Gangnam Style
2012 · Work
Psy's K-pop video is the first to reach a billion YouTube views, heralding global digital pop; UK No. 1 in 2012.
On these timelines: UK No. 1 Singles, UK Popular Music, Arts and Thoughts, Korea, Master
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- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Rein Me In (Sam Fender and Olivia Dean) (2026)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)
- Pop music: the 2020s (2020)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
Around 2012
- COVID-19 pandemic (2019)
- Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) (2006)
- Global financial crisis (2007)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)
- Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) (2017)
- iPhone launched (2007)
- Someone like You (Adele) (2011)
- I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber) (2019)
- Blinding Lights (The Weeknd) (2020)
- Drivers License (Olivia Rodrigo) (2021)