Who had a hit in 2012 with the song and video 'Gangnam Style'?
"Psy in the past. Yoo also arranged the song while Psy was responsible for the lyrics. Following its July 15 release, ""Gangnam Style"" overtook Carly Rae Jepsen's ""Call Me Maybe"" to reach the number one position on the YouTube Top 100 Music Videos during the week of August 28, 2012. On September 1, it overtook Girls' Generation's ""Gee"" to become the most viewed K-pop video on YouTube. Although ""Call Me Maybe"" has had unusually strong staying power, averaging over 1.5 million views each day, ""Gangnam Style"" increased to an average of over nine million views per day within just two"
"2012, ""Gangnam Style"" was recognized by ""Guinness World Records"" as the most ""liked"" video on YouTube. It subsequently won Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards held that year. It became a source of parodies and reaction videos by many different individuals, groups and organizations. By the end of 2012, ""Gangnam Style"" had topped the music charts of more than 30 countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Its dance was attempted by political leaders such as British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who"
"""Gangnam Style"" gained worldwide popularity as a viral video. On August 21, it charted at number one on the iTunes Music Video Charts. This feat was a first for a South Korean artist. By November 24, ""Gangnam Style"" had become the most viewed video in YouTube history, and the first video to surpass a billion views. The song was credited as the main reason for YG Entertainment's share prices increasing by more than 60 per cent, with the record label subsequently filing its first annual report in 2012 with profits of over 50% after going public on the KOSDAQ the"
"the Year?"" on July 30. The English actor Peter Serafinowicz called it ""one of the best music videos ever made"". while the German model Heidi Klum, who performed ""Gangnam Style"" at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards, revealed that her children have been obsessed with the song and that she has been holding ""Gangnam dance parties"" with them. The Korea Tourism Organization has launched a ""One day Gangnam tour"" that begins with some ""gangnam styling"" at a beauty salon, shopping at the Apgujeong & Cheongdam boutiques, coffee and brunch, followed by the casino and clubbing. Romeo Beckham, the son of"
"locations: On August 16, 2012, Nelly Furtado performed the song at her concert in the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. One of the main factors that has led to ""Gangnam Style"" receiving worldwide media attention is its popularity among notable celebrities. According to ""The Wall Street Journal"", T-Pain was among the first to have ""sent [the video] to the stratosphere"" when he tweeted about it on July 29. It was then picked up by Neetzan Zimmerman from the social blog Gawker, who asked ""Did this underground Hip Hop artist from South Korea just release the Best Music Video of"
"chart for the week of October 24, and grabbed the number one position for another four straight weeks, tallying a total of eight non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. On November 16, 2012, the track was certified 4× Platinum by Music Canada, and as of January 2013 has sold over 476,000 copies in the country. On August 21, 2012, ""Gangnam Style"" charted number one on the iTunes Music Video Charts, overtaking Justin Bieber's ""As Long as You Love Me"" and Katy Perry's ""Wide Awake""; this feat is the first for any South Korean artist. From September 8, 2012 to February 23,"
"the fastest-growing musical trends around the world."" In July 2012, Psy's hit ""Gangnam Style"" took ""the genre to the top of western charts,"" and made K-pop history. Psy's success ""reached beyond the Korean-American community, with online viewership, according to Google data, showing a doubling after 2012's Gangnam Style"". Not everyone was happy with Psy's success on the ""Billboard"" charts, especially with ""Gangnam Style""'s #1 spot on the new Hot Rap Songs chart; it reached #2 on ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Critics said the October 2012 change in the way the magazine tallied their charts, which included digital sales, online streams and"
"in their astonishment at his humorous incorporation of the moves of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. In July 2012, Psy released his sixth album ""Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1"" and the song ""Gangnam Style"" appeared in broadcasting networks and newspapers outside Asia. On August 14, ""Gangnam Style"" ranked first on YouTube's 'Most Viewed Videos' monthly chart; on August 21, 2012, ""Gangnam Style"" officially charted No. 1 on the iTunes Music Video Charts, overtaking Justin Bieber's ""As Long as You Love Me"" and Katy Perry's ""Wide Awake""; this feat was the first for a South Korean artist. After the video went"
"Hwang Min-woo Hwang Min-woo (born October 17, 2005) is a South Korean child actor, singer and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the music video for the 2012 international hit single ""Gangnam Style"". In 2010, he rose to fame and caught the attention of the Vietnamese-South Korean media with his dance moves during the South Korean TV series ""Star King"". He also appeared on the reality television show ""Korea's Got Talent"", where he was praised by the judges for his stage presence and dance skills. Hwang's performance on Korea's Got Talent was witnessed by the South Korean"
"However, due to the prevalence of racism in South Korea, his family has had to take legal action against those who have bullied him over his ancestral heritage. During an interview with the news agency Reuters, Hwang Min-Woo revealed that he aspires to become a ""global star"" and surpass PSY's popularity in the future. Hwang Min-woo Hwang Min-woo (born October 17, 2005) is a South Korean child actor, singer and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the music video for the 2012 international hit single ""Gangnam Style"". In 2010, he rose to fame and caught the attention"
"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. Psy was subsequently recognized by the media as the ""King of YouTube"". On May 31, 2014, the video for Psy's Gangnam Style hit two billion views. , it is the sixth most viewed video on YouTube, with over 3.2 billion views. In December 2012, MTV noted Psy's rise from being little known outside South Korea, to being hailed as the ""Viral Star of 2012"". On December 31, 2012, Psy performed in a globally televised New"
"trends helped establish K-pop as an intriguing online spectacle. The genre proved it could convert viral success into commercial success in 2012, when Psy's ""Gangnam Style"" became a breakout viral hit topping the music charts of more than 30 countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom as well as No.2 in the United States. Globalisation has afforded K-pop groups continued expansion into the Western markets, most notably the United States, through tours, online downloads and streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, who added more K-pop to their libraries in response to increased demand"
"spot for a further four weeks, tallying a total of six non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. The track was ranked in the top ten of the chart for 17 consecutive weeks before it fell to number 11 on the January 14, 2013 chart. The song has been certified 4× Platinum with sales exceeding 60,000 by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). ""Gangnam Style"" was the second biggest-selling single of 2012 in the country behind Carly Rae Jepsen's ""Call Me Maybe"". In Australia, the song debuted at number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart on September 17, 2012, becoming"
"uploaded to YouTube the same day. Within weeks, the video had made it to #3 on YouTube's music video list. Then in August, the video went viral outside of the Korean-speaking world, and by September had become the most ""liked"" video in the history of YouTube. Yoo Gun-hyung Yoo Gun-hyung (Hangul: 유건형; born February 14, 1979) is a South Korean recording artist and record producer best known as the co-writer and co-producer of the 2012 worldwide hit song ""Gangnam Style"" performed by co-writer PSY. Yoo Gun-Hyung was introduced to the world of K-pop in 1996 as one-half (along with Suh"
"2012, with 816,868 digital downloads, and spent five consecutive weeks at the top position of the chart, tying it with IU's ""Good Day"" for the most weeks at number one single in the chart's history. In addition, the song became the first-place winner on various weekly chart shows such as ""M Countdown"" (three straight weeks) and ""Music Bank"" (a total of 16 weeks including a record 10-consecutive-week). According to the Korea Music Content Industry Association, ""Gangnam Style"" became the best selling song of 2012 in South Korea with 3,842,109 download sales. The song debuted at number six on the ""Billboard"""
"number one on the October 20, 2012 chart. The song spent eight consecutive weeks atop the chart before being overtaken by Flo Rida's ""I Cry"". After four weeks of his reign, ""Gangnam Style"" regained its number one position in the week of January 12, 2013. The track also peaked at number three on the Hot Dance/Club Play Songs chart in the week of November 17, 2012. The song was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 19, 2013, denoting digital download sales of 4,000,000. According to Nielsen SoundScan, ""Gangnam Style"" became the 9th best"
"""The New York Times"" pop critics' list and ""E! Online""s No. 1 pick on the top 10 pop songs of 2012 list. Digital Spy ranked the song No. 20 among the 20 best singles of the year. It was voted the 12th best single of 2012 by ""The Village Voice""s 40th annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Music critic Robert Christgau placed ""Gangnam Style"" as the No. 2 single on his 2012 Dean's List. The music video for ""Gangnam Style"" was chosen as the best music video of 2012 by ""TIME"". Melissa Locker of the magazine wrote ""The catchy song"
"in the top ten of the chart before it fell to number twelve on the January 26, 2013 chart. The song was the sixth biggest selling single of 2012 with 878,000 sales, and ranked at number 24 among the top 40 most streamed tracks of the year in the United Kingdom. According to Official Charts Company sales data, Gangnam Style has become not only the 129th track to sell over a million copies in the history of the UK's Official Singles Chart, but also the first million seller by an Asian music star. On April 9, 2013, the song became"
"Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for the week of July 28, 2012. It then topped the chart the week after and remained at the summit for five consecutive weeks, tying IU's record with ""You and I"" for the longest running number one song on the chart. The record, however, was broken by Lee Seung-gi's ""Return"" earned six weeks at the top spot from December 2012 to January 2013. ""Gangnam Style"" took number one spot on the 2012 ""Billboard"" K-Pop Hot 100 year-end chart. In Oceania, ""Gangnam Style"" was a huge success. The single made its chart debut on the New Zealand"
"2013, the song has also peaked and stayed at number one on ""Billboard""'s YouTube Chart for 22 weeks, until being surpassed by ""Stay"" by Rihanna for one week; It has since reclaimed its top position for a 30th week as of April, 2013. ""Gangnam Style"" was officially re-released on August 14, 2012, as ""Oppa Is Just My Style"" (), featuring additional vocals provided by Korean singer and 4Minute member Hyuna. Mallika Rao of ""The Huffington Post"" wrote that the video was ""apparently retrofitted here to work from a woman's point of view, but the main difference we're spotting is less"
"both of whom he has performed with and choreographed for since the early 2000s. Lee came to further prominence as the creator of the ""horse-riding"" dance in Psy's 2012 hit song ""Gangnam Style"". The success and popularity of the move won him the Style of the Year (Choreographer) Award at the 2nd Gaon Chart Music Awards. With the global spread of K-pop and the massive success of ""Gangnam Style"", Lee has been a vocal activist calling for choreographers to be allowed to claim and collect copyright fees to prevent them from being exploited. He and six other choreographers co-founded the"
"rating in the 2012 Billboard.com's readers poll, beating ""Where Have You Been"" by Rihanna (19%) and ""Beauty and a Beat"" by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj (11%). The song was the most popular song played on New Year's Eve and the most sung song on the day, leaving ""Auld Lang Syne"" in second place for the first time since 2005, on karaoke company Lucky Voice's online service in the United Kingdom. CNN readers picked ""Gangnam Style"" as the eighth best song of 2012. ""The Week"" (US edition) ranked the song's global popularity at No. 6 with the strapline ""'Gangnam Style'"
"Yoo Gun-hyung Yoo Gun-hyung (Hangul: 유건형; born February 14, 1979) is a South Korean recording artist and record producer best known as the co-writer and co-producer of the 2012 worldwide hit song ""Gangnam Style"" performed by co-writer PSY. Yoo Gun-Hyung was introduced to the world of K-pop in 1996 as one-half (along with Suh Jung-Hwan) of the Korean hip hop duo ""Untitle."" Yoo and Suh were both still in high school, and gained particular recognition in the Korean music industry because they were already writing their own songs. Their second album, entitled ""The Blue Color"" was released in 1997. Untitle"
"appeared on ""WSJ Live"", and he mentioned the Andersons and the Stawskis again, before claiming that ""a lot of Koreans are also making their own parodies of 'Gangnam Style'"". On September 3, 2012, the number of daily views generated by ""Gangnam Style"" went past the five-million mark. By the end of September, it had topped the iTunes charts in 31 countries. ""Gangnam Style"" reached the unprecedented milestone of one billion YouTube views on December 21, 2012. A spoof documentary by videographer Simon Gosselin was posted on YouTube and had promoted 2012 doomsday rumors across social media services such as Facebook"
"viral, celebrities quickly jumped on board, with Katy Perry, Britney Spears, and Tom Cruise taking to Twitter to share their delight. The Gangnam Style phenomenon has also popularized his older music videos, such as ""Right Now"". On September 14, 2012, he appeared on ""The Today Show"" on NBC in New York City, performing the song live and teaching dance moves to the anchors. The following day, he also made a cameo appearance on ""Saturday Night Live"" during a skit featuring ""Gangnam Style"". Commenting on his popularity among foreign celebrities, Psy said: Riding high on the success of ""Gangnam Style"", Psy"
"video earned the Marching 110 worldwide recognition and was featured on many prominent websites including ESPN and CNN.com. To date, the video has reached almost 12 million views. On September 22, 2012, the Marching 110 again went viral with the Korean singer PSY's hit ""Gangnam Style"". The video was taken down by someone who hacked the YouTube account and deleted the video. It was re-uploaded a few days later with the views set back to 0. To date, the video has been viewed more than 8,800,000 times. Featured on Good Morning America and through several other prominent media outlets, the"
"Psy Park Jae-sang (, ; born December 31, 1977), known professionally as Psy (; ; ), stylized PSY, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Psy is known domestically for his humorous videos and stage performances, and internationally for his hit single ""Gangnam Style"". The song's refrain was entered into ""The Yale Book of Quotations"" as one of the most famous quotations of 2012. On October 23, 2012, Psy met United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters where Ban expressed his desire to work with the singer because of his ""unlimited global reach"". On December"
"establishment of DI Japan Corp. According to Reuters, the company's market capitalization doubled in value after the release of ""Gangnam Style"", surging to 113.5 billion won ($101.29 million) in late September, 2012. In October 2012, Bloomberg L.P. reported that the ""father-son connection"" to the ""Gangnam Style"" music video has triggered an almost 500 percent rally in shares of DI Corporation. The Economist compared its remarkable surge in share prices with stock market bubbles such as the 17th century Tulip mania. By the end of 2012, shares of DI corporation have surged eightfold since the release of the song. DI Corporation"
"for film portrayed in his violin playing, and with each video having a cinematic quality. Jun Sung Ahn Jun Sung Ahn or Ahn Jun-sung (; born February 18, 1993), better known by his stage name Jun Curry Ahn, is a Korean-American musician, YouTube video producer and member of BgA. He is a classically trained violinist who is known for his 2012 violin and dance cover performance of Psy's Gangnam Style on his YouTube channel and other K-pop and pop music covers. Ahn was born in South Korea and moved to West Windsor, New Jersey in the third grade of elementary"
"selling song of 2012 in the United States with 3,592,000 download sales. In late January 2013, the song topped the 4 million mark in digital sales, becoming the third comic/novelty song to reach the mark, following LMFAO's ""Sexy and I Know It"" and Cee Lo Green's ""Fuck You!"". In Canada, ""Gangnam Style"" was a big hit just like the rest of the world. The song entered the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 71 on the week of September 8, 2012. In its fourth week, it reached in the top ten of the chart, climbing to number three, and the"
"times throughout his 12-year career, according to ""Billboard"". In July 2012, PSY released his 6th album ""Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1"" and the song ""Gangnam Style"" appeared in broadcasting networks and newspapers outside Asia. On August 14, ""Gangnam Style"" ranked first on YouTube's 'Most Viewed Videos' monthly chart; it has received over 2 billion on YouTube (the first to reach this mark and currently is one of the most viewed videos in YouTube's history). His single, ""Gentleman"", was released on April 12, 2013 in 119 countries. Psy discography This is the discography of the South Korean idol Psy. He"
"announced the addition of U.S. YouTube video streaming data to its platforms, which includes an update to the methodology for the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. Thanks to the change to reflect online video activity, ""Gangnam Style"" rebounded from number 48 to number 26 on the Hot 100 for the week of March 2, 2013. On October 11, 2012, ""Billboard"" unveiled new methodology for the Hot Rap Songs chart, including digital download sales and streaming data for the first time, along with radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS. Due to this, ""Gangnam Style"" soared from number 20 to"
"also told the international media that she planned to ""dial it up"" and watch the video. A few weeks later Nuland described ""Gangnam Style"" as ""fantastic"" and added that both her daughter and her husband Robert Kagan ""all love the Gangnam Style"" and that she had mastered its dance moves by watching the video clip ""for weeks and weeks."" On October 9, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, held a speech at the 2012 Conservative Party Conference, where he admitted that ""Gangnam Style is very good"". He talked about the vast variety of exports that originate from London, including television"