{"id":172101,"date":"2026-07-21T10:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=172101"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:33:24","slug":"psy-becomes-the-first-kpop-artist-to-reach-6-billion-youtube-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/psy-becomes-the-first-kpop-artist-to-reach-6-billion-youtube-views\/","title":{"rendered":"PSY becomes the first KPop artist to reach 6 billion YouTube views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PSY continues to reach major milestones with his global hit \u201cGangnam Style,\u201d almost a decade after the track\u2019s release. As of July 20, 2026, the music video officially surpassed 6 billion views on YouTube, making it the first KPop music video to achieve that number. The visual was uploaded nearly 14 years ago, and it is still one of the most recognizable videos ever in the 2010s. Even after all these years, no other KPop music video has matched the record, proving the hit\u2019s legacy and long-lasting impact.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(\uac15\ub0a8\uc2a4\ud0c0\uc77c) M\/V\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9bZkp7q19f0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Released in 2012, \u201cGangnam Style\u201d became an international phenomenon thanks to its catchy chorus, viral horse riding dance, and humorous music video directed by Cho Soo-Hyun. The popular music video featured several scenes that quickly became part of pop culture, including PSY dancing in unusual locations and performing his famous moves attached to the song. That same year, \u201cGangnam Style\u201d became the first upload in YouTube history to reach 1 billion views, creating what is now known as the Billion Views Club. Since then, KPop artists such as BTS and BLACKPINK have also joined that group with their own hit music videos.<\/p>\n<p>The success of \u201cGangnam Style\u201d also extended to international music charts. The song climbed to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 in the UK Singles Chart, and #1 in the Australian Singles Chart. The success of the song helped introduce KPop to many international listeners who had not heard about the genre at that point. Although PSY last released the album PSY 9th in 2022, his biggest hit continues to attract millions of viewers, with \u201cGangnam Style\u201d as one of the most popular music videos ever released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSY continues to reach major milestones with his global hit \u201cGangnam Style,\u201d almost a decade after the track\u2019s release. As of July 20, 2026, the music video officially surpassed 6 billion views on YouTube, making it the first KPop music video to achieve that number. The visual was uploaded nearly 14 years ago, and it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":172102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[4025],"class_list":["post-172101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-psy"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172104,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172101\/revisions\/172104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}