Summary Psy's latest offering also racked up around 20 million hits in the first 24 hours.
SEOUL (AFP) - "Gangnam Style" star Psy s new music video crossed the 100 million views mark on YouTube Wednesday, shattering another record on the video-sharing site since its much-anticipated weekend debut.
The video for "Gentleman", the long-awaited follow-up to the South Korean singer s global hit, has received 105.4 million hits, topping 100 million in record time since it was posted Saturday.
The previous record was set by the video of Britain s Got Talent star Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed A Dream" in the TV show, which received 100 million hits in just over a week in 2009.
Psy s latest offering also racked up around 20 million hits in the first 24 hours, smashing the previous record for first-day views of 8.0 million set by Canadian star Justin Bieber s "Boyfriend" video in May 2012.
The video shows Psy, wearing his signature sunglasses, dancing at various locations in and around Seoul including a high-end clothing store, restaurant, swimming pool and a library.
The storyline features the singer teasing and playing practical jokes on women, such as pulling their chairs away as they are about to sit or untying a woman s bikini top at a swimming pool, before meeting his match.
It was the video of "Gangnam Style", and in particular Psy s signature horse-riding dance, that pushed him to global stardom last year after it was posted on YouTube and turned into a viral sensation.
A satire on the luxury lifestyle of Seoul s upscale Gangnam district, it has become the most-watched YouTube video of all time, registering more than 1.5 billion views since it debuted last July.
"Gentleman" was ranked Wednesday in the top 10 songs on iTunes stores in a number of countries including France, Australia, Canada and Britain and topped the chart in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Greece.
Critical reactions to the song were mixed but the video -- showing the quirky singer s signature self-mocking humour as well as the new hip-swivelling dance -- left many fans satisfied.
"I can tell that by July, people around the world will do that dance," said one of 500,000 YouTube users who posted comments.
