Most YouTube views for an unsigned musician (male)
- Who
- Sungha Jung
- What
- 677173291 total number
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 15 May 2013
Finger-picking guitar videos by “jwcfree”, aka Sungha Jung (South Korea), had been viewed 677,173,291 times by 15 May 2013.
The record for most YouTube views for an unsigned female musician is held by Venetian Princess, aka Jodie Rivera (USA), who had 385,708,717 views as of 15 May 2013.
"Acoustic fingerstyle guitarist" Sungha Jung, 17, has become a YouTube sensation by posting videos of instrumental pieces he taught himself, typically in two or three days. His videos include renditions of Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours”, Maroon 5’s “Payphone” and "Gangnam Style", made famous by another South Korean musician, PSY.
Jung’s most popular video, the 1-min 23-sec instrumental track “Pirates of the Caribbean”, had been watched 37,416,221 times as of 21 February 2013.
Jung was born in Cheongju, South Korea, on 2 September 1996.