Gangnam Styling All Across the USA-

PSY’s growing popularity, all across the world, not just in the USA, has been a well discussed topic among kpop fans ever since the release of his single Gangnam Style. And, to be fair, plenty of other Korean artists have recieved wide recognition from international fans before, but never quite as large of a scale as PSY.

In my area, in the midwest of the United States, the number of kpop fans is quite small, and very few people in the area know anything about kpop. Even here, where the number of Koreans is small and the number of kpop fans even less, when I mention  ’South Korea’ I get a response along the lines of “Oh, Korea? Like PSY and that one song Gangnam Style?”. And while the pronunciation of PSY may make me cringe, most people here not only know a fair amount about him, but also love Gangnam Style and can do the dance! And, on Sunday, when I turned on the radio, what should I hear but PSY’s voice coming from the speakers saying “Heeeeeeeeey sexy laaadyyyyyy”. And the local radio DJ described PSY as something along the lines of a delicious combination of chocolate and peanut butter. I don’t know about you, but I think that means PSY has a pretty amazing song.

So congratulations to PSY! Not only does he totally own the number one spots on both youtube and itunes, but he has also done what no kpop artist has ever done before; get his song on the radio in the heart of the midwest of the USA.

(Source: Mix 93.3 Kansas City)

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Psy’s “Gangnam Style listed on Guinness Book of World Records

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” has been listed on Guinness Book of World Records.

On September 20, Guinness Book of World Records revealed on their official homepage, “Gangnam Style has the most likes in the Youtube history.”

Psy’s “Gangnam Style reached 2,238,838 likes. The previous record holder was Electric Duo, LMFAO which had 1.5 million likes.

Dan Barrett, the manager of World Record community praised the song by saying, “I would have never imagined this would happen one year ago. This is an outstanding remark. I hope that people will commemorate this song when they look at other K pop hit songs.”

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” has brought “Psy fever” across the world by ranking first place on iTunes in eighteen countries and exceeding 200million views on Youtube.

Source: Xportsnews

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Psy gains public favor in USA: “He is a humble yet amazing entertainer”

World wide singer Psy is receiving an explosive response in the United States.

Psy, who is currently staying in the States, is continuously appearing on local media outlets. He appears on several TV and radio programs and has had many favorable articles published about him with quotes from an interview with Scooter Braun.

During the interview, Psy said, “I’m still walking down the street like, ‘Why I’m here? Why I’m here?’ You know, I’ve done this 12 years in Korea, and I’m rookie here now. I never expect I would become a K-pop star.” He also talked about when he was attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Scooter Braun said, ”He came over to the States and we started talking business and PSY said, ‘Well this is very nice, but I’d rather just take you to Koreatown tonight and drink.”

On September 18, a music video for “Gangnam Style” received over 200 million hits on YouTube. Psy tweeted in English, “Got 200 million views! Thanks everybody!”

Source: TV Report

Psy’s “Gangnam Style”s is people’s favorite on YouTube

The music video of Psy’s “Gangnam Style” has recently been selected as people’s favorite on YouTube.

On September 17, the Hallyu Research Center reported that “Gangnam Style” is maintaining dominant position on YouTube, beating “Party Rock Anthem,” by over 200,000 votes. On YouTube, people can click “Like” when they like the video, and from the people’s votes, the most liked video gets selected.

The music video of “Gangnam Style” ranked first, receiving 1.8 million “Likes.” The American electronic hip-hop duo LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” was topping the chart with 1.57 million votes, but on September 13, it was beaten by Psy’s “Gangnam Style.” It’s also a considerable amount of votes when it’s compared to that of Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” which is 1.32 million.

The research center thinks the music video of “Gangnam Style” will still receive more votes. The music video has been watched by almost two hundred million people. It’s expected to be watched by three hundred million people within October and five hundred million people within November. The music video received a hundred million hits in only 52 days, which is faster than Justin Beiber’s “Baby (52 days),” and Beyonce’s “Single Lady (114 days).”

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is the only Korean song, which captivated people from all over the world.

Visible Measures, a world-renowned independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video publishers, reported that all videos related to the music video of “Gangnam Style” have received over 3.5 million hits as of September 15. This record has been set in only 59 days, which is considerably faster than Justin Bieber’s “Baby (109 days)” and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe (112 days).”

Source: TV Report

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Japanese netizens arouses suspicion, “Gangnam Style is plagiarized?”

Japanese netizens are raising suspicion about “Gangnam Style” plagiarizing a choreography.

Previously on an online community site on September 14, one netizen wrote a post and uploaded a video of a car center advertisement.

The video shows people in yellow cowboy hats turning their hands while holding a rope.

The writer of the post is claiming that “Gangnam Style” copied off of this advertisement.

Netizens commented: “This is for sure. He did plagiarize.” “He copied way too much.”

However, Korean netizens are saying, “It’s nonsense.” “In this case, wearing cowboy hats would also be plagiarism.” “There must be thousands of horse dances in the world.”

Source: Starnews

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PSY and His Continuing ‘Gangnam Style’ Legacy on Ellen

He is literally not stopping as if dancing on top of hot charcoal – it’s YG Entertainment‘s unpredictable singer, Psy,that has landed more media coverage than he ever expected for his sixth-half album release. Venturing to the States for a Korean star has been a rocky road with mixed reviews, but he has charted a different route – a route that he, doesn’t even tread on his own.

By the help of internet virality, his title track Gangnam Style has won millions of views and landed a proper contract deal in USA with Justin Bieber’s manager – something Drunken Tiger JK, who told us in May for a duet with the teen bopper star, didn’t get offered.

A few weeks back, singer Nelly Furtado has had a small rendition of the invisible horse-riding dance popularized by the song in her Manila concert. Ryan Seacreast gets a one one lesson. That is not, ultimately, an exclusive. Teaching outside of Katsuya in Hollywood and now presenting himself – politely – on Ellen DeGeneres’ show, Ellen, he teaches the mega pop star Britney Spears and the host Ellen herself on the dance move. Even Britney has Tweeted and popularize her own hashtag ‘#BritneyDoingGangnam‘. We will leave your ideas up for that but with this appearance, we should still be proud of his giddy face and giddy success for his giddy-up! dance. Keep on rocking your moves, Psy! Check out the video below of his appearance on Ellen:

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Psy dances with Britney Spears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Singer Psy, currently popular all over the world, recently danced with Britney Spears.

A picture of Psy shooting the popular American TV talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show was recently uploaded on an online community board. Psy appeared on the show as a guest because of his popularity in America for “Gangnam Style,” the lead track of his sixth album.

Appearing on the show with Britney Spears and Simon Cowell, he taught them part of the choreography of “Gangnam Style,” getting an enthusiastic response from the audience.

Spears once tweeted that she wants to learn part of the choreography of “Gangnam Style,” showing her interest in the music video of the song.

Psy also received an enthusiastic response at the 2012 MTV VMA, which was held at Staples Center in LA on September 7.

Source: TV Report

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Psy Signs to Scooter Braun’s Label, Will Appear at MTV VMAs

Psy, the Korean pop star and U.S. viral video sensation, uploaded a short clip on his official YouTube channel Monday showing music exec Scooter Braun and himself sharing a drink and making a big announcement: Sources have confirmed to Billboard that Psy has signed to Braun’s Schoolboy Records, part of Universal Republic.

“We’ve been hanging out in California for four days,” Braun, Justin Bieber’s manager, says in the clip. “And we’ve come to an agreement to make some history together. [To] be the first Korean artist to break a big record in the United States.”

To mark the international moment the two take a large gulp of native Korean alcohol soju with Braun toasting, “To Psy, to Korea, to breaking down barriers, to the future.”

Psy is best known around the world for his viral music video sensation

“Gangnam Style” which this past summer has received nearly 100 million views

– though the work was never intended for American audiences.

‘Gangnam Style’ Helps Psy Dance to No. 1 on Social 50 Chart

That future looks bright as Psy will have a major platform to up his American awareness at this week at the MTV Video Music Awards. In the same report that announced Psy’s signing, it was also confirmed that he will make an appearance on the VMA stage this Thursday.

The announcement comes as an official attempt to break “Gangnam Style,” a track sung almost entirely in Korean that went viral from its hilarious music video, in America. Psy’s Korean comeback track was not only a huge hit in his home country (it tied for the most weeks at No. 1 on the K-Pop Hot 100) but on the worldwide social media scene (he is the No. 1 artist on the Social 50 chart). “Gangnam Style” has slowly but surely gained digital downloads and radio play making a debut on the upcoming Hot 100 chart likely.

In addition to managing Justin Bieber, Braun has also signed Carly Rae Jepsen to his Schoolboy Records label and manages The Wanted in North America.

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Psy exceeds 100 million views on Youtube!

Singer Psy revealed his video exceeding 100 million views.

On the afternoon of September 4, Psy uploaded a picture on his Me2day captioned, “’Gangnam Style’ exceeds 100 million views, oh yeah! Thank you!”

The captured picture reveals the music video of “Gangnam Style” exceeding 100 million views.

Starting from July 15, Psy has been gaining a worldwide popularity in Korea, U.S, and England with the music video of “Gangnam Style.”

Netizens commented: “Our next goal is the world!” “Until the day when Obama does the horse dance!” “I should have bought some of YG’s stock.”

On September 4, Psy signed a contract with Scooter Braun, the manager of Justin Bieberand will soon be entering the U.S music industry.

Source: Starnews

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SNSD performs the popular horse dance from “Gangnam Style”

SNSD performed Psy’s horse dance.

Previously on September 1, SNSD held SNSD Diet Look Concert at Olympic Park in Woori Finance Art Hall.

Before the beginning of the actual concert, SNSD held an autograph session for the chosen hundred people who were selected beforehand. They performed “The Boys” “Gee” and “Mr. Taxi.”

SNSD was asked what singer they are jealous of. Sooyoung answered Psy, and all the members danced Gangnam Style on site due to the fans’ requests.

Netizens commented: “They look cute when doing the horse dance.” “Sunny seems to enjoy it.” “Sooyoung’s legs are very long.”

Source: TV Report

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“Gangnam Style” Dance Contest to be held in LA

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is drawing a lot of attention from all over the world.

Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, the United States, recently announced that they will hold a ‘Gangnam Style Dance Contest’ on September 1 through their official website.

They also posted a poster for the contest and featured Psy in the poster. The event is titled ‘Gangnam Style Party,’ where the winner receives a thousand dollar monetary prize.

The song, which is the title song from Psy’s sixth EP, includes an addictive refrain and unconventional choreography. It has ranked first on several music charts for over a month. A music video for the song is also receiving considerable attention on YouTube and several other social networks.

The video received over 70 million hits on YouTube and many pop stars, including, Justin Bieber and Britney Spears have praised the song.

Source: Xportsnews

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Gangnam Style reaches Italy

It has reached almost 70 millions view on YouTube and it’s first on the YouTube 100 chart,beating artists such as Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.
After conquering the whole Asia and America, the summer hit Gangnam Style by PSY has reached Europe and it has drawn the attention also of the Italian media,thanks to its catchy melody and hilarious video.
Last week the famous newspaper “Il Corriere della Sera” posted an article about it on its website,writing about the new Gangnam Style-Mania. Moreover also the newspaper “Il Corriere della Sera, SETTE” has dedicated to it an article.

Those are not the only ones, also the website “Varesenews” dedicated to PSY’s song an article in which they have written about the artist, the content of the song and its incredible worldwide success.
Other articles about K-Pop have already appeared in the most important Italian newspapers and in magazines ; moreover television,radio,webtelevision and webradio have already spoken about K-Pop artists too.

Step by step also the “Bel Paese”(Italy) is getting into K-pop and what about your country? 

Sources : YouTube 100 , Il Corriere della Sera , Varesenews

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