Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ MV to surpass 4.5 billion views.. ‘That That’ 300 million

연합뉴스 / 2022-08-09 18:05:37

▲This photo, provided by P Nation, shows that Psy's "Gangnam Style" MV surpassed 4.5 billion. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

▲This photo, provided by P Nation, shows that Psy's "That That" MV surpassed 300 million. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, August 9 (Yonhap) – S.Korean singer Psy’s global hit song “Gangnam Style” MV surpassed 4.5 billion views on YouTube, its agency P Nation announced on Tuesday.

“Gangnam Style,” released ten years ago in July 2012, attracted global popularity, ranking 2nd in Billboard main single chart “Hot 100.” The Music video made a record of being the first-ever 1 billion and 2 billion surpassed MV.

P Nation said, "The music video for 'Gangnam Style' played a pioneering role in changing the YouTube view counting method and Billboard chart counting standards."

YouTube upgraded their system to a 64-bit integer (about 922) as the number of views of the 'Gangnam Style' MV exceeded the display limit of 32-bit integer (about 2.1 billion).

Billboard added the number of YouTube views to the ranking criteria as “Gangnam Style: failed to reach the top of the 'Hot 100' even though “Gangnam Style” was a global hit.

The music video for “Gangnam Style,” 10 years have passed since its release, has been enjoying steady popularity, adding another 100 million views in three months after it recorded 4.4 billion views at the end of April.

Psy said, "That song is very special to me," adding "It’s the biggest trophy displayed in the corner of my room,” during a meeting with reporters in April.

He also said, "Even famous BTS and Black Pink have a hard time being on US radio broadcasts, as it is a foreign language song,” adding, “So, our weapon is YouTube. BTS said ‘thank you’ to me several times.”

Music video of “That That,” title song of Psy's 9th regular album released in April of this year, also exceeded 300 million views on YouTube on Tuesday.

“That That” is a song that BTS's Suga participated in producing and featuring, and it topped the domestic chart, Melon “Top 100,” as well as the iTunes “Top Song” chart in 73 countries around the world.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)

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