![]() The mega-hit, which references the lifestyle associated with the affluent Gangnam District of Seoul, reigned supreme on YouTube for almost five years. It eventually “broke” YouTube's play counter when it exceeded the then-maximum of 2.14 billion. 21, 2012, “Gangnam Style”, from South Korean performer Psy, became the first music video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. The infectious song and accompanying ludicrously fun music video – which introduced the invisible-horse dance to the world – was inescapable in 2012 (and at pretty much every wedding or celebratory event with a dance floor thereafter). 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.Of course you do. ![]() 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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