Blackpink
South Korean girl group
Blackpink (Korean: 블랙핑크; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. The group is composed of four members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. Regarded by various publications as the "biggest girl group in the world", they are recognized as a leading force in the Korean Wave and an ambassador of the "girl crush" concept in K-pop, which explores themes of self-confidence and female empowerment.
Blackpink debuted in August 2016 with their single album Square One, which included "Whistle", their first number-one hit on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart, and "Boombayah", their first number-one on the US Billboard World Digital Songs chart. The group achieved an international breakthrough with "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" (2018), which topped South Korean charts and marked the first song by a Korean female group to enter the UK Singles Chart and receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Its music video was the first by a Korean group to surpass one and two billion views on YouTube. Their music videos for "Kill This Love" (2019) and "How You Like That" (2020) set records for the most-viewed videos within the first 24 hours of release; the latter topped the Circle Digital Chart and set multiple Guinness World Records.
Blackpink's debut studio album, The Album (2020), was the first album by a Korean girl group to sell one million copies. Their 2022 follow-up, Born Pink, was the first album by a Korean girl group to sell two million copies and to reach number one on the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart. The album's lead single "Pink Venom" was the first song by a Korean group to top Australia's ARIA Singles Chart and the first by a girl group to top the Billboard Global 200.
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