Viral star PSY has reached a new milestone onYouTube.
The South Korean rapper's video for "Gangnam Style"has reached 1 billion views, according to YouTube's counter. It's the firsttime any clip has surpassed that mark on the streaming service owned by GoogleInc.
The self-deprecating video features Park Jae-sang's giddyup-style dance moves. The video has been available on YouTube since July 15,averaging more than 200 million views per month.
Justin Bieber's video for "Baby" held the previousYouTube record at more than 800 million views.
Earlier this month Google announced "Gangnam Style"was the second-highest trending search of 2012 behind Whitney Houston, died inFebruary.