May 29 – The song that became a rage two years back is about to reach another milestone. The hit song Gangnam Style by South Korean rapper Psy is on its way to reach 2 billion views in YouTube making it the most popular video ever uploaded to the site.
The video has by now garnered 1,997,919,869 views on YouTube, leaving it with less than 3 million views needed to reach the milestone. The video was posted on YouTube on July 15, 2012.
The 34-year-old rapper to fame since his Gangnam Style video- in which he performs his now famous horse-riding dance- became a worldwide hit. His other track, Gentleman, is the seventh most-popular video of all time. At number 2 is Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” which has just over 1 billion views. The song is a tribute to an upmarket neighbourhood in Seoul.
-INDIA TODAY
