A K-pop and dance-pop song, the term 'Gangnam Style' is a Korean neologism. Psys eccentric song-and-dance sensation has inspired a herd of YouTube knockoffs, starring Navy midshipmen, cartoon ponies, and Gandalf,etc. ' Gangnam Style ' ( Korean:, IPA: ka.nam s.ta.il) is a song by South Korean singer Psy, released on July 15, 2012, by YG Entertainment as the lead single of his sixth studio album, Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 ( Ssai Yukgap Part 1 ). One billion views of the catchy 4 minute, 13 second song is equivalent to 8017 years of total viewing time, or around 119 human lifetimes. With 520 million views since its July 15 release, Gangnam Style has catapulted well into YouTube’s list of most watched video and most watched K-pop video. Record-breaking success has been a long time coming for PSY (real name: Park Jae-sang) - while "Gangnam Style" may be the first many of us in the west will have heard of him, the single actually comes from his 6th studio album and 11 years after the release of his debut, "PSY from the PSYcho World!" in his native South Korea. The billionth view came just 159 days after the video was first uploaded on 15th July this year, capping off a remarkable year for the Korean pop superstar.Īlong the way to the billion viewer mark, Psy has also earned two other Guinness World Records achievements most watched video online, and most "liked" video online. New landmark for online video crossed as PSY's "Gangnam Style" becomes the first video to be viewed more than 1 billion times on YouTube, the world's largest video sharing site.Ī new landmark for online video was crossed this afternoon, as the music video for PSY's "Gangnam Style" became the first video to be viewed more than 1 billion times on YouTube, the world's largest video sharing site.
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