Over Seven Billion Views for "Baby Shark," # 1 on YouTube

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Over seven billion views… Children's song Baby Shark became the most watched video on YouTube on Monday.

A pity for parents around the world, the highly repetitive track produced in South Korea has emerged from a simple childish setting to become a worldwide viral phenomenon.

"Baby Shark Dance", the English version of the song, dethroned

, the single from Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee.

The song that was uploaded to YouTube in June 2016 is a remix of an American song by the Seoul-based production company Pinkfong.

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Its success on YouTube was followed by a triumph in the music charts, with the track reaching 32nd place on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2019.

Two of the last four songs to have the highest number of views on YouTube are now South Korean.

Before

, the psy rapper had also panicked the counters with

 which had led the number of views for three years before being dethroned by

 by Wiz Khalifa.

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