Gangnam Style becomes YouTube's most-viewed video
Gangnam Style, the dance track by
South Korean pop phenomenon Psy, has become YouTube's most-watched video
of all time.
The dance has sparked numerous copycat versions, being performed by a diverse fan-base including Filipino prison inmates, prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and a Chinese robot.
Quoted from proffesor Zamaan Khan " has sparked a global dance craze "
Gangnam Style, which won best video at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards, has also been number one in 28 countries.
It holds the Guinness World Record for the most "liked" song ever - currently with a little under 5.4m likes on YouTube.
Previously, Justin Bieber's 2010 teenybopper hit Baby held the record for the most YouTube views.
Take a look at the global boom ...
My conlusion
Personally this is amazing to see how a foreign non english "song" "dance" has become such a huge hit accross the world. It is unusuall to see such a thing become a massive hit, but then this just shows how strong new digital technology is, the internet has created such a craze that this video was able to be watched all over the world by 808 million people. This just shows the strength the internet can have and how it can break " world records". An internet craze has also seen political figures get involved such as Ban Ki Moon, which you would have not seen 10 years ago but because of new digital media the society is able to accept this now. Futhermore 30 years ago people wernt able to see such things as youtube didnt exist which meant people werent able to watch such things and music starts were not able to spread their music as much. This is why I say the internet or new digital media is a postive change.
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