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Psy\u2019s \u2018Gangnam Style\u2019 closes on one billion views<\/p>\n
The video and its singer have been given walk-on roles in major world events like the US presidential election and major maybe-events like the Mayan alendar-inspired speculation about looming global armageddon.<\/p>\n
The timing of the one-billion views breakthrough looks set to dovetail with a viral social network hoax that had the 16th century French seer Nostradamus apparently referencing Psy as a harbinger of the December 21 apocalypse.<\/p>\n
And it comes less than a month after the video took the all-time \u201cmost-viewed\u201d title away from \u201cBaby\u201d by Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber. Bieber\u2019s effort was still in second place Friday with more than 812 million views.<\/p>\n
Although its imminent demise has been predicted many times, the Psy phenomenon has simply refused to die. Every time it has looked like fading, another parody, another celebrity or even another world leader has popped up to administer some publicity CPR and restore it to health.<\/p>\n
Rolling Stone put \u201cGangnam Style\u201d at number 25 on its top 50 list of best songs for 2012 and labelled Psy as \u201cSeoul Brother Number One.\u201d On the Billboard Hot 100 chart it peaked at number two.<\/p>\n
The song \u2014 which refers to a trendy Seoul district \u2014 has spawned a mini tribute video industry and has been co-opted by an impressive roster of big names, including Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.<\/p>\n
It earned Psy a contract with Bieber\u2019s management agency and a number of assessments and projections have been posted claiming \u201cGangnam Style\u201d has generated over $8.1 million in advertising deals.<\/p>\n
And the public has joined in, with tens of thousands turning out for giant flashmob performances of Psy\u2019s horse-riding dance in cities like Paris and Rome \u2014 even beauty spots like South America\u2019s majestic Iguazu waterfalls.<\/p>\n
The quirky star, whose real name is Park Jae-Sang, has won adulation in his homeland for the global hit and was this month awarded one of South Korea\u2019s highest cultural honours, the Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit.<\/p>\n
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El \u00e9xito de la canci\u00f3n ha permitido que tambi\u00e9n lo sea en los negocios pues ha generado m\u00e1s de 8.1 millones de d\u00f3lares en publicidad, de acuerdo con estimaciones, as\u00ed como 2.9 millones de descargas de la canci\u00f3n desde julio pasado.<\/p>\n