Blackpink
Blackpink is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. The group debuted in August 2016 with their single album Square One. The band has collaborated with multiple artists, such as G-Dragon’s “That XX from One of a Kind” and Hi-et’s “Coup d’et”
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Blackpink is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. The group debuted in August 2016 with their single album Square One. They are the highest-charting female Korean act on the Billboard Hot 100. They have the most top 40 hits in the United Kingdom among all Korean artists. They were also the first K-pop girl group to win an MTV Music Video Award. Blackpink’s other accolades include the New Artist of the Year Awards at the 31st Golden Disc Awards and the 26th Seoul Music Awards. They also won Best Female Group at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards, as well as recognition as the most powerful celebrities in South Korea in 2019 by Forbes Korea, and as the first female Korean group on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia. Members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, Lisa, Moon Sua, Jang Hanna, and Moon Hyun-joo. The members were selected through years of stiff competition and confirmed that the debut would be in July 2016. Jennie was the first member revealed to be in the group on June 1. Lisa was first introduced in 2012 with a video that was posted on YG’s official YouTube channel titled “Who’s That Girl???”. Lisa appeared in the music video for Taeyang’s “Special First Love” on June 8, 2016, becoming the first foreign trainee to join the label in 2011. The band has collaborated with multiple artists, such as G-Dragon’s “That XX from One of a Kind” and Hi-et’s “Coup d’et” in 2012 and 2013, and in 2013, they starred in G- Dragon’s “Black” video.
The first-ever Korean group to receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America with their hit single “Ddu-Du Ddu- Du” The group is the most-subscribed music group, female act, and Asian act on YouTube. Their music videos for “Kill This Love” and “How You Like That” each set records for themost-viewed music video within the first 24 hours of release, with the latter breaking three and setting two Guinness World Records. Their 2018 song “Kiss and Make Up” was thefirst-ever song by a Korean group and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and be certifiedatinum by the Australian Recording industry Association. The album “The Album” sold more than one million copies, making it the first- ever album by a South Korea girl group with more than 1 million copies sold. The debut lineup was announced on November 14, 2011, but there were numerous news and rumors surrounding the new girl group about their debut being delayed but there was no official information. It was only until May 18, 2016 that YG. Entertainment confirmed the new group would debut in the early half of 2012 featuring at least seven members. Members Jennie and Rosé were introduced to the public for the first time through a photo titled ‘Who’s that girl?’ on April 10, 2012.
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