'Twilight' sequel trailer posting huge Web views, challenging Susan Boyle

Bella and Edward are no Susan Boyle, but they're close. Michael Jackson can't touch Soulja Boy, at least not yet. But both the dreamy duo from Twilight and the King of Pop have become Web video phenomena this summer. According to the video analytics firm Visible Measures, the trailer for this November's release Twilight Saga: New Moon has generated a massive 220 million views in the past two months alone. That clip, which features a pale vampire and some girl gazing at each other intensely several times, is exhibiting growth not seen since the great Susan Boyle, the Les Miserables-crooning singer seen on Britain's Got Talent earlier this year. Boyle's performance was streamed 261 million times during the same time period, and over 286 million times overall. But Visible Measures officials believe that Moon could easily surpass that threshold by the time the movie is released. Yet for some inexplicable reason, the trailer for Blacula has not proven to be nearly as popular. Meanwhile, since Jackson's death, his classic video Thriller has added over 80 million views since July, placing the clip in third place all time with 299 million total views. Yet Jackson has a ways to go to reach the top spot, which is owned by Soulja Boy's Crank Dat. That clip has been streamed an incredible 487 million times to date, per Visible Measures.

—Posted by Mike Shields