Yes, people still watch 'Gangnam Style,' and they have pushed the view count on Psys viral music video to more than 2.15 billion since it was first posted in 2012. Last month, marketing blog Wordstream reported that the video was being viewed 4,000 times each minute, leading it to predict that it would hit 1 billion views by December 11. The 'Gangnam Style' music video has been viewed so many times, not even YouTube can keep up. Still, the march to 1 billion could have come sooner, suggesting the video's popularity may be ebbing.
"Gangnam Style" has also earned a Guinness World Records title as the most-liked video in YouTube history with over two million digital thumbs up. As of this writing, "Baby" has 813 million video views. Bieber's video, which at the time had 805 million views, was beaten in just five months. Though the lyrics are humorous, it was the video that made the song a sensation beyond. Last month, "Gangnam Style" surpassed pop star Justin Bieber's "Baby" video to become the most popular YouTube upload of all time. 'Gangnam Style' is a send-up of 'posers and wannabes' Psy observed in Seoul's fashionable Gangnam District. In years past it was unthinkable that something would be viewed a hundred million times, and now "Gangnam Style" has achieved more than twice this figure in just 3 months on YouTube.The wildly popular "Gangnam Style" music video by Psy has gone where no YouTube video has gone before.Įarlier today, the official video surged past 1 billion views, making it the first clip on the site to ever hit that mark, and the latest in a long line of feats for the popular video. This also marks the first time a South Korean artist has topped the iTunes charts.ĭan Barrett, Guinness World Records Community Manager, comments, 'Having been the "Have you seen this?!" video of the last two months across the web, it's great to be able to award a record for this tremendously popular video. When 'Gangnam Style' hit 2 billion views. 'Gangnam Style', his most successful single to date, is the most viewed K-Pop video on YouTube. And that, for those of you keeping track, is the new view count Psy's music video will have to hit to outpace YouTube's ability to track it a second time. A spoof documentary by videographer Simon Gosselin was posted on YouTube and had promoted 2012 doomsday rumors across social media services such as Facebook and Twitter that linked 'Gangnam Style' to a fake Nostradamus prophecy. PSY (real name: Park Jae-Sang) is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and rapper. 'Gangnam Style' reached the unprecedented milestone of one billion YouTube views on December 21, 2012. The closest competitors for most liked video on YouTube include LMFAO's 'Party Rock Anthem' (1,574,963 likes), Justin's Bieber's 'Baby' (1,327,147 likes) and Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' (1,245,641 likes). 'Gangnam Style', which has only been available to view since the 15th of July, has been 'liked' in excess of 2,141,758 times, making it the most liked video in YouTube history.
Korean Pop Superstar 'PSY' has already achieved quite a lot with his video for 'Gangnam style', and now he can add a Guinness World Record to that list. And that, for those of you keeping track, is the new view count Psys music video will have to hit to outpace YouTubes ability to track it a second time. The show celebrates its 40th anniversary with a star-studded blowout from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles (ABC, 8 p.m.