SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Jennie, the singer-rapper of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has earned over 600 million views on YouTube with her 2018 hit song “Solo,” her agency said Friday. The music video for her first solo single hit the milestone at around 5:19 a.m., some 26 months after its release in November [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK joined hands with the British Embassy in South Korea to ask fans to participate in efforts to fight global warming. “This is a global challenge. Each and every one of us could make a difference, and we need to act now,” said BLACKPINK in a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group BLACKPINK is set to hold its first-ever online concert in collaboration with YouTube Music later this month, its management agency said Thursday. The concert, titled “YG Palm Stage – 2020 BLACKPINK: The Show,” will take place at 2 p.m. on Dec. 27, according to YG Entertainment. It [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — After becoming the first K-pop girl group to rank No. 2 on the Billboard main album chart, BLACKPINK has set another record by becoming the first all-female act to sell more than 1 million albums, its agency said Monday. “The Album,” the group’s first studio album released earlier this [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop quartet BLACKPINK performed and shared its stories on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” becoming the first K-pop girl group to appear on the U.S. late-night show. The band, which Kimmel introduced as “the most popular all-female group in the vast realm of music known as K-pop” joined the show through [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK called its latest project — appearing in the first K-pop documentary produced by Netflix — something that gave “much-needed time” for the quartet that has emerged as one of the most successful acts in the K-pop industry. Netflix is set to release “BLACKPINK: Light [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BLACKPINK’s first full-length album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard main album chart this week, setting a new record in the history of South Korean girl groups. “At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, BLACKPINK’s debut full-length ‘The Album’ enters with 110,000 equivalent album units earned,” [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s latest music video “Lovesick Girls” will be edited and replaced, its agency said Wednesday, following a controversy over scenes that nurse groups criticized for sexualizing the profession. “We have decided to delete all scenes with the nurse uniform in BLACKPINK’s ‘Lovesick Girls’ music video and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group BLACKPINK said Friday it wanted to show its growth as an artist and send out a message of hope and positive energy with its first-ever full-length album. Earlier in the day, the quartet unveiled the album “The Album,” which includes main track “Lovesick Girls” as well as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK became the second most-subscribed musician on YouTube on Tuesday, its management agency said. The official YouTube channel of BLACKPINK saw the number of its subscribers surpass 48.8 million, pushing down the American DJ Marshmello to No. 3, according to YG Entertainment. Justin Bieber topped [...]