Psy, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, has become an international star since Gangnam Style's release in July.
The camp video, which has spawned a growing number of spoof and tribute clips, wrested the title from Canadian singer Justin Bieber's Baby, which has more than 803m views. South Korean rapper Psy's Gangnam Style has become most-watched YouTube video of all time with more than 805m views. 14: Katy Perry, “Dark Horse featuring Juicy J” - 2,695,277,975 No.Psy's song poking fun at South Korea's bourgeouisie leapfrogs Justin Bieber's Baby to become most-watched video ever 12: Enrique Iglesias, “Bailando featuring Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona” - 2,797,048,338 No. 4: Mark Ronson, “Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars” - 3,741,197,974 No. 3: Wiz Khalifa, “See You Again featuring Charlie Puth” - 4,333,523,544 No. 1: Luis Fonsi, “Despacito featuring Daddy Yankee” 6,569,835,734 No. Here are an updated list of YouTube’s 15 most-viewed music videos, as of press time. It’s currently sitting in fifth place of YouTube's most-viewed music videos, behind other viral earworms such as “Despacito” and “Uptown Funk.”
It was dethroned by Wiz Khalifa's video for “See You Again” featuring Charlie Puth in July 2017.Īs big as “Gangnam Style” was, how does it measure up to other hits of the decade? 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).
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