'Gangnam Style' overtakes Justin Bieber's 'Baby' to become most watched YouTube video of ALL TIME
By Daily Mail Reporter
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‘Gangnam Style’ just keeps breaking records.
The insanely popular song from South Korean recording artist PSY has just become the most watched video on YouTube ever, garnering more than 808 million views on the popular media site.
The distinction was previously held by another pop heavyweight, Justin Bieber, whose song 'Baby' had a little more than 804 million views at press time. PSY made the announcement on his Twitter page earlier today.
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History: 'Gangnam Style' became the most watched video on YouTube with more than 808 million views.
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The YouTube honors are just the latest in a long list that shows just how popular the song has become. Since it was released in July, the song has seen a meteoric rise through the music industry.
It has found its way to the tops of music charts in more than 30 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain and Canada, while providing material for thousands of parody videos.
It became a staple in the 2012 presidential elections with the now famous ‘Mitt Romney Style’ video and was even used by the North Korean government in propaganda films promoting their supreme leader.
Meanwhile, such influential figures as President Obama, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt have all made mention of the hit song.
But nobody was more surprised by the success of the video than its creator, PSY, a musician with a decade-long career in his homeland who never thought to break overseas.
The 34-year-old - whose real name is Park Jae-Sang - explained: 'The YouTube video never targeted foreign countries. It was for local fans.
'My goal in this music video was to look uncool until the end. I achieved it.'
But now it seems PSY has managed to take hold of a huge segment of the international audience. He has made appearances on 'The Today Show,' 'The Ellen Degeneres Show' and even gave a special lecture at the University of Oxford.
After his songs success he also signed a contract with Island Def Jam Recordings, which represents artists like Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez.
PSY recently unveiled plans for a news song on CNN. He told his fans to get excited and that the lyrics will be a mix of English and Korean.
UN  Ban Ki-moon performing a "" dance move alongside  
The music video for "", a song by South Korean artist , has become the most viewed YouTube video of all time. The video, which now has over 816 million views since being uploaded in July, became the most watched after overtaking the music video for "", a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, which was placed on YouTube in 2010.

With approximately 5.4 million likes, "Gangnam Style" is the most liked YouTube video ever, as recognised by . The video has averaged approximately six million daily views since its upload. Guinness World Records previously said about the video: "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 three months on YouTube." Should its daily view count average rate continue, "Gangnam Style" could potentially pass one billion views by the start of 2013.

"Gangnam Style" satirises consumerist aspects of the  of Seoul, the South Korean capital. The music video has influenced numerous parody versions, including one called "Mitt Romney Style", which was created in the run-up to the 2012 United States presidential election.

Park Jae-Sang, Psy's actual name, said "Gangnam Style" "never targeted foreign countries. It was for local fans". He said his intention "was to look uncool" in the music video "until the end. I achieved it."

The song has reached number one on music charts in about 30 countries. Its popularity has extended as far as US President Barack Obama; and Ban Ki-moon, the  of the United Nations, who can be seen performing one of the dance moves to the song in the video above.

Psy has now signed with , a record label representing such acts as  and Justin Bieber.


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