Remember “Gangnam Style”?
Of course you do. The infectious song and accompanying ludicrously fun music video – which introduced the invisible-horse dance to the world – was inescapable in 2012 (and at pretty much every wedding or celebratory event with a dance floor thereafter).
On Dec. 21, 2012, “Gangnam Style”, from South Korean performer Psy, became the first music video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. It eventually “broke” YouTube's play counter when it exceeded the then-maximum of 2.14 billion.
The mega-hit, which references the lifestyle associated with the affluent Gangnam District of Seoul, reigned supreme on YouTube for almost five years. It was dethroned by Wiz Khalifa's video for “See You Again” featuring Charlie Puth in July 2017.
As big as “Gangnam Style” was, how does it measure up to other hits of the decade?
Pretty well, actually.
It’s currently sitting in fifth place of YouTube's most-viewed music videos, behind other viral earworms such as “Despacito” and “Uptown Funk.”
Here are an updated list of YouTube’s 15 most-viewed music videos, as of press time.
No. 1: Luis Fonsi, “Despacito featuring Daddy Yankee”
6,569,835,734
No. 2: Ed Sheeran, “Shape of You” - 4,531,053,910
No. 3: Wiz Khalifa, “See You Again featuring Charlie Puth” - 4,333,523,544
No. 4: Mark Ronson, “Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars” - 3,741,197,974
No. 5: Psy, “Gangnam Style” - 3,477,314,641
No. 6: Justin Bieber, “Sorry” - 3,229,254,365
No. 7: Maroon 5, “Sugar” - 3,092,853,473
No. 8: Katy Perry, “Roar” - 2,973,177,187
No. 9: OneRepublic, “Counting Stars” 2,889,510,064
No. 10: Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud” - 2,871,085,967
No. 11: Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off” - 2,857,356,355
No. 12: Enrique Iglesias, “Bailando featuring Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona” - 2,797,048,338
No. 13: Major Lazer & DJ Snake, “Lean On featuring MØ” - 2,703,617,488
No. 14: Katy Perry, “Dark Horse featuring Juicy J” - 2,695,277,975
No. 15: Alan Walker, “Faded” - 2,602,122,762
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