Psy
Park Jae Sang, more commonly known as PSY, is a Korean singer, rapper, song-writer, and television personality. He is mainly known in Korea, but just recently became popular throughout the rest of the world with his hit single "Oppa Gangnam Style." According to an article from The Hollywood Reporter, this song, in the month of August 2012, not only became the top song on the itunes charts, which had never before been done by a Korean, but had also become the most watched YouTube video of that month. Just two months later in November, his video became the most watched YouTube video of all time, and not much longer after, it gained 1 billions views (Stutz). Since then he has become very popular and very well known not only in America, but the rest of the world.
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One of the main reasons that Psy and "Oppa Gangnam Style" became so popular was that it was put on YouTube. Of course, not all videos get spread as much as this one, but YouTube is a free service offered just about everywhere on Earth that there is internet. Alternatively, not all of his success came from YouTube, but receiving over 1 billion views definitely has helped him to get his name out there. Whether he got money from viewers watching advertisements or got opportunities from the right people seeing his video, going viral on YouTube has affected his career for the better.