'Gangnam Style' tops 200m views

South Korean pop sensation Park Jae-Sang posted another landmark Tuesday, when the video of his global-hit "Gangnam Style" notched 200 million views on YouTube, days after topping the US iTunes chart.

"Got 200 million views!!! Thx everybody!!!" Park, better known by his stage name "Psy", wrote on his Twitter account @psy_oppa.

The video, featuring Psy performing his signature "horse riding dance", went viral shortly after being posted on the video-sharing site in mid-July, turning the chubby, 34-year-old singer into an international star.

Recent appearances at the MTV awards in Los Angeles and on numerous prime-time US talk shows have boosted his profile even higher, pushing "Gangnam Style" to the top of the US iTunes Chart on Saturday.

Psy has also signed a contract with Justin Bieber's management agency, although he has some way to go to topple Bieber from the top of YouTube's all-time, most-viewed chart.

The teenage heart-throb's "Baby" video is currently closing in on 800 million views.

The video clip below was uploaded to Youtube on July 15, 2012 by officialpsy.

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Discussion 1 : 19/09/2012 at 12:24 AM
Where is that video that was on the BP site the other day where a bunch of Thais danced Gangnam Style?
Discussion 2 : 18/09/2012 at 12:01 PM
Don't really have anything against Gangnam Style but aren't there other trillion pop-dance music videos that are arguably better and might be better musically and lyrically?

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