digs her claws in deep on the male subject who has apologized for being unfaithful. She tells him not to pretend that he's sorry, but to instead "take a bow" for his performance at convincing her that he was committed. If Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" was 2007's female breakup anthem of the year, this track was 2008's equivalent. It is befitting that both power ballads benefitted from the song writing talents of Ne-Yo. "Take A Bow" reached Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and drew attention for its video that captures striking shots of Rihanna dressed in simply a black tank top, jeans and hills. Even a guy can't help but laugh at the scene of the boyfriend running alongside Rihanna car, begging for another chance.

9) Sara Bareilles "Love Song"
Singers don't come much cuter than Eureka, California hometown girl Sara Bareilles, one of 2007's most refreshing breakout artists. For this Number One hit, the UCLA alum delivers a video to match. Bareilles' brings life to a vaudeville bar as she plays the piano while singing about her refusal to write some guy a love song on demand. Girl power never sounded so sweet.

8) OneRepublic "Apologize"
Everything happens for a reason. Before linking with super power Timbaland, OneRepublic was already signed to Columbia Records. But two months before their album was scheduled to be released in 2006, they were dropped from the label. Fortunately for the Colorado band, they had already began creating a buzz online and interest from other labels intensified, culminating with Timbaland's Interscope distributed Mosley Music successfully signing the group. OneRepublic became the first rock band on the label roster. Their song "Apologize" first gained exposure on Timbaland's Shock Value album and also appears on their 2007 debut Dreaming Out Loud. The video tracks a love triangle, adding additional layers to the song that tells a remorseful girlfriend that "it's too late to apologize" for her wrongdoing.

7) Colbie Caillat "Bubbly"

You can't help but think of Jack Johnson when watching Colbie's video for "Bubbly." The romantic clip finds the singer songwriter at a beach house with her male companion, gazing at him dreamily while playing her guitar at a bonfire. "Bubbly" at times felt like the lone true love song in a sea on records about heartache. Caillat's following picked up its most momentum online and eventually lead to her record deal with Universal. She is also blessed to have the support of her father, Ken Caillat, who co-produced two Fleetwood Mac albums and Colbie's featured hit.

6) Lil Wayne f/Static Major "Lollipop"
 "Lollipop" is the lead single from Lil' Wayne's Tha Carter III album, the year's highest selling debut that entered the charts with platinum sales. It was if the New Orleans rapper anticipated the success as the video portrayed him in celebratory mode from the start. I've seen a party bus before, but Lil' Wayne tops that concept in this video, instead employing a party rig. You have to see it to believe it. And of course no hip-hop party would be complete without wall to wall vixens sipping champagne.

5) Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown "No Air"
The response to Jordin Spark's post-American Idol win first single "Tattoo" was decent but slow to build. It was on the heels of talk of Idols failing to achieve the success of their predecessor Kelly Clarkson. Taylor Hicks, Katherine McPhee and Ruben Studdard were reported to have lost their record deals. Jordin needed to come back strong and did with her second single "No Air." Pairing Jordin with her labelmate teen pop superstar Chris Brown was a brilliant choice and obviously helped bring attention to the song. However, the track had legs of its own and even prompted a remake by country artist Rissi Palmer.

4) Rihanna "Don't Stop The Music"
Rihanna aka Miss Chris Brown is the only artist to score two videos in our top 10 most played music videos lists. For the "Don't Stop The Music" video, the Barbados beauty adds viewers to the party's guest list, taking them with her to the hottest club in the city.

3) Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love"
You can believe that Mariah Carey has been keeping an eye on this new artist who broke in the US last year after winning the televised talent show X Factor, the British version of American Idol.  While the song was first released in the UK, her label felt the need to make a different video for her US fan base. So they tape her singing in the middle of New York's Time Square as she belts the song about a guy who has repeatedly broken her heart. The record was the biggest single in her homeland in 2007 and additionally topped the charts in 30 other countries. When released in the United Stated her debut album Spirit also reached Number One.
 

2) Mariah Carey "Touch My Body"
Mariah Carey scored her 18^th Number One hit with this song from her album, E=MC². By far, her video is the most entertaining on this top 10 list as it has a comedic edge. Considering the popularity of late of such nerd romances The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, Mariah created her own version of the genre in music video form. Watch as the pop starlet who wed Nick Cannon earlier this year seduces her computer repair man.

1) Alicia Keys "No One"
This Grammy Award winning song spent five weeks at Number One on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The success of the mid-tempo ballad helped her album As I Am entered the charts at Number One, selling more than 700,000, making it the second highest selling debut of 2007, and tops for a female artist. The straight forward performance video finds Alicia in some of her more glamorous looks as she plays the piano in various settings.