{"id":28196,"date":"2022-07-17T07:17:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T07:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=28196"},"modified":"2022-07-17T07:17:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T07:17:25","slug":"gangnam-style-turns-10-billion-views-groundbreaker-still-one-of-youtubes-top-5-most-viewed-music-videos-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=28196","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gangnam Style\u2019 Turns 10: Billion-Views Groundbreaker Still One of YouTube\u2019s Top 5 Most-Viewed Music Videos of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>This Friday, July 15, marks the 10th anniversary of Psy\u2019s \u201cGangnam Style\u201d music video release \u2014 and the Korean artist\u2019s combo of stylish quirkiness, trademark dance moves, synth hooks and satirical edge made it the first viral video to top 1 billion views on YouTube. Less than six months after its release, \u201cGangnam Style\u201d on Dec. 21, 2012, became the first honoree in YouTube\u2019s Billion Views Club. And today, it remains on YouTube\u2019s Top 5 list of the most-viewed music videos by a recording artist ever on the platform, with 4.47 billion views (and counting). In a statement provided by YouTube, Psy commented: \u201cBeing the first artist to reach 1 billion views on YouTube was an extraordinary feeling 10 years ago and it still is today. To have played a role in paving the way for music of all kinds to transcend borders is a true honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fun historical note: In 2014, YouTube joked that \u201cGangnam Style\u201d had broken its video-views counter when it surpassed 2.147 billion views; the software was originally limited to support for 32-bit integers (lol!).<\/p>\n<p>Since Psy\u2019s milestone a decade ago, dozens of other music videos have topped 1 billion YouTube views, spanning genres and generations.<\/p>\n<p>J Balvin and Justin Bieber both have 11 official music videos in YouTube\u2019s Billion Views Club (in which they are the lead\/featured artist or collaborator) \u2014 tied for the most of any artist. Right behind them is Ozuna with 10, and Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Maluma with eight each.<\/p>\n<p>The YouTube Billion Views Club includes Luis Fonsi\u2019s record-breaking smash \u201cDespacito\u201d ft. Daddy Yankee, Mark Ronson\u2019s \u201cUptown Funk\u201d ft. Bruno Mars, Wiz Khalifa\u2019s \u201cSee You Again\u201d ft. Charlie Puth, Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cSorry,\u201d Blackpink\u2019s \u201cHow You Like That,\u201d BTS\u2019 \u201cBoy With Luv\u201d ft. Halsey, Drake\u2019s \u201dHotline Bling,\u201d A-ha\u2019s \u201cTake on Me,\u201d Shakira\u2019s \u201cWaka Waka (This Time for Africa),\u201d Cardi B\u2019s \u201cBodak Yellow,\u201d Metallica\u2019s \u201cNothing Else Matters,\u201d Billie Eilish\u2019s \u201cBad Guy,\u201d Ozuna\u2019s \u201cSe Prepar\u00f3,\u201d Rihanna\u2019s \u201cDiamonds,\u201d Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cAnaconda,\u201d Maluma\u2019s \u201cFelices Los 4\u2033 and Coolio\u2019s 1995 hit \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"padding -bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Related Videos<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_93997\"  width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  data-origwidth=\"1140\" data-origheight=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QoDKGCcQFEY?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_50745\"  width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  data-origwidth=\"1140\" data-origheight=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9cWHx9F_BIA?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialGangnam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by OfficialGangnam<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday, July 15, marks the 10th anniversary of Psy\u2019s \u201cGangnam Style\u201d music video release \u2014 and the Korean artist\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28197,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196\/revisions\/28197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}