вЂњUsually people donвЂ™t sing the same thing twice,вЂќ he said, imploring the audience to join in. Psy saved it for rather late in the show, then still later did it again. вЂњGangnam Style,вЂќ of course, had to be the number the audience wanted most. Here was the waveвЂ™s biggest sensation running through one number after another, responding to shouts in English of вЂњencore, encoreвЂќ with still more singing and dancing. We accepted American culture.вЂќДЄt last nightвЂ™s concert, the Korean wave, or hallyu, lapped up on Korean shores after having washed over audiences from Japan to the US, from China to Europe. ItвЂ™s not familiar to the people of the world. вЂњWhy not French or Japanese or Chinese?вЂќ he asks. Han acknowledges вЂњsome people dislike American cultureвЂќ but says the relationship between Korean and American styles is unavoidable. We made the Korean wave from American culture.вЂќ вЂњThen they found similar and friendly culture from Korea. вЂњPeople like American culture,вЂќ says Han Koo-hyun, director of the Korean Wave Research Institute here. вЂњHe said if вЂGangnam StyleвЂ™ hit the Billboard chart, he would have a concert in front of a crowd in Seoul City Hall Plaza,вЂќ says Lauren Suk, an official in the new glass-walled city hall that looms above the plaza. It was, in fact, a homecoming welcome for an overnight sensation whose вЂњ Gangnam Style,вЂќ a paean to the lush life in KoreaвЂ™s richest district, is topping the charts in the US and Britain and is heard and seen on screens all over Korea. вЂњI knew one of these K-pop stars would hit the world,вЂќ Psy tells his cheering audience, вЂњbut I didnвЂ™t know it would be me.вЂќ

The K-pop вЂ“ or Korean pop music вЂ“ star, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, launched into two hours of prancing, singing, and rapping backed up by a dozen dancers. вЂњPsy, Psy,вЂќ they yelled as he appeared from the shadows of the set. In years past it was unthinkable that something would be viewed a hundred million times, and now 'Gangnam Style' has achieved more than twice this figure in just 3 months on YouTube.The figure on the sprawling stage was barely visible to most of the 80,000 people massed on the Seoul City Hall plaza but came through far larger than life on three huge screens high above.

This also marks the first time a South Korean artist has topped the iTunes charts.Дan Barrett, Guinness World Records Community Manager, comments, 'Having been the 'Have you seen this?!' video of the last two months across the web, it's great to be able to award a record for this tremendously popular video. 'Gangnam Style', his most successful single to date, is the most viewed K-Pop video on YouTube. PSY (real name: Park Jae-Sang) is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and rapper. The closest competitors for most liked video on YouTube include LMFAO's 'Party Rock Anthem' (1,574,963 likes), Justin's Bieber's 'Baby' (1,327,147 likes) and Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' (1,245,641 likes). 'Gangnam Style', which has only been available to view since the 15th of July, has been 'liked' in excess of 2,141,758 times, making it the most liked video in YouTube history. Korean Pop Superstar 'PSY' has already achieved quite a lot with his video for 'Gangnam style', and now he can add a Guinness World Record to that list.

Who sang gangnam style