PSY is taking over YouTube once again with his recording-breaking single “Gentleman”. The South Korean rapper’s new single shattered YouTube’s previous record for most views in a 24-hour period with 20 million hits. Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” had previously held the record with 8 million views in its first 24 hours. Now after only three days on YouTube “Gentleman” has already racked up over 94 million views.
“51 million views in 40 hours!!My God!!” PSY tweeted on Monday.
The song is taking world music charts by storm, already climbing to #8 in Great Britain and #7 in Australia, according to Apple iTunes. Overall the song is ranked at #21 worldwide, comparatively “Gentleman” was ranked at #90 when it was released on Saturday night.
PSY is no stranger to overnight success. His hit single “Gangnam Style” is the most popular viral song of all time with over 1.5 billion views on YouTube, making PSY the only artist to have over a billion views on a single music video.
