PSY proves himself 'Gangnam style' by willingly purchasing 30,000 copies of own album

PSY walks out from a parking lot with his female backdancers in the music video for "Gangnam Style," the title song of his sixth studio album "Six rules, Pt. 1" released on July 15, 2012. [YG Entertainment]

Korean musician PSY has expressed his excitement over this Saturday's sold-out concert and has come up with a way to show his appreciation to a full house of 30,000.

“I'm keeping my promise with an overwhelming joy! I've bought 30,000 copies of “Six Rules, Part. 1” to give away to the audiences at 'Summer Stand'!,” the “Gangnam Style” singer wrote on me2day, Korea's social network service, Monday.

The artist has initially pledged to buy his own albums to hand out to all 30,000 ready-to-go-crazy concertgoers if "Summer Stand," his signature summer concert opening at Seoul’s Jamsil Sports Complex on August 11, sells out.

The smash-hit album is faring well on major music sales and streaming charts in and out of Korea since its release on July 15, including Billboard's K-POP Hot 100 chart.

The sensational music video for the title song "Gangnam Style" has already hit over 17.6 million views on YouTube, and generated dozens of cover videos on the website such as “Hongdae Style” and “Daegu Style."

As 'Gangnam' refers to an affluent part of Seoul in Korea, the parody videos have been shot in famous places in the country-- Seoul's indie music and arts district Hongdae and the southern city of Daegu.

PSY, born Park Jae-sang, made his local debut with the first album "Psy From the Psycho World" in 2001. He is well known for his hit songs "Bird," "Champion" and "Celebrity."

Meanwhile, the 36-year-old singer was recently announced as one of the judges of Mnet's auditionprogram "Superstar K4," alongside singer Lee Seung-chul and hip-hop artist Yoon Mirae.

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