In November, Gangham Style won the best video award at the MTV Europe Music Awards. He recently performed for US president Barack Obama and met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
"I didn't even imagine 'Gangnam Style' would get 1 million views, let alone 1 billion views! Is this the Tru-PSY show?" the rapper said in a statement. The song also became YouTube's most watched video last month overtaking Justin Bieber's "Baby" video, which previously held the title The song, first posted on July 15, clocked the milestone this morning at around 2.30am (AEDT) and YouTube marked the occasion with a dancing Psy doodle next to their logo. – Rappler.South Korean rapper Psy's infectious viral hit song Gangnam Style has become the first ever video on YouTube to reach 1 billion views. Once historic when Psy crossed the threshold, a total of 68 clips have passed the one billion view mark on YouTube, all but 3 of them music videos. The “Despacito” video is already the fifth most-watched on YouTube at 2.486 billion views even though it was released just this year. In a new example, “Despacito” – a Spanish-language reggaeton song by Puerto Rican star Luis Fonsi and rapper Daddy Yankee – has reigned for 9 weeks at the top of the US Billboard singles chart. Psy’s triumph was all the more striking due to the overwhelming dominance of English-language music on global charts. The song was a tribute to Paul Walker, an actor in The Fast and Furious film franchise who died in a car wreck. “See You Again” intersperses scenes from the film with Wiz Khalifa rapping and Charlie Puth singing as they overlook a sandy coast.
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The video became the first to reach one billion views on YouTube and caused the site’s engineers to scramble to make changes when it topped 2.1 billion views, previously thought to be the maximum possible.Īs of early Tuesday US time, “Gangnam Style” had 2.895 billion views on YouTube, a notch under “See You Again,” which was featured in the 2015 action movie Furious 7. Psy, who until “Gangnam Style” was little known outside of South Korea, found an avid fan base with the video’s equestrian-style dance moves set to its infectious pop beat. “Gangnam Style,” a satirical take on the nouveau riche residents of the Seoul district by the same name, surprised even its singer, Psy, with its sudden global ascent in 2012. (READ: Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ breaks 2 billion YouTube record)Īfter 4 and a half years as YouTube’s most seen video, “Gangnam Style” slipped late Monday, July 10, to number two, replaced by “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth.
After almost 7 years, ‘Gangnam Style’ is still holding the world record with 3. In September 2012, Gangnam Style by PSY set a new record for the most-watched K-pop video in Youtube history after surpassing the music video ‘Gee’ by Girls’ Generation with 89 million views. NEW YORK, USA – “Gangnam Style,” the quirky South Korean video that spawned a global dance craze and went so viral it nearly broke YouTube, has finally been dethroned as the most watched video. ‘Gangnam Style’ ranks as the most played K-pop music video on YouTube.
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