Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole (https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9507664/israel-ikamakawiwo-ole-somewhere-over-the-rainbow-1-billion-youtube-views)
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Hawaiian music great Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole posthumously entered YouTube 1 billion views club with his classic cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," YouTube announced on Wednesday (Jan. 6).
The tender video from Hawaiian record label The Mountain Apple Company's YouTube channel features the late Kamakawiwoʻole gently plucking at his ukelele on the beach. It has averaged more than 500,000 views a day over the last 12 months, according to YouTube. The singer died in 1997 at the age of 38.
OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole