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‘Gangnam Style’ goes double platinum in U.S.

By Claire Lee

Published : Nov. 11, 2012 - 19:11

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Pop singer Psy’s single “Gangnam Style,” which has more than 2 million digital single sales, and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America Inc. (RIAA) of the U.S. on Saturday.

The music video, a mock tribute to Seoul’s affluent Gangnam district, broke a number of world records since the single’s local release in July.

It last month broke the Guinness World Record for “Most Likes on YouTube” with 2,141,758, beating the previous record of LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” which had a record of 1,574, 963. The song has been on the No. 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the last seven consecutive weeks. 
Korean singer Psy poses before delivering his first public speech in English at the Oxford Union in Oxford, England, on Nov. 7. (AP-Yonhap News) Korean singer Psy poses before delivering his first public speech in English at the Oxford Union in Oxford, England, on Nov. 7. (AP-Yonhap News)

The music video has also now reached more than 692 million views on YouTube as of Sunday.

The rapper is currently on his European tour. He performed for some 20,000 people in Paris on Nov. 5, and gave his first public speech in English to the prestigious Oxford Union, a debating society whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford, on Nov. 7.

The singer is scheduled to attend the upcoming MTV Europe Music Awards, which will be held in Frankfurt on Nov. 11. He is heading to Los Angeles to attend and perform for the American Music Awards on Nov. 18. The rapper is also scheduled to appear on popular American late-night talk show “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” on Nov. 22.

By Claire Lee (dyc@heraldcorp.com)

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