Black Pink is currently the biggest girl group in K- Pop! It counts millions of fans worldwide!
Black Pink recently made their American debut in The Late Show! So it’s the perfect time to find out some trivia and facts about this group!
- Blackpink is a South Korean girl group
- It is stylized as BLACKPINK or BLΛƆKPIИK
- It is formed by YG Entertainment
- It consists of members Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, and Rosé
- The group debuted on August 8, 2016
- Their first single album was Square One
- It spawned “Whistle”
- This was their first number- one song in South Korea
- It also spawned “Boombayah”
- Their first number- one hit on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart
- It set the record as the most- viewed debut music video by a Korean act
- They were hailed as the New Artist of the Year at the 31st Golden Disc Awards
- And the 26th Seoul Music Awards
- As of 2018, Blackpink is the highest- charting female K- pop act on Billboard Hot 100
- And Billboard 200
- They peaked at number 55 with “Ddu- Du, Ddu- Du”
- And they peaked at number 40 with their album Square Up
- They are also the first and only K- pop girl group to enter and top Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart
- They are also the first female K- pop group to have four number- one singles on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart
- At the time of its release, “Ddu- Du Ddu- Du” was the most- viewed music video in 24 hours on YouTube
- In January 2019, it became the most viewed music video by a K- pop group on the website
- Promotional preparations began in August 2016 with the release of teaser images
- Their participation in songs and advertisements
- YG Entertainment revealed the final line- up and name of the group on June 29, 2016
- Blackpink was the first girl group to debut under YG Entertainment in six years
- The two lead singles charted at number one and two on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart
- Black Pink are the fastest act to do so
- They are also the third Korean artist or group to hold the top two positions after label mates Psy and Big Bang
- “Whistle” topped the digital, download, streaming, and mobile charts on Gaon in August 2016
- They also reached number one on the weekly, popularity, music video, and K-pop music video charts of China’s biggest music-streaming website QQ Music
- Black Pink’s first music show performance was aired on August 14, 2016 on SBS’ Inkigayo
- They won first place on Inkigayo 13 days after their debut
- They broke the record for the shortest time for a girl group to win on a music program after debut
- They wrapped up their promotions for Square One on September 11, 2016 with another win on Inkigayo
- Black Pink released their second single album Square Two on November 1, 2016.
- It had the lead singles “Playing with Fire” and “Stay”
- The songs were produced by Teddy Park with R.Tee and Seo Won Jin
- They performed their comeback stage on Inkigayo on November 6
- And on Mnet’s M Countdown on November 10, 2016
- “Playing with Fire” was their second single to hit number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart
- In South Korea, “Playing with Fire” peaked at number three
- “Stay” managed to reach the tenth spot
- Black Pink’s commercial success in their first five months earned them several rookie awards at major Korean year- end music award shows
- These include the Asia Artist Awards, Melon Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Seoul Music Awards and Gaon Chart Music Awards
- Additionally, Billboard named them one of the best new K- pop groups of 2016
- On January 17, Black Pink named their fan club “Blink”, a portmanteau of “Black” and “Pink”
- On June 22, the group released a digital single titled “As If It’s Your Last”
- The song was described as a “mixed genre of music., a change of sound from their previous releases
- The song debuted at number one on Billboard’s World Digital Song chart dated June 22
- This happened after only one day of tracking
- Making it their third number one hit on the chart
- The music video for the song later went on to break the record for the most liked music video by a Korean girl group on YouTube
- On July 20, 2017, Black Pink held a showcase at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo
- It had an attendance of more than 14,000 people
- It was reported that around 200,000 people tried to get tickets for it
- The group made their Japanese debut on August 30, 2017
- This happened with the release of their self- titled Japanese extended play
- In January 2018, it was announced that the debut Japanese EP of the group would be re- released under the name Re:Black Pink
- On June 15, the group released their first EP titled Square Up
- The single “Ddu- Du Ddu- Du” from the EP debuted at number 17 on the Official Trending Chart in the United Kingdom
- This made them the first female K- pop group to enter the chart since its launch in 2016
- The single also debuted as the highest- charting Hot 100 hit ever by an all- female K- pop act
- It opened at number 55 with 12.4 million U.S. streams and 7,000 downloads in the tracking week ending June 21, 2018
- The single also debuted at number 39 on the US Streaming Songs tally
- There Black Pink became the first K- pop girl group to chart a title
- Square Up also brought the group their first entry and the highest-charting to date by an all- female K- pop group on the US Billboard 200
- It made its debut at number 40 with 14,000 album- equivalent units
- The EP also topped the Billboard World Albums chart
- In South Korea, Square Up debuted at number one on Gaon Albums Chart
- The single “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” peaked at number one on the Digital, Download, Streaming and Mobile charts on Gaon in its second week
- “Forever Young” managed to peak under top five
- YouTube’s official tally saw the music video for “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” garner a total of 36.2 million views within 24 hours after its release
- It became the most viewed online video in the first 24 hours by a Korean act
- The second most watched music video of all time as at June 2018
- In September 2018, English singer Dua Lipa announced “Kiss and Make Up”, a collaboration with Black Pink
- “Kiss and Make Up” debuted at number 93 at the Billboard Hot 100
- This marked Black Pink’s second entry in the chart
- By that they are the only Korean girl group as at October 2018 to score multiple entries on the chart
- The song also peaked at number 36 at the UK Singles Chart
- This marked their second song in the chart
- It was also their first Top 40 entry
- By that they are the first female K- pop group and third Korean act overall to reach the chart’s Top 40
- Black Pink made their American debut at Universal Music Group’s 2019 Grammy Artist Showcase on February 9
- The group is slated to appear in several American television shows in February 2019
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 11
- Good Morning America on February 12
- Strahan and Sara on February 15
- Jennie has released a solo single
- It is called “Solo”
- All of the other members will release solo singles
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