"Gangnam Style" first video to hit 1B YouTube views

The wildly popular "Gangnam Style" music video by Psy has gone where no YouTube video has gone before.

Earlier today, the official video surged past 1 billion views, making it the first clip on the site to ever hit that mark, and the latest in a long line of feats for the popular video.

Last month, "Gangnam Style" surpassed pop star Justin Bieber's "Baby" video to become the most popular YouTube upload of all time. Bieber's video, which at the time had 805 million views, was beaten in just five months. As of this writing, "Baby" has 813 million video views.

"Gangnam Style" has also earned a Guinness World Records title as the most-liked video in YouTube history with over two million digital thumbs up.

Still, the march to 1 billion could have come sooner, suggesting the video's popularity may be ebbing. Last month, marketing blog Wordstream reported that the video was being viewed 4,000 times each minute, leading it to predict that it would hit 1 billion views by December 11. It missed that mark by 10 days.

As if you needed help finding the video, here it is for those who just can't quite get enough:

This article originally appeared on CNET.

[micmac666]

The dance step is the "Pony" from the 60's. Ask grandma. There was a popular song about the "Pony", "Jerk", "Mashed Potatoes", "Boogaloo", etc.

[will1199]

i have to hand it to psy he has broken the national bounareis of one the few universal langues, music ,and has made something made in Asia popular, i wonder if he will fade out or continue to be successful , i think he will though he looks like a smart guy

[MrSander]

This is exactly what the world needed to recover from the memory of Rebecca Black's Friday music video. Thanks Psy.

[sonyaki]

Kangnam style" spreads happy virus around the world !!!
Thanks psy !!!

[legacyabq]

LOL wow Korean chicks sure are hot

[sonyaki]

Glad it reached the milestone today. He has managed to do what no government in the world has done and that is to unite countless millions of people all over the world into a common purpose. Maybe it seems inconsequential to many people but it is not. Who would have expected people from most if not every nation to view a video by a 34 year old man from Korea. What Psy and this video have done is very special. I'm old and I joined children young enough to be my grandchildren in reaching this goal.

Carmen Ortiz