Judson Laipply ( ; born March 22, 1976) is an American

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from

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. He served as the state president of The Ohio Association of Student Councils from 1993 to 1994. He is best known for his performance in the "Evolution of Dance"

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clip, which became one of the most famous

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videos ever and was the most-viewed YouTube video over three time periods from May 2006 to October 2009. He has worked as a public speaker since 2000. For a brief 21 day period from June 12, 2006 to July 3, 2006, his YouTube channel was the most subscribed YouTube channel, which made him the first male individual channel to officially hold the honor.

"Evolution of Dance"

In 2003, Laipply originally performed "Evolution of Dance", at which time it consisted of 12 popular dance songs of the late 20th century. In the video which was later uploaded to YouTube on April 6, 2006, he is seen performing various dance moves on

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with a spot light pointing at him in under 8 minutes. At that time, it was rated on YouTube as: * #1 Most Viewed All Time Video on YouTube.com * #1 Top Rated Video on YouTube.com * #3 Most Discussed Video on YouTube.com It has since been surpassed by other videos.

Songs in "Evolution of Dance"

"Evolution of Dance 2"

The "Evolution of Dance 2" video, the sequel to the video sensation "Evolution of Dance" was released on December 17, 2008, as part of a national viral marketing campaign.

"Evolution of Dance 3"

This was announced by Judson on June 16, 2010; he stated that it was in its early stages and that it was too early to give any details. In a YouTube comment he claimed he was trying to incorporate much older music and possibly include a second dancer. It was uploaded in April 2016, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of "Evolution of Dance".

Popular culture

In December 2007, Judson appeared in an advert on the

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for the 'dance season' during the Christmas Holidays. "Evolution of Dance" was #1 on the show ''

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and Laipply was interviewed on the show. Judson was also featured in the music video for

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's song "

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" along with several other Internet celebrities. In February 2010, the video was used as a question reference on the game show ''

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'' in the 2010 college championships. In " The Delivery" episode of ''

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does the dance sans music as a way to distract Pam from her contractions. In 2011, Judson also appeared on Tosh.0, hosted by

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. The video has been parodied numerous times on '' The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon'' through variations such as "Evolution of Mom Dancing" (guest-starring

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) or "Evolution of Hip-Hop Dancing" (guest-starring

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) among others. He did another video, called "The Evolution of the Touchdown Dance", which included memorable NFL touchdown dances, like "The Ickey Shuffle",

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's cell phone celebration, and famous celebrations from

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and Chad Ochocinco. In December 2015, he appeared in YouTube's annual

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