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Also known as Park Jae-sang, Bak Jae-Sang, Pak Chaesang, Margaret

Park Jae-sang (; born December 31, 1977), better known as Psy ( ; ), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has received numerous accolades, including an American Music Award, a World Music Award, 10 MAMA Awards. He is the founder of the talent agency P Nation.

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Psy, born Park Jae-sang on December 31, 1977, in Gangnam District, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, and choreographer. He began his professional career in 2001 and has served in the Republic of Korea Army. Psy is a citizen of South Korea and speaks Korean. He has been associated with record labels including YG Entertainment, Avex Group, and P Nation.

He attended Boston University and Berklee College of Music. His musical genres include 1st gen k-pop, k-pop, and pop rap. On Last.fm, his music is tagged with k-pop, Korean, pop, Hip-Hop, and psy. Similar artists listed include Agust D, 이소라, Yankie, 태양, and j-hope. He is also credited with acting work.

Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1950
Died
2020
Works
49

Top works

  • Como Vencer LA Depresion
  • Handbook Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Moods
  • Survivors

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Seoul, South Korea

Psy, born Park Jae-sang (박재상), is a South Korean singer and record producer.  Though long-known in Korea, he became globally famous for his song, "Gangnam Style."

Known for

  • KPOPPED — Self2025
  • PSY Summer Swag 2022 — Self2023
  • Nattering with Nah — Self2023
  • Strong Girl Nam-soon2023
  • Psy Live @ IPSELENTI 2022 — Self2022
  • LOUD — Self2021
  • Street Woman Fighter — Self2021
  • Lil Dicky Earth: Earth — Backing vocals2019
  • Straight — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Explained — Self (archive footage)2018

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
South Korea
Active from
1977
1st gen k-popk-poppop rap

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,721,070
Total plays
35,788,938

Tags

k-popKoreanpopHip-Hoppsy

Similar artists

Agust D이소라Yankie태양j-hope

Park Jae-sang (Korean: 박재상; Hanja: 朴載相, IPA: [pɐk̚.t͡ɕεsɐŋ]; born December 31, 1977), known professionally as Psy (stylized in all caps) (싸이; /saɪ/ SY; Korean: [s͈ai]), is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Psy is known domestically for his humorous videos and stage performances, and internationally for his hit single "Gangnam Style". The song's refrain was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotations of 2012.[2] <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Psy">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Psy

Quotes

  • Oppan Gangnam StyleGangnam StyleOp op op op oppan Gangnam Style
  • The mindset of this dance is 'dress classy and dance cheesy'.
  • I have twins. They are 4 years old. They know the word 'concert,' so they know father's job is 'concert,' and they prefer concert [over] father.
  • I'm still walking down the street like, 'Why I'm here? Why I'm here?' You know, I've done this 12 years in Korea, and I'm rookie here now. I never expect I would become a K-pop star.
  • I try to dress classy and dance cheesy.
  • I don’t think this dance is suitable for weddings. This is not a formal dance, this is a cheesy dance! But still, I appreciate that.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

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Person.image
PSY EMTV logo 27 (8198008711).jpg
Person.caption
Psy in December 2012
Person.birth_name
Park Jae-sang
Person.birth_place
Seoul, South Korea
Person.organization
P Nation
Person.years_active
1999–present
Person.children
2
Person.honours
23px Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit (2012)
Musical artist.embed
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via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

29 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Music career
  • 1996–2000: Brief study in the U.S. and career beginnings
  • 2001–2002: ''Psy from the Psycho World!'', controversy, and domestic success
  • 2003–2009: Military service, ''Ssajib'', and re-enlistment
  • 2010–2012: Fifth studio album and debut performance in Japan
  • 2012–2013: "Gangnam Style" and international breakthrough
  • 2013–2014: "Gentleman", "Hangover", YouTube record
  • 2015–2018: ''Chiljip PSY-da'', ''4X2=8'', and departure from YG Entertainment
  • 2019–present: P Nation, ''Loud'', and ''Psy 9th''
  • P Nation
  • Image
  • Legacy
  • Personal life
  • Controversies
  • Marijuana arrest
  • Anti-American performances and apology
  • Malaysian political rally
  • "Assarabia"
  • Philanthropy
  • Discography
  • Filmography
  • Film
  • Television
  • Music video appearances
  • Awards and nominations
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Park Jae-sang (; born December 31, 1977), better known as Psy ( ; ), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has received numerous accolades, including an American Music Award, a World Music Award, 10 MAMA Awards. He is the founder of the talent agency P Nation.

After releasing his debut studio album Psy from the Psycho World! (2001), Psy gained international prominence 11 years later with the hit singles "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman", both of which reached the top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "Gangnam Style" was a global viral phenomenon upon its release, with its music video becoming the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views and holding the record for most-viewed YouTube video from November 2012 to July 2017. In addition, the music video for "Gentleman" broke the record for most YouTube views in the first 24 hours.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Psy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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