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This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.

PSY
PSY at The Star in Sydney, Australia
Background information
Birth name	Park Jae-sang (박재상, 朴載相)
Born	December 31, 1977 (age 34) Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea
Origin	South Korea
Genres	K-pop, hip hop, dance, hip house
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, rapper,dancer, record producer, actor
Instruments	Vocals, With SKK Team
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Bidman, LNLT Entertainment,YG Entertainment, YGEX, Avex Trax, Republic, Schoolboy
Associated acts	YG Family, Scooter Braun
Website	www.psypark.com

Birth name
Hangul	박재상
Hanja	朴載相
Revised Romanization	Bak Jae-Sang
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chaesang
Stage name
Hangul	싸이
Revised Romanization	Ssayi

Park Jae-sang (Korean: 박재상, 朴載相; born December 31, 1977), better known by his stage name PSY(Korean: 싸이, IPA: [s͈ai]; English: /ˈsaɪ/ sy), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and record producer. PSY is best known for his humorous videos and stage performances, and for his international hit single "Gangnam Style", whose refrain "Oppan Gangnam Style" was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotes of 2012.^[1]

On October 23, 2012, PSY met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations Headquarterswhere Ban expressed his desire to work with the singer because of his "unlimited global reach".^[2] A few weeks later, Gangnam Style became the most accessed YouTube video of all time having generated almost a billion views, and PSY was subsequently recognized by the media as the "King of YouTube"