Psy
Park Jae -sang ( Kor. 박재상; born December 31, 1977 in Seoul) is a South Korean singer and rapper, better known by his stage name Psy ( pronunciation: [ saɪ ] Hangeul: 싸이 ).
Biography
1977-1995: Childhood and youth
Park Jae -sang spent his early years in Seoul's Gangnam neighborhood, where his father worked as an entrepreneur.
1996-2000: Studies in the United States
In 1996, park his studies in the U.S. at Boston University, but it broke after a short time again. In 1998, he wrote, again in Boston, at the Berklee College of Music and took there many core courses. In 2000 he returned to his hometown, but without having obtained a university degree.
2001-2009: Early career and first successes
In January 2001, published his debut album Psy PSY from the Psycho World! 2006 won Psy at the Mnet Asian Music Awards the Best Video Performer of the Year Award.
In South Korea, a general conscription applies to men aged 18 to 35 years. From 2008-2009 Psy did his military service.
2010-2012: Change to YG Entertainment
Psys absence in the K-pop music industry meant that it gradually fell into financial difficulties. In order to grow professionally, he moved to YG Entertainment, a South Korean artist agency and K-pop music label.
As the South Korean music market is comparatively small, the Korean music labels prefer upload their K- pop songs on Youtube, so as to reach a worldwide audience. Through the Korean wave feature K- pop artists with a large level of awareness, especially in parts of South America, Southeast Asia and Japan. On January 7, 2012 Psy met with the Big Bang and 2NE1 in front of 80,000 fans in Osaka on. It was Psys first musical appearance abroad.
2012 until today: Gangnam style and the international break
On July 15, 2012 Gangnam style was released by his record label YG Entertainment. In the U.S. alone the song over 4 million copies bought. Numerous U.S. media designated 2012 as the year in which K -pop, not least thanks to the success of Gangnam style, reached the USA. Also, German media reported amplified by the success.
Worldwide, including Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Spain, South Korea and the Czech Republic reached top positions in the singles charts.
"It will be only a matter of time before K- Pop many other successful musicians like me brings forth. "
In April 2013, YG Entertainment and Psy began filming for the single gentleman. The single was on the day of its publication in South Korea's most downloaded titles. In the same year it was announced the Psy with Steven Tyler, lead singer of the band Aerosmith, has a celebrity guest for his new album.
Records
Psy holds quite a number of Guinness records, including:
- The 'most-watched online video " ( Gangnam Style)
- The " Most Likes on a Youtube Video" ( Gangnam Style)
- The "first video with one billion calls on YouTube " ( Gangnam Style)
- The " video with the most clicks ( 38 million ) within 24 hours " ( Gentleman )
Discography
- 2001: PSY from the Psycho World!
- 2002: Sat 2/Adult Only
- 2002: 3 PSY
- 2006: Ssa Jib (Cheap House)
- 2010: PSY Five
- 2012: PSY 's Best 6th (Part 1)
- 2001: Bird
- 2002: Singosik
- 2002: Bird 2 (feat. Kim Hyun- juk )
- 2002: Champion
- 2002: Paradise (feat. Lee Jae- hoon )
- 2006: Artists ( 2006)
- 2006: 2 Beautiful Goodbyes (feat. Lee Jae -Hoon )
- 2006: We Are the One
- 2006: Calling You Because It's Raining
- 2010: RIGHT NOW
- 2010: In My Eyes (feat. Lee Jae- hoon )
- 2010: THANK YOU ( feat. Seo In -young )
- 2011: It's kind
- 2012: Gangnam Style
- 2012: Oppa Is Just My Style (feat. Hyun A)
- 2013: Gentleman