SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has set a Guinness world record for the most-viewed music channel on YouTube, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The band’s official YouTube channel surpassed 30 billion views Monday last week, outstripping the channel of Justin Bieber, YG Entertainment said. It took BLACKPINK’s channel about six [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – On April 15th (local time), BLACKPINK made K-pop history as the first Korean girl group to perform as a headliner at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the largest music festival in Indio, California, U.S., according to their agency YG Entertainment. The photo depicts BLACKPINK’s electrifying performance at [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK has heated up the stage of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, North America’s largest music festival, as the first K-pop act to headline it. Appearing as the final performer at the event held in Indio, California, on Saturday (U.S. time), the quartet [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” topped 600 million views on YouTube on Friday, its agency said. “Pink Venom” is the prereleased track off the quartet’s second full-length album, “Born Pink,” released Sept. 16 last year. YG Entertainment said the music video surpassed 600 million [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jisoo arrived at No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts this week with her individual song “Flower.” Billboard said on social media Monday (U.S. time) that Jisoo became the third member of the quartet to chart in the top [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube. The group’s agency YG Entertainment said Tuesday the video hit the milestone earlier in the day, becoming the quartet’s sixth video with more than 1.2 [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down” topped 400 million views on YouTube on Saturday, its agency said. “Shut Down” is the main track of the four-member group’s second full-length album, “Born Pink,” released Sept. 16 last year. YG Entertainment said the music video surpassed 400 [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK member Jisoo’s debut solo album “ME” has set a new record for the largest number of first week sales by a K-pop female soloist, her agency said Friday. “ME” has sold 1.17 million copies in the first week since its release last Friday, YG Entertainment said, citing data [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Jisoo, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, became the first K-pop female solo artist with an album that was sold more than 1 million copies in its first week of sales, her agency said Tuesday. YG Entertainment said in a release that her first solo single album “Me,” [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jisoo, a vocalist of the biggest K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, topped iTunes’ global songs chart with “Flower,” one of her first solo singles, the group’s agency said Saturday. “Flower” debuted atop the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart and the service’s top songs charts in 60 countries in the Americas, Europe, [...]