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The video to the global hit song Gangnam Style has become the most-watched in YouTube's history. It has had almost 825 million in the past five months and is moving quickly one billion. The video currently has 5,473,726 likes and 338,504 dislikes. Canadian teen Justin Bieber previously the record for the most YouTube views with his 2010 blockbuster Baby. Gangnam Style is by 34-year-old South Korean singer Psy. His dance and catchy tune have the imagination of millions of people worldwide. The video pokes at the glitzy Gangnam district of South Korea's capital Seoul. In it, he is seen dancing around the city to ride a horse and twirl a lasso.

Gangnam Style first on YouTube in July. It took just five months to the 800-million mark, over two years quicker than Bieber's song. A statement from YouTube Trends called the in popularity of the video as "unprecedented". It said: "The video has been a hit at a global level anything we've ever seen before. Each day, Gangnam Style is still being watched between 7 and 10 million times." The dance has to thousands of videos being posted online, each with their own of it. Even U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attempted it. Mr Ban joked: “I'm a jealous. Until two days ago, someone told me I was the most famous Korean in the world. Now I have to that.”

 


 
 

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