PSY creates 2nd "Macarena" boom with "Gangnam Style" music video reaching over 50 mln views

K-pop artist PSY poses in a blue-colored suit in a still-shot from his music video for "Gangnam Style," dropped on July 15, 2012. [YG Entertainment]

PSY, who is now as popular as K-pop idol groups like 2NE1 and Super Junior, has caught the eyes of over 50 million people around the world with his viral music video on YouTube.

The music video for “Gangnam Style,” which became available on July 15, has attracted 50,943,744 viewers as of Friday afternoon, his official YouTube channel showed.

The jaw-dropping record by PSY has broke records set by Girls' Generation's "The Boys" and became the first Korean artist to gather such a large number of crowd in the shortest time ever.

Even Hollywood big names such as singers Josh Groban, Robbie Williams, Katy Perry and hip-hop musician T-pain have suggested their followers to view PSY's music video adding its YouTube link on their official Twitter accounts.

PSY, whose Korean name is Park Jae-sang, broke into the music scene with his first studio album "Psy From the Psycho World" in 2001. He has since produced a slew of hit songs such as "Bird," "Champion" and "Celebrity."

Buoyed by his popularity in North America after being reported by American cable news channel CNN earlier this month, PSY has been making his appearance on American TV shows including entertainment channel VH1’s “Big Morning Buzz Live” on Wednesday.

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