Dec 182012
 

YouTube announced their Top Ten Videos of 2012 and to make things more interesting, they created a mash-up of the winners that has already picked up nearly nine million views since it was posted 17 hours ago.

Titled ‘Rewind YouTube Style 2012,’ the 4:15 clip is a parody of ‘Gangnam Style’ and ‘Call Me Maybe’ with references to the other hot videos that were “culturally defining moments” this year.

Their list of 2012′s most popular YouTube moments:  PSY-Gangnam was number one with over a billion views.  Landing in second place was cover song ‘Walk off the Earth’ picked up 140 million views, 31 million of them in a single day.

The rest of the Top 10: KONY 2012, Call Me Maybe – Bieber, Gomez, Pena, Epic Rap Battles – Obama vs. Romney, Dramatic Surprise, Why You Asking All Them Questions, Lindsay Stirling, Facebook Parenting and Stratos Highlights.

There is also a Behind the Scenes and Outtakes video.  It hasn’t caught on with the same level of interest, yet, but can boast 231,600 views so far.

Check out the Year in Review videos here.

Nov 262012
 

Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly watched countless versions of “Gangnam Style.”   South Korean rapper PSY posted his original rendition on YouTube in July and it has become the most viewed video of all time, kicking Justin Bieber‘s old record to the curb.

PSY’s “Gangnam Style” has been viewed over 825 million times, surpassing the Bieber hit “Baby,” the previous record holder with 805 million hits on YouTube since February 2010.

Everyone wants a piece of the PSY action, including talk show hosts and any number of musicians and celebrities who have invited him to appear during their television and stage performances.

This year’s AMA’s received wide praise for featuring an inspired performance by PSY and MC Hammer as the final act of the awards show — video here.

Check out PSY and Bieb’s YouTube hits below:

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