{"id":65377,"date":"2023-12-29T18:04:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T23:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/12\/29\/oppa-psys-gangnam-style-video-hits-5-billion-views-on-youtube\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T23:04:03","slug":"oppa-psys-gangnam-style-video-hits-5-billion-views-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/12\/29\/oppa-psys-gangnam-style-video-hits-5-billion-views-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Oppa! Psy\u2019s \u2018Gangnam Style\u2019 Video Hits 5 Billion Views on\u00a0YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tTime to party like it\u2019s 2012: Psy<\/a>\u2018s culture-shifting \u201cGangnam Style\u201d music video has officially topped 5 billion views on YouTube, 11 years after its initial release.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe K-pop hit made a massive splash in the summer of 2012, thanks in large part to a music video that saw Psy and a string of quirky co-stars doing the song\u2019s signature galloping and lassoing dance moves. The song went No. 1 around the world, including on Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Hot Rap Songs<\/a> chart, and it peaked at No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100<\/a>. It also finished at No. 1 on Billboard<\/em>\u2018s year-end World Digital Song Sales<\/a> chart in both 2012 and 2013 and was chosen as one of the Billboard<\/em> staff\u2019s Songs That Defined the Decade<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn December 2012, \u201cGangnam Style\u201d became the first video ever to hit 1 billion views on YouTube<\/a>, just over 150 days after its debut. The video\u2019s billion-views status remained untouched for more than a year until Justin Bieber\u2019s breakout hit \u201cBaby\u201d \u2014 which hit the platform in February 2010 \u2014 reached 1 billion views by 2014. Today, \u201cGangnam Style\u201d stands as the streaming platform\u2019s 11th most popular video, with Pinkfong\u2019s \u201cBaby Shark Dance\u201d coming in at No. 1 and creeping toward 14 billion views. It\u2019s also the fifth most-viewed music video, following Luis Fonsi\u2019s \u201cDespacito\u201d (feat. Daddy Yankee), Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u201cShape of You,\u201d Wiz Khalifa\u2019s \u201cSee You Again\u201d (feat. Charlie Puth) and Mark Ronson\u2019s \u201cUptown Funk\u201d (feat. Bruno Mars).<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a 2017 interview with Billboard<\/em><\/a> celebrating the fifth anniversary of \u201cGangnam Style,\u201d Psy admitted he was still trying to crack the code of why the song went internationally viral.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI still don\u2019t know why it was so special,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cIf I knew why, I could make it again and again. After five years later, I still have to talk about \u2018Gangnam Style.\u2019 If I did it intentionally, it wouldn\u2019t work as strongly. Right now, these days, when I make music or music videos, I try my best to focus and to become [like] me from before \u2018Gangnam Style.\u2019\u00a0Not to do something intentionally. Doing it with intention\u00a0takes a lot of effort for things to be natural, so that\u2019s what I\u2019ve felt for the last five years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the spring of 2022, Psy scored a new Hot 100 hit when \u201cThat That,\u201d produced by and featuring BTS\u2019 Suga<\/a>, peaked at No. 80 on the chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tRevisit the \u201cGangnam Style\u201d video below:<\/p>\n

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