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http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/14128/20120915/psy-no-1-on-billboard-social
-50.htm
Psy Proudly Stands at No.1 on Billboard Social 50 'Record Breaking Results'
September 15, 2012 9:54 AM EDT
Singer Psy, who is causing up a storm in the music industry in the United
States, placed first place on the Billboard Social 50 Chart with record
breaking results for a K-Pop artist.
Today, the official homepage of Billboard shows Psy's "Gangnam Style" as No.1
on the Social 50 chart. Representatives from Billboard suggested that Psy's
appearance/performance at the MTV Video Music Awards brought him all the
added media attention.
Psy has already made it into Billboard's main Hot 100 Chart as the 64th
place. Prior to Psy, the Wonder Girls' "Nobody" was the highest ranking
Korean song when it rose to 76th place back in 2009. At the time, the Wonder
Girls was in the midst of their promotion in the United States and their
album was recreated into an English version unlike Psy's "Gangnam Style",
which is completely in Korean.
It is the first time a Korean artist received this type of attention
globally. Psy's "Gangnam Style" is ranked number 1 on the iTunes chart of 18
different countries in the world not to mention the music video's view count
on YouTube, which has exceeded far beyond 175 million.
Meanwhile, Psy appeared on the Today Show yesterday morning to perform
"Gangnam Style" in front of his New York fans.
http://www.spin.com/articles/psy-gangnam-style-ryan-seacrest-interview-k-pop
PSY's Seacrest Interview: 10 Things You Didn't Know About K-Pop's New
Sensation
September 14 2012, 5:42 PM ET
by Chris Martins
The 'Gangnam Style' singer takes of his sunglasses for a serious chat
PSY's "Gangnam Style" is up to nearly 170 million YouTube views and until
recently, the South Korean musician who made the thing has only existed on
screen to most of those viewers. But after signing with Team Bieber earlier
this month, PSY's been hanging out here in the States, doing a victory lap
that mostly consists of doing his silly dance at the behest of famous
Americans. But one brave fella has made a point to get to know the man behind
the meme and that intrepid soul is ... Ryan Seacrest?!
Yep. PSY stopped by On Air With Ryan Seacrest and the host posted the
two-part video interview this week. The first sign that he might be taking a
more engaged tack come with the first question: "Now your full name is what,
PSY?" And a poignantly sunglasses-less PSY lights up like a Christmas tree
(or whatever they have in Korea) responding, "My original name is Jae-Sang
Park, so it's totally different." That's not all that's different. We've
rounded up the revelations from the interview here.
1) PSY is a daddy: "I have twins. They are 4 years old. They know the word
'concert,' so they know father's job is 'concert,' and they prefer concert
[over] father."
2) He's a classically trained dropout: "I was at Berklee College of Music in
Boston, but [I was] a freshman for four years. Class was too early for me.
Yeah, freshman for four years — I was so fresh, ya know?"
3) He's humble: "I'm still walking down the street like, 'Why I'm here? Why
I'm here?' You know, I've done this 12 years in Korea, and I'm rookie here
now. I never expect I would become a K-pop star."
4) He may give Usher dance lessons: "I had a conversation with him and what I
[told] him was, 'I wanna teach you how to dance.'' What did Usher say back?
"He laughed all night long."
5) He's folksy. From manager Scooter Braun: "He came over to the States and
we started talking business and PSY said, 'Well this is very nice, but I'd
rather just take you to Koreatown tonight and drink."
6) He's a mentor: "Most of the K-pop artists are boy bands or girl bands.
Most of them are junior to me, so ... it was my job [to] buy a drink for the
juniors that go overseas — 'Hey, cheer up, [keep] fighting.'"
7) On his inspiration: "Gangnam is a certain territory in Korea that's noble
in daytime and going crazy at nighttime, so I described a [hey! sexy] lady
and gentleman [from that territory.]"
8) He'll drink you under the table: "I didn't speak any English when I
arrived here [but] I was very good at drinking. [It was my] third day in the
U.S., so I talked to the other students, 'Let's have a drink.' They said,
'How can you get the drinks? We are not allowed?' And I said, 'I can buy it
in Chinatown.' So I bought it and we drank in my room and we get crazy all
night long and they don't have enough tolerance for that, so they all
starting throwing up. Suddenly there came four or five ambulances and they
kept asking, 'Hey, why, did you do that?' My English was really horrible, so
the only words I had were, 'Not me!'"
9) "Korean age is different than yours." WHAT? "They count one year when
they're born. So my birthday was Dec 31, so I got one year, and the next day,
I got 2 years old."
10) His general ethos: "I try to dress classy and dance cheesy."
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