Complex sentence: According to Lippman, the video was extremely popular on YouTube and was viewed over 170,000 times on the site prior to the release of the "Backwoods Barbie" album.
Split into simpler sentences: According to Lippman, the video was extremely popular on YouTube. It was viewed over 170,000 times on the site prior to the release of the "Backwoods Barbie" album.