The Most Viral Late Night Moments of 2016

From J.Lo’s embarrassing text to James Corden’s karaoke with Adele, here are 10 of the most viral late night moments, according to YouTube and Facebook numbers, to hit the airwaves (and Internet) in 2016.

Watch What Happens Live: Why Was J.Lo Texting During a Mariah Carey Performance?

Back in February, WWHL’s Andy Cohen chided Jennifer Lopez for texting and looking rather distracted during the Billboard Music Awards — specifically, during Mariah Carey’s performance. Was this a case of throwing major shade or just getting caught sneaking a peek at her notifications?

Late Night with Seth Meyers: Seth Reacts to the Presidential Election Results

Seth lent comic relief to a fair number of Americans who weren’t quite sure how to put feelings into words after the results of the 2016 presidential election this November, and his monologue on the topic reached nearly 7 million views on YouTube.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: “Melania Trump” Addresses Her RNC Speech

Broadway actress Laura Benanti’s impersonation of Melania Trump had a few choice words to share after the controversy about her RNC speech being possibly plagiarized flared up in July. The only problem was those few choice words might’ve sounded a little too familiar to some of us.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Wheel of Musical Impressions With Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato took a goofy late night gag and actually managed to knock it out of the park with her impression of Fetty Wap doing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and Christina Aguilera covering the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Jon Stewart Takes Over the Desk

An entire generation of millennials who became politically engaged in an era of righteous indignation by watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart have spent the last year lamenting his absence from the late night world. Colbert, a Stewart prodigy, turned over his desk to the OG satirist in chief to cover the biggest headlines of July.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Blake Shelton Tries Sushi

You know those “Clueless Gamer” videos where Conan expresses frustration, befuddlement, and glee at the discovery of an entire culture he’s never had any exposure to? This is kind of like that, but with raw fish virgin Blake Shelton and sushi.

Jimmy Kimmel Live: Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #10

Jimmy Kimmel struck upon a never-ending supply of comedy when he decided to put celebrities on the air reading the textual abuse that they receive daily thanks to the equally never-ending supply of Internet trolls Twitter seems to birth.

Conan: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, and Conan Help a Student Driver

Conan shines when he can force everyday people into reacting to his comic nuttiness. But throw in a surprise appearance by Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, and poor student driver Diana was definitely going for a wild ride.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Metallica Plays “Enter Sandman” with Classroom Instruments

If you want to hear the music that discount home goods stores in hell play over the PA system, it’s definitely the combined talents of Metallica and the Roots as distilled through an assortment of children’s classroom instruments. Let’s just say it’s not exactly radio-friendly.

The Late Late Show With James Corden: ‘Carpool Karaoke’ with Adele

James Corden isn’t going to stop doing “Carpool Karaoke” segments any time soon as long as they keep racking up over 140 million views on YouTube, like this segment with Adele from January.

Watch what happened when James Corden picked up Adele for some carpool karaoke:

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