"Gangnam Style," the wildly popular pop song from artist Psy that gripped the Web in 2012, will soon reach 2 billion views on YouTube, making it by far the most popular video every uploaded to the site.
As of this writing, "Gangnam Style" has tallied more than 1,997,000,000 views on YouTube, leaving it with under 3 million views to reach the milestone. The video was posted on YouTube on July 15, 2012. In December that year, it became the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views.
After it came out in 2012, Psy's song was everywhere. The song was on all major television shows, Psy performed everywhere one could imagine, and several parodies hit the Web (and YouTube). It has now entered the pantheon on songs that live on at proms and weddings.
It's worth noting that the official "Gangnam Style" video is closing in on 2 billion views. There are several versions of the video on YouTube that have several million views, but YouTube is counting only the official video's views in its tally. It's likely that the video, across all the versions on YouTube, has been viewed much more than 2 billion times.
The success of "Gangnam Style" on YouTube has been nothing short of astounding. The title is easily outpacing the second-place video, Justin Bieber's "Baby" music video, which has a little over 1 billion views.
Judging by the pace at which the video is being viewed, it seems likely that "Gangnam Style" will surpass the 2 billion mark sometime this week.
Psy is a bit of a YouTube giant. In addition to having the most-popular video on the site, his other track, "Gentleman," is the seventh-most-popular video of all time. That video is nearing 700 million video views.
CNET has contacted YouTube for comment. We will update this story when we have more information.
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