PSY Breaks Another YouTube Record With Gentleman

South Korean pop star PSY has broken another Justin Bieber record on YouTube, this time with new single “Gentleman.”

The “Gangnam Style” rapper recorded 18.9 million views Saturday between the video’s 5 a.m. release and midnight, besting Bieber’s previous first-day record of 8 million views for “Beauty and the Beat.”

YouTube can measure only daily usage, so it’s unclear how many views the video had in its first full 24 hours. The short film “KONY 2012” holds the overall record for views in single day at 30 million.

PSY knocked off Bieber’s “Baby” in overall views last year when “Gangnam Style” surpassed 1 billion views. As of Monday morning, the video had been watched more than 1.5 billion times, nearly doubling “Baby” at 848 million.

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