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Psy to be on cover of Billboard magazine

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  • Published Oct 26, 2012 3:31 pm KST
  • Updated Oct 26, 2012 3:31 pm KST

Korea's YouTube sensation Psy is to feature on the front cover of the weekly U.S. music magazine Billboard.

Psy, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, was chosen to be on the cover of the Billboard issue to be published on Nov. 3, the magazine said on its Web site Friday (U.S. EST).

The 34-year-old entertainer rose to global fame when his song "Gangnam Style," featuring comical horse-riding dance moves, went viral in July on YouTube, and has since drawn more than 530 million views.

He tweeted, "I Am the Cover of BILLBOARD!" the same day, along with a cover image filled with photos of him performing his signature dance.

The cover title for the magazine reads, "500,000,000 PSY FANS CAN'T BE WRONG."

Psy stayed at No. 2 on the Billboard's Hot 100 Chart, updated Wednesday, for the fifth week, once again behind Maroon 5's "One More Night."

On Thursday, the K-pop star unveiled plans for his next song in an interview on U.S. cable network CNN.

"It's half Korean and half English. So I kind of united them together. It has another dance move and I cannot predict it will be stronger than (the) horse," he said.

"But, you know, I'm not gonna try to be 'Gangnam Style' because forever I cannot be 'Gangnam Style' ... I just want another hit," he said, adding that he does not want to be a "one-hit wonder."

On the same day, Psy appeared on the ABC TV talk show "The View" and performed his dance alongside show co-host Barbara Walters. (Yonhap)