Psy

South Korean rapper

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2023 Released concert film 'Psy Soaking Show 2022'
2022 Psy released his 9th album, which charted at #20 on the Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) chart, #65 on the Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) chart, and #36 on the South Korean Albums (Gaon) chart.
2022 Psy released his 9th album featuring collaborations with artists like Sung Si-kyung, Heize, Jessi, Hwasa, Tablo, including tracks such as '9Intro', 'You Move Me', 'Sleepless', 'Ganji', 'Now', 'Hello Monday', and 'ForEver'
2022 Psy released singles 'Celeb', 'Happier' featuring Crush, and 'Everyday' as part of his 9th album
2022 'That That' achieved Platinum certification from KMCA (Korean Music Content Association)
2022 Psy performed his first concert in Dubai during the Expo 2020 on Korean national day event.
2022 Psy moved back to South Korea to start a record label located in the Gangnam district.
August 11 2022 Psy donated to the Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Association to support victims of the 2022 South Korean floods, demonstrating his philanthropic efforts during a natural disaster.
June 10 2022 Psy announced the tour schedule for 'Psy Soak Show SUMMER SWAG 2022', a domestic tour spanning 7 cities until August 20.
April 29 2022 Psy held a listening party for the album at a hotel in Seoul, explaining his motivations for releasing a physical album in the digital age, emphasizing the balance between old and new in K-Pop.
April 29 2022 Psy released his ninth studio album 'Psy 9th' with lead single 'That That' featuring Suga of BTS.
2021 Served as a judge for P Nation's Loud competition
December 30 2021 P Nation (Psy's publishing label) announced the album would be released in the following year after multiple delays.
June 5 2021 Loud premiered on SBS, featuring the collaborative boy group project with Park Jin-young.
April 26 2021 Psy announced a collaboration with Park Jin-young to form new boy groups through the show Loud.
2020 Psy performed a duet with Rain titled '나로 바꾸자 Switch to me'
September 16 2020 Psy signed Heize to P Nation.
2019 Psy completed the song 'Happier' before Crush joined his P Nation company.
2019 Psy originally planned to release the song 'Celeb' but delayed it to balance the album's emotional composition.
July 17 2019 Psy signed Crush to his label P Nation.
July 15 2019 Psy exclusively pre-released music videos for "Everyday", "Celeb", and "Happier" from his planned album.
January 27 2019 Psy signed Hyuna and Dawn to P Nation, who were formerly from Cube Entertainment.
January 25 2019 Psy founded his own label P Nation and signed his first artist Jessi.
2018 Psy began writing songs for his '9th' album during a five-year hiatus since his previous studio album, 4×2=8.
2018 Founds his own talent agency P Nation, establishing himself as an independent music entrepreneur.
May 15 2018 Psy officially left YG Entertainment after eight years of association.
2017 Released 4×2=8 album, which was Psy's last album before Psy 9th.
2017 Released album '4X2=8'
May 2017 Psy released his eighth studio album '4X2=8' with lead singles 'I Luv it' and 'New Face', featuring collaborations with G-Dragon and Taeyang. The 'I Luv It' music video featured Lee Byung-hun and Pikotaro, while the 'New Face' video starred Apink's Son Na-eun.
May 25 2017 Psy received a Diamond Play Button from YouTube for surpassing 10 million subscribers, becoming the first Asian solo artist to achieve this milestone.
2016 Psy appeared in the film 'From Vegas to Macau III', playing the role of Mr. Wong
2016 Served as a mentor on Heroes of Remix
December 1 2015 Psy released his seventh album 'Chiljip PSY-da' with double title tracks 'Daddy' and 'Napal Baji', featuring collaborations with CL and Will.i.am. The single 'Daddy' won a triple crown on Inkigayo.
March 28 2015 Psy released the music video for his song 'Father'.
December 1 2014 Psy's 'Gangnam Style' YouTube video exceeded the 32-bit integer view count, prompting a humorous comment from Google/YouTube about upgrading to a 64-bit integer.
June 9 2014 Psy released a new single 'Hangover', featuring American rapper Snoop Dogg, and announced plans to release a song titled 'Father'.
2013 Psy worked with Schmoyoho on the music video for 'DJ Play My Song (NO, LEAVE ME ALONE)'
2013 Psy set a Guinness World Record for 'Gentleman' as the most viewed video online in 24 hours.
2013 Appeared on Live! with Kelly and Michael, performing on two shows within two weeks
2013 'Gangnam Style' became the first video to be viewed more than 2 billion times on YouTube.
June 18 2013 Psy chose Ricardo as his chef, despite DJ Park winning the popular vote.
June 10 2013 Voting ended for Psy's 'Psy Needs a Chef' video contest at midnight Greenwich Mean Time.
May 24 2013 Psy launched a 'Psy Needs a Chef' video contest, with daily voting at www.psygobibigo.com for the Top Three Chefs.
May 9 2013 Psy gave a special lecture at Harvard University, discussing his passion and reasons for his popularity.
April 2013 Psy became the tourism ambassador of South Korea for 2013.
April 13 2013 Psy attended a press conference where he expressed regret about South Korea's conflict with North Korea, calling it a 'tragedy'. He hoped North Koreans would one day enjoy his music and emphasized his goal of making people, including North Koreans, laugh.
April 13 2013 Psy premiered the music video for 'Gentleman' at his 'Happening' Concert, which was attended by 50,000 people and live streamed on YouTube to an audience of 150,000.
April 12 2013 Psy released the renamed song 'Gentleman' after revising the original controversial title from 'Assarabia'.
April 12 2013 The audio of Psy's single 'Gentleman' was leaked onto the internet, a day before its official international release.
March 19 2013 Psy revised his song's title and lyrics due to potential cultural sensitivity, responding to concerns raised by a Voice of America correspondent about offending Arabic audiences.

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