SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The lead single of BLACKPINK’s upcoming full-length album is titled “Shut Down,” the band’s agency said Wednesday. “It’s a title that is intuitive and creates a strange tension,” YG Entertainment said in a release. “BLACKPINK will once again captivate music fans around the world with its unique charisma and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s new single “Pink Venom” arrived on the U.S. Billboard’s main singles chart at No. 22, Billboard has said. Billboard said on Twitter on Sunday (U.S. time) the song ranked 22nd on this week’s Hot 100, earning the group its eighth career entry and fourth top 40 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In celebration of the return of the South Korean girl group BLACKPINK, landmarks in major cities around the globe, including Seoul, Tokyo and New York have turned pink, its management agency said. YG Entertainment said Sunday that it hosted the Light Up The Pink event that has lit up [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK has won in two categories at the MTV Video Music Awards, one of the biggest U.S. pop music awards, becoming the first K-pop girl group to accomplish the feat. The South Korean group lifted the trophies for Best Metaverse Performance and Best K-pop during this year’s event held [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” passed 200 million views on YouTube on Saturday, its management agency said. The video for its latest single released Aug. 19 hit the milestone at 2:11 a.m., according to YG Entertainment. It achieved the feat in the second shortest [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s upcoming second full-length album “Born Pink” has sold over 2 million copies in preorders, its agency said Thursday. “This is a record for K-pop female acts of all time,” YG Entertainment said. “We can expect the album to break 3 million with about three weeks left [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s 2017 hit song “As If It’s Your Last” has surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube. YG Entertainment said Monday the video passed the threshold at about 7 p.m. the previous day, five years and a month after it was uploaded on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroups BTS and BLACKPINK have been nominated for group of the year in the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, the U.S. music channel has announced. The two K-pop bands will compete for Best Group Of The Year with City Girls, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Maneskin, Red Hot Chili [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s new single “Pink Venom” debuted atop iTunes charts in 69 countries around the world, the group’s agency said Saturday. YG Entertainment said the song, released the previous day, ranked No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, the top girl group in the world, is back Friday with “Pink Venom,” the first release from its upcoming second full-length album, after an almost two-year hiatus. During an online press conference held a few hours before the song’s release at 1 p.m., BLACKPINK said the song portrayed [...]