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Gangnam Style Has Made Psy A Ton O Cash Plus Parody Fans [VIDEO]

10:41AM Thursday
December 6, 2012

(Photo Credit YouTube/ThePetersonFarmBros)

How much has PSY made off his huge hit?

Is "Farmer Style" the best parody video of "Gangnam Style" to hit the web?

Let's start with the agri-sexy Peterson Farm Brothers Greg, Nathan, and Kendal Peterson. Within hours of the release of this video, it went viral on Youtube.com with over 1 million views. This is a follow up project to their very successful "I'm Farming And I Grow It' music video that came out in June of 2012.

As for PSY, born Park Jae-sang, he has shattered YouTube records with his earworm hit Gangnam Style.

But what is that kind of success worth, in dollars?

According to the Associated Press,

"The amount is $8.1 million in 2012 alone -- not too shabby for a virtual unknown whose personal mantra for success is "dress classy and dance cheesy."

With the YouTube views, currently 895 million, that accounts for $880,000 in ad-supported revenue for the singer. Then there are downloads and CD sales: The single has been downloaded 2.9 million times in the U.S., at a price of $1.29 per iTunes download. Apple keeps 30 percent of that. Total take for PSY: $2.6 million. Finally, there are the endorsements and ad campaigns.

But for online music sales in South Korea, he'll earn less than $60,000. So sad!

Bravo sir! Can't wait for the follow up song!

(I'm kidding of course, because once your song is used on GLEE it's OVER)

Let's help make the YouTube counter tick over a trillion for the first video ever by watching PSY's masterpiece one more time.

--Susan Saunders 12/6/12

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