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Psy's 'Gangnam Style' is first video to hit 1 billion views

Video beats out Bieber's 'Baby' for the achievement

 

Psy's 'Gangnam Style' is first video to hit 1 billion views Photo: WENN

Psy's 'Gangnam Style' recently hit the one billion views mark on YouTube, which makes it the first YouTube video to do so.

The South Korean hit beat Justin Bieber's 'Baby' video to claim the record, racking up the views since it was posted online in July this year.

According to Google, the video has been watched seven to ten million times a day on average - and that's not including the countless parody videos which have been posted online mimicking the video, such as 'Eton Style'.

While Google, as YouTube's owner, hasn't yet confirmed that 'Gangnam Style' has hit the one billion mark, several third party websites monitoring the video's progress have claimed it has.

The clip also won Best Music Video at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards.


Psy's 'Gangnam Style' could be included in UK dictionary

Just when we thought it was going away, it turns out that 'Gangnam Style' could in fact be here to stay.

Collins British dictionary have 12 words of the year every year, chosen from over 7,000 submissions to the online database. The words are chosen due to how often they're spoken and how likely they are to stay in conversation.

'Gangnam Style' has been selected as one of the words of the year, although this doesn't mean it will necessarily be added to the dictionary.

Watch Madonna and Psy perform a mash-up of 'Gangnam Style' below:

An exercise in subtlety: Psy performs live on Australian TV


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