12 No. 6 YG finally officially announced that the group contracts of the four members of BLACKPINK have been successfully renewed, and they will continue to cooperate with YG in the future, and have confirmed the launch of a new ** to give back to fans. Although the personal agreement did not clearly state that it would remain in YG's hands, many Korean netizens were optimistic, believing that if it had been confirmed to sign with another company, it should be announced on the same day, and if it was not confirmed, it might still remain in YG. Today, we have compiled 20 milestones set by BLACKPINK in the seven years since their debut, each of which is the key to BLACKPINK's rise to the top of the world girl group, so let's look forward to their next seven years!
BLACKPINK debuted on August 8, 2016 and released the singles "Whistle" and "Boombayah", both of which landed at No. 1 and No. 2 on the real-time charts of major Korean music sources** immediately after their release, and "Whistle" became the first song in Korea to win Perfect All-Kill with their debut songsAnd "Boombayah" also won the debut song with the fastest click rate of more than 100 million on YouTube, and was certified as the strongest monster newcomer of the year.
At the end of 2016, BLACKPINK won the 4th place on the American billboard "2016 Top 20 Best K-pop Songs", and swept a lot of newcomer awards at the Korean awards ceremony, showing super stage charm, netizens praised: The stage control is really not a newcomer at all, and it has also been selected by many artists as the newcomer girl group they want to know the most.
As the world's second largest market, the Japanese market and South Korea have always been complementary to each other, and in 2017, BLACKPINK officially debuted in Japan, and became the first group to hold the first overseas show at Nippon Budokan, with a total of 14,000 tickets sold out, and even Japanese fans are looking forward to BLACKPINK's debut!
In 2017, BLACKPINK released its only single "As If It."'S Your Last" is also the first PKK-style song released by BLACKPINK since its debut, and the members in the MV are impressed by the appearance of the members wearing school uniforms, and "as if it'S Your Last was also featured in the American superhero movie Justice League, was selected as one of YouTube's Top 25 Summer Singles in the World, and became the winner of the World's Most Popular K-Pop MV in 2017.
Then came 2018, when BLACKPINK released its first mini** "Square Up", and the title song "DDU-du DDU-du" entered the 55th place on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record to become the highest-ranked K-pop girl group, and also won a total of 52 countries iTunes ** The top of the charts, on Melon, became the only girl group with one million listens on the first day, and it took only six hours on YouTube to break through 10 million views, breaking the record again, and the first shot of BLACKPINK entering the European and American markets!
After the release of "DDU-du DDU-du", BLACKPINK became the first K-pop girl group to be certified by the Recording Industry Association of America, and also actively appeared in various American programs, such as "Horber Report", "Good Morning America", etc., and was also called the most influential K-pop girl group in the United States by the reporter of "Forbes" as the most influential K-pop girl group in the United States, and the New York Times listed their song as one of the hottest songs of the year. Because of the success of BLACKPINK's activities in the United States, the Korean entertainment industry began to pay attention to the English skills of artists, and more and more foreign members were attracted to join the Korean group.
In 2019, after the release of their second mini ** "Kill This Love", BLACKPINK became the first Korean idol group to be invited to perform at the Coachella** Festival, when BLACKPINK appeared, there were about 40,000 viewers in the audience, but only a small part of them were BLACKPINK fans, and most of the audience just liked ** Some of them have never even heard of K-pop, but they are completely subdued by BLACKPINK's stage charm, and you can hear the whole audience singing Korean along with them during the meal.
BLACKPINK's performance at the Coachella Festival made all the American media evaluate its performance beyond imagination, and even praised The Future is Blackpink!After their first tour of the United States, they also became artists who earned more than $1 million per performance.
After completely opening up the U.S. market, BLACKPINK became the first girl group to appear on the cover of Billboard magazine, and collaborated with many European and American singers. From Dua Lipa's "Kiss and Make Up", Lady Gaga's "Our Candy", Cardi B's "Bet You Wanna", to "Ice Cream" with Selena Gomez. After its release, "Ice Cream" reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching Blackpink's highest record on the chart.
When it comes to Blackpink's most classic song, everyone will be certified as "DDU-du DDU-du" released in 2018, which is the song with the highest number of views on BLACKPINK on YouTube, making them the first group to have a 1 billion and 2 billion views, and it is also a data that has not been surpassed so far.
Blackpink is also the holder of 20 Guinness World Records, including Lisa as the artist with the most Guinness World Records among all K-Pop artists, and member Rosé also won the most people's YouTube video for a Korean solo singer in 24 hours, the first singer to win the first place on the Billboard International Chart with his solo and group works, and in 2022, Blackpink also participated in the VMA for the first time and won The first winner of the VMAS Best Metaverse Performance Award Kim World Records, and won the VMA Group of the Year this year, becoming the first Korean girl group to win the Best Group at the VMA in 24 years.
BLACKPINK's most important contribution to K-pop is probably the development of the fashion market. BLACKPINK, which officially soared in 2018, won Chanel from Jennie, Dior from Jisoo, From the natural combination of LISA and CELINE to the mutual achievement of Rosé and YSL, BLACKPINK has become the first girl group in the past decade where all members have one or more high-luxury endorsements, and has reached in-depth cooperation with the brand.
In the singer's business, BLACKPINK has also set a record for the past generations of girl groups, and the sales of girl groups have always been not the same as that of boy groups, and girl groups usually pay more attention to music source results, etc., but after BLACKPINK became the first girl group to break through one million sales with the regular album "The Album", two years later, the regular second album "Born Pink" broke its own record again, becoming the first girl group to exceed two million sales in the first week, completely pulling up the girl group's ** Sales **, now it has become commonplace for girl groups to sell more than one million.
After member Jisoo released their first solo ** "Me" in March this year, all four members of BLACKPINK have completed solo solo and all of them have achieved super good results!Jennie's "Solo" is the most viewed Korean solo MV on YouTube todayRosé won the first place in the international billboard chart with "R" and "On the Ground", setting a Guinness World RecordLisa's non-title track "Money" became the first K-pop solo song to surpass 1 billion Spotify visits, and Jisoo's "Flower" became the best-performing solo singer at this year's MAMA Awards, winning the triple crown.
After the release of "How You Like That" in 2020, Blackpink's official YouTube subscribers skyrocketed from 50 million all the way to 90 million, almost doubling, even surpassing Justin Bieber, becoming the world's No. 1, on December 6, YG announced that it had renewed its contract with all members of BLACKPINK and was about to launch a new ** and the New World Tour, I believe that it will not be long before BLACKPINK's YouTube subscribers will exceed 100 million.
On Spotify, the most popular software in the world, Blackpink is also the most popular group of women. Since 2019, it has become the girl group with the largest annual listening volume on Spotify for five consecutive years, and this year it has exceeded 3 billion listens, becoming the first girl group to exceed 3 billion listens in a single year, with a total of 31 songs with more than 100 million listens.
After the release of the second full-length album "Born Pink" last year, BLACKPINK was also selected as Time Magazine's Artist of the Year in 2022!Time Magazine's selection criteria for the cover of the year are based on the evaluation of the people who have had a remarkable impact on the world that year, including global influence, breakthrough achievements, social impact, symbolism, and lasting impact on the future, and BLACKPINK became not only the cover of Time Magazine of the year, but also the first Asian girl group to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone's US magazine.
Generally speaking, it is very remarkable to be able to do well in the US and Japanese markets, and although K-pop companies are trying to break into the US today, it is BTS and BLACKPINK that have been the most successful. BLACKPINK is currently the highest peak, the most songs, and the longest number of weeks on the UK ** chart among Kpop girl groups and female SOLOs, and I hope that the third ** of BLACKPINK will also achieve good results in the global market in the future!
In 2021, Blackpink was entrusted by the United Nations to promote the importance of climate change, as the United Kingdom's United Nations Climate Change Framework Convention 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) ambassadors, they did not disappoint the United Nations, at least 900,000 posts on Twitter were posted by Blackpink's fans Blink, contributing great publicity effect, and the company YG Entertainment since 2012, all artists** They all use green materials, and even the Starbucks co-branded cup with BLACKPINK is also environmentally friendly.
In 2019, they were only the stars of the Coachella Festival, and this year they officially became the first Asian artist to lead the Coachella Festival, and the performance stage has also advanced from the Sahara stage to the main stage. Usually, the leading artists will perform on the last day and the last performance of the ** festival, on the biggest stage and attract the most audiences, and take on the main publicity and selling points of the ** festival, becoming the climax of the entire ** festival!
Finally, the best news besides the contract renewal is that Blackpink became the fourth artist in history to be awarded the Order of the British Empire, after The Beatles, Adele, and Ed Sheeran, respectively, and member Rosé has a dual national loan of Korea and New Zealand, which is a major part of the British Kingdom, so Rosé has more substantial nobility status and privileges than other members. On the day of attending the event, the cute appearance of the four girls who were a little helpless when they were named in public also became the focus of heated discussions among netizens.
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