“Gangnam Style” became the most watched YouTube video of all time, overtaking Justin Bieber The rap — named after a neighborhood of Seoul — spawned countless parodies Advertisers, campaigners and sometimes hapless individuals’ videos have also gone viral London (CNN) — It is a guilty pleasure of anyone supposed to be working, and a time-waster that has kept millions of us up far too late at night. Viral videos — from pop videos to advertising, parodies to accidental hits — have been entertaining, and occasionally informing, us like never before in 2012. Here is CNN’s selection of some of the top viral videos this year. Most watched viral video of all time: Psy: ‘Gangnam Style’ “Gangnam Style” (Korean: 강남스타일, IPA: [kaŋnam sɯtʰail]) is a K-pop single by the South Korean musician PSY. The song was released in July 2012 as the lead single of his sixth studio album PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1, and debuted at number one on South Korea’s Gaon Chart. On December 21, 2012, at around 15:50 UTC,[5] “Gangnam Style” became the first video in the history of the Internet to be viewed more than a billion times.[6] As of December 25, 2012, the music video has been viewed over 1 billion times on YouTube, and it is the site’s most watched video after surpassing Justin Bieber’s single “Baby”.[7] The phrase “Gangnam Style” is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. The song and its accompanying music video went viral in August 2012 …
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