Finally! A song has replaced 2012's 'Gangnam Style' as Most Watched on Youtube
After four years of ruling the spot of most watched on Youtube, Psy's song slips to number 2 spot...
It took four years for a song to dethrone 'Gangnam Style' as Most watched on Youtube. Released in December 21, 2012 Psy's dance number became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views and it continued to be the most watched video on YouTube. In 2013, Psy declared his hit to be an 'accident' and said, "Gangnam was not standard - that was an accident and accidents don't happen often."
But it has happened. as American rapper Wiz Khalifa and singer Charlie Puth's See You Again' has surmounted the title of the 'most watched video' beating Psy's song.
Charlie Puth responded to this news with his tweet, "For the record, I joined @YouTube in 2007 hoping to make a video that would reach 10,000 views. Just heard about See You Again... wow.?"
Presently, South Korea's Gaon Chart hit has 2,896,302,566 views on YouTube whereas, the tribute to late actor Paul Walker single, "See You Again" is nearly about to reach the three billion mark with 2,903,040,753 views.
The views can exceed and reach the limit of 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, or more according to the new YouTube settings which were earlier changed during Psy's buzzer hit.
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