Reaching 1 billion views means that The Piano Guys join an illustrious circle of traditional artists who have clocked the same feat, including Adele, Bruno Mars, and Beyonce. Behind every view is someone that has spent their time and sometimes their hard-earned money in support of us.” As the guys are currently on tour, they said that they opted to celebrate the billionth view “the best way we know how - by thanking our audience personally.” At a show over the weekend in Los Angeles, YouTube presented the guys with a special commemorative plaque. “We feel like there have been so many miracles to make this possible that we are simply along for the ride.

“We are overwhelmed with gratitude,” the group told Tubefilter of their accomplishment. The guys are currently endeavoring to film amidst each of The Seven Wonders of the World - and have already checked four sites off of that list. And the music is complemented by equally epic videos - set everywhere from Chichen Itza to the Scottish Highlands.

(One of their latest compositions, for instance, weaves together Mozart’s Lacrimosaand Adele’s Hello). The guys are best known for their sweeping instrumental covers of pop hits mashed up with classics. The group - consisting of pianist Jon Schmidt, cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, videographer Paul Anderson, and studio engineer Al Van Der Beek - launched their channel back in 2008, and today it counts a total of roughly 5 million subscribers and 60 uploads. The Piano Guys, one of YouTube’s most successful homegrown music channels, is singing a celebratory tune today, as the four Utah-based dads have surpassed a skyscraping milestone - more than 1 billion lifetime views.

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