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PSY's Gangam Style Tops Bieber's Baby To Become Most Viewed YouTube Video Ever

Gangnam Style vs. Baby

PSY’s ubiquitious Gangnam Style video just passed Justin Bieber’s Baby as the most viewed YouTube video ever. It has currently clocked 803,761,928 views. According to ChannelMeter, Gangnam Style had its best day ever on Oct. 28, when the video was viewed 24,563,506 times. Since it premiered 132 days ago, it has averaged 6.1 million daily views. ChannelMeter now predicts Gangam Style will be the first video in history to reach 1 billion views on Dec. 16, 2012.

 

'Gangnam Style' (and spoofs) hit 1.2 billion views

Gangnam Style

Only about a third of those "Gangnam Style" plays, 438 million, have been of the original video.

 

Arcade Fire, Google Create First HTML5-Powered Music Video

Alternative band Arcade Fire has collaborated with Google to make an interactive music video using HTML5 through Google Chrome.

 

Hulu Begins Flirting with Music Videos

As a joint venture between Disney, Fox and NBC Universal, Hulu is best known for its free and extensive library of TV shows and movies.

 

YouTube, Warner Music Strike Deal To Bring Back Music Videos

YouTube, Warner Music Strike Deal To Bring Back Music Videos

Warner Music Group has completed a deal with YouTube that will bring back music videos for Green Day, U2, Madonna and other artists to the video-sharing site from which they were removed in December, according to two executives familiar with the talks.

Warner has also commenced talks with Vevo, the "Hulu for music" joint venture between YouTube and Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainments.

 

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