Toronto (ECN) -
Canadian rocker Avril Lavigne is less than 1-million views away from having the number one spot on YouTube's most viewed videos.The music video for Girlfriend, the first single from Lavigne's 2007 album Best Damn Thing, has 89,263,935 views of the popular video sharing site.
The video is now less than 1-million views away from overtaking the "evolution of dance." as the most viewed video on Youtube.
However, some are saying the video hasn't actually earned that many views -- legitimately.
Fans set up the website, www.avrilbandaids.com/youtubeviewer.html that refreshes every 15 seconds.
The website, which has boosted the clip's tally by just under 120,000 views since it launched on June 19, encourages fans to keep the site open to boost Girlfriend's views.
The website's creator said: "Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend music video is less than one million views away from becoming the most watched video of all time on YouTube. So what we're attempting won't be easy but ... Bahh who am I kidding? Of course it will be easy because we have a secret weapon."
Before the website was launched on June 19, the music video only had 120,000 views.
The video sharing site has a strict policy regarding artificial views from automated systems to increase hit counts. However the video is still among the top most discussed videos and top favorites as well.
