Park Jae-sang born December 31, 1977, better known by his stage name Psy is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, record producer and television personality is known as the 'King of YouTube'. Psy is known domestically for his humorous videos and stage performances, and internationally for his hit single "Gangnam Style" which has gone viral ever since 2012 to the point where the song's refrain "Oppan Gangnam Style" translated as "Big brother is Gangnam style", was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotations of 2012.
The reason for this you might ask, well on December 21, 2012, his music video for "Gangnam Style" exceeded ONE BILLION views on YouTube, becoming the first video to do so in the website's history, thus gaining the title as the "King of YouTube". Psy's hit song has gone viral due to its catchy tune, the famous horse trot, and the hilarious music video with the concept of "Dress Classy, Dance Cheesy".
MTV noted Psy's rise from little-known outside of South Korea to "global superstar", and, for being first in the YouTube-era to secure a place in pop-culture history, hailed the singer as the "Viral Star of 2012". The singer’s been a big deal in South Korea long before teaching Britney how to horse trot on “Ellen", and now he was given the opportunity to performed in a globally televised New Year's Eve celebration with American rapper MC Hammer on-stage in front of a live audience of over a million people in Times Square, New York City.
Up until this day the music video is still ranking up the numbers with Psy's Gangnam Style hit reaching up to just over TWO BILLION views on YouTube and I must admit, I myself has viewed this video more then 20 times ever since it came out.
The reason for this you might ask, well on December 21, 2012, his music video for "Gangnam Style" exceeded ONE BILLION views on YouTube, becoming the first video to do so in the website's history, thus gaining the title as the "King of YouTube". Psy's hit song has gone viral due to its catchy tune, the famous horse trot, and the hilarious music video with the concept of "Dress Classy, Dance Cheesy".
MTV noted Psy's rise from little-known outside of South Korea to "global superstar", and, for being first in the YouTube-era to secure a place in pop-culture history, hailed the singer as the "Viral Star of 2012". The singer’s been a big deal in South Korea long before teaching Britney how to horse trot on “Ellen", and now he was given the opportunity to performed in a globally televised New Year's Eve celebration with American rapper MC Hammer on-stage in front of a live audience of over a million people in Times Square, New York City.
Up until this day the music video is still ranking up the numbers with Psy's Gangnam Style hit reaching up to just over TWO BILLION views on YouTube and I must admit, I myself has viewed this video more then 20 times ever since it came out.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/who-is-psy-2012-9?op=1#hes-a-south-korean-rapper-whose-real-name-is-park-jae-sang-1 & http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psy
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