The internet has give rise to celebrities whose fame and achievements may have otherwise gone unknown in a previous age. Here is a look at some of those who have been made famous with the help of the web.

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Miley Cyrus has taken a wrecking ball to her rivals after her number one hit was named the most sung song of the year by a karaoke website.

YouTube’s first-ever music awards thrilled and spilled, with Eminem named artist of the year, though most winners were lesser- known acts who featured in an eclectic show filled with stunts.

Psy "did every animal" before creating his infamous donkey dance.

Highlights include Liz Bonnin on tigers and the final episode of Game of Thrones.

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A man pretending to be South Korean pop star Psy has gate-crashed the Cannes Film Festival, partying with the stars and dancing on French TV.

One Direction won four prizes at the inaugural Social Star Awards last night.

A PSY impersonator duped organisers and celebrities at Cannes Film Festival.

Taylor Swift led the winners at the Billboard Music Awards last night, taking home eight prizes.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin were determined to get a picture with PSY at the Met Ball.

South Korean rapper PSY was welcomed to Harvard University by dozens of screaming and shouting students and fans as the Gangnam Style star participated in a conversation inside an ornate church dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in the First World War.

YOU’RE sitting at your computer, struggling with a deadline, when! new mail arrives from a friend.

South Korean online sensation PSY is in a bit of trouble in his homeland.

Days after its release, Psy’s new single, ‘Gentleman’, has already broken YouTube records.

It took a while, but Psy has just released the follow-up to the massively popular 'Gangnam Style' - so what do you make of it?

Internet sensation Psy is debuting his new video ‘Gentleman’ at a concert which is being streamed live from Seoul today.

PSY's new single will introduce a brand new dance craze.

YouTube says more than 1bn people are now visiting it each month to watch everything from clips of cute kittens to scenes of social unrest around the world.

South Korean pop star PSY has said he will change the title and lyrics of his potential follow-up to Gangnam Style amid fears it could offend Arabs.

Calvin Harris is the most successful UK songwriter of 2012 according to a Music Week list.

Rapper PSY’s worldwide smash hit Gangnam Style has been crowned song of the year by South Korea’s music industry association.

Karaoke fans rejected the traditional sentiments of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on New Year’s Eve and saw in 2013 ‘Gangnam Style’, according to a poll.

More than 400 people were injured by powerful firecrackers and gunfire at New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Philippines – down 17% on a year earlier but still high enough to make it one of Asia’s most violent parties to welcome 2013.

'Gangnam Style' has become the first video to be viewed more than a billion times on YouTube.

'Gangnam Style' is closing in on one billion Youtube views.

PSY has bought a $1.25m condo in Los Angeles.

Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' has been crowned the UK's biggest-selling single of 2012.

Prisoners have danced to the hit ‘Gangnam Style’ behind barbed wire and bars in a Bangkok jail contest.

Gangnam Style, the unlikely smash hit by South Korean rapper Psy, has passed Justin Bieber’s Baby to become the most-watched YouTube video of all time.

South Korean rapper PSY’s Gangnam Style has become YouTube’s most viewed video of all time.

Madonna raised $60,000 for charity by showing her bottom to a crowd in New York.

The “insecure” Taylor Swift triumphed at last night’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) picking up three gongs.

Gangnam Style rapper Psy was mobbed by screaming fans as he arrived in the UK today.

South Korea has awarded one of its highest cultural honours to the singer behind the global hit 'Gangnam Style'.

One Direction's 'Live While We're Young' has become America's fastest selling single by a British act in history.