

For those interested in the business side: a number of assessments and projections have been posted claiming “Gangnam Style” has generated over $8.1 million in advertising deals, hit more than 2.9 million in song downloads since July, and achieved other incredible feats!.Check out this video demonstrating some of our most popular YouTube searches this year. "Gangnam Style" was YouTube's top rising search of 2012 and on October 6th, we saw more than five million searches for “gangnam style” in a single day.PSY's own remix with Hyuna has 200 million views alone.

In fact, fan tributes to Gangnam Style are now being viewed 20 million times every single day.

In the past, music distribution was mostly regional. PSY's success is a great testament to the universal appeal of catchy music- and er, great equine dance moves. Today, a 34-year-old K-Pop artist made online video history when his viral video, Gangnam Style, smashed our records and became the first video ever to reach one billion views. A million views? You know what's cool? A billion views.
