14: Katy Perry, “Dark Horse featuring Juicy J” - 2,695,277,975 No. Except he says nothing in the music or video is Beverly hill. 12: Enrique Iglesias, “Bailando featuring Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona” - 2,797,048,338 No. It also included the famous horse dance that went viral all around the world. We conduct a chronological analysis of its distribution, production, and reproduction on YouTube, focusing on the interactions between traditional and new players in reinforcing and creating new meanings. It features many Korean celebrities such as Hwang Min-woo (dancing kid sensation), Soon Jae-Suk (TV host/comedian), No Hong-chul (TV personality), and Hyuna (Kpop star). music video Gangnam Style in the broader context of globalization. 5: Psy, “Gangnam Style” - 3,477,314,641 No. Gangnam Style has a lot going on in the music video but all the shots were shot in less than 2 days of filming. Its music video has gone viral on YouTube with more than 8 million. 4: Mark Ronson, “Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars” - 3,741,197,974 No. Gangnam Style is a 2012 dance pop single written and performed by Korean pop singer PSY. 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. Its music video is currently the most viewed and liked video on YouTube, having over 2,000,000,000 views. Here are an updated list of YouTube’s 15 most-viewed music videos, as of press time. 'Gangnam Style' is a song by Korean artist PSY. The mega-hit's success has led a surge in K-pop popularity.
It’s currently sitting in fifth place of YouTube's most-viewed music videos, behind other viral earworms such as “Despacito” and “Uptown Funk.” PSY's 'Gangnam Style' has hit an unprecedented milestone again, becoming the first video to earn two billion views on YouTube. 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).