<P> By March 21, 2011, the "Friday" music video had been viewed more than 30 million times on YouTube . Forbes estimated that as of that date, Black and ARK Music had earned $20,000 from YouTube's revenue - sharing program, and Billboard estimated iTunes sales of approximately 43,000 copies, roughly equivalent to $26,700 in royalties . Within a week after being released on iTunes, it had jumped to 19 on their sales chart, on March 19, 2011 . "Friday" debuted on the US Hot Digital Songs chart at number 57 and went on to peak at number 38 . "Friday" debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 33 on March 21, 2011 . The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 72 and rose to 58 the next week . It sold 87,000 copies in the United States over its first two weeks and has gone on to sell 442,000 copies, as of December 2013 . The song also received airplay in Sweden . In the United States, it was played 12 times from March 16 to 22, considered low for a Hot 100 song . Despite the song's strong performance elsewhere, Georgina Kelly claimed in late March 2011 that her daughter had not received any money from the song's sales to that point in time, saying "We haven't received a dime from anywhere ." </P> <P> The concept for the music video is based on the lyrics and presented as a typical Friday for Black . She wakes up and goes to school, meeting her friends on the way . In the evening, after debating whether to sit in the front or back of a convertible, Black and her friends ride the car to a party at 7: 45 pm . Patrice Wilson appears near the end of the song to deliver a short rap . The video was shot on January 6, 2011 at Black's father's house with friends and family as extras, and requiring multiple takes over 12 hours . Some of those extras became stars in their own right; her friends Benni Cinkle, Amanda Cooper and Hayley Grodt . Ark Music, according to Black's parents, cautioned them and her that they should not expect her to become famous . Black hoped that her friends and family would enjoy watching the video on YouTube and that it would perhaps help her to later begin a singing career . </P> <P> The video was posted on February 10, 2011 and received 4,000 views, enough to please Black, before comedian Michael J. Nelson's Twitter account and a Tosh. 0 blog post, "Songwriting Isn't for Everyone", drew attention to it on March 11, 2011, turning the video into a viral hit . Criticism of the song's lyrics, the use of Auto - Tune on Black's vocals, as well as the content of the video also caused it to become viral . On May 9, 2011, comments became subject to prior approval for posting . Two days later, commenting was disabled altogether and archives removed . By June 15, 2011, the video had more than 166 million views, and 3.2 million "dislikes" from YouTube users against just 454,000 "likes". It also peaked in the top 20 most watched YouTube videos of all time . After Ark Music attempted to begin charging $2.99 to watch the video a limited number of times on YouTube in June, Black asked YouTube to take the video down . </P> <P> After reading the harsh reviews of "Friday", Black said that "those hurtful comments really shocked me ." Ark Music offered to take the video down from YouTube, but Black refused the offer, saying that she did not wish "to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up ." Black's father has accompanied her in public to guard against potential accosters . In response to criticism over the song's significant use of Auto - Tune, Black performed an acoustic version during an interview with ABC News, which earned over 180,000 dislikes on YouTube (84% of total ratings) by November 2011 . Later in the interview Black's mother, Kelly, stated that she was "angry and upset" after Black was brought to tears by comments, such as "I hope you go cut yourself and die" and "' I hope you cut yourself and get an eating disorder so you'll look pretty ." Black said, however, that soon she was able to ignore such comments, and asked Justin Bieber, her idol, to perform a duet with her . Although Bieber has not released an official announcement regarding the offer, he posted on Twitter "sunday comes after saturday? weird ." Bieber later sang part of the chorus at one of his concerts . Rolling Stone's Perpetua again praised Black after the interview and said, "She is actually a pretty decent singer . (...) She is a total sweetheart . (...) Black comes off as a well - adjusted, happy and grateful kid ." He also pointed out Black's intention to donate part of the profits from the song to school arts programs and relief efforts in Japan following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . Benni Cinkle, who became known as "that girl in pink" and appears during the second verse of the video, released her own song entitled "Can You See Me Now" and created an anti-bullying organization (That Girl In Pink Foundation) due to the negative response she got from "Friday". </P>

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