SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jisoo on Friday released her highly anticipated debut solo project, becoming the final member of the quartet to pursue a solo career. The single album, titled “Me,” features two tracks — “Flower” and “All Eyes on Me.” According to YG Entertainment, the band’s agency, the [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jisoo said Thursday she has discovered a new side of herself while trying to find the best music for her solo debut single. In a statement released through her agency on the eve of the release of “Me,” the vocalist also expressed her excitement to [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jisoo, a member of girl group BLACKPINK, has set a new record for a K-pop female soloist as preorders for her first individual single surpassed 1.24 million copies, the group’s agency said Tuesday. “Me,” the album set to roll out Friday, recorded 510,000 preorders just two days after such [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Solo,” an individual single from Jennie, a member of popular girl group BLACKPINK, topped 900 million views on YouTube on Tuesday, a first for any female K-pop solo artist. The video hit the milestone four years and four months after it was uploaded, the group’s [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK was inscribed on the Guinness World Records as the most-streamed girl group on Spotify in the world, the group’s agency said Saturday. The band’s songs had garnered 8.88 billion streams as of March 3, breaking the previous record of 8.4 billion streams set by the [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The release date of BLACKPINK member Jisoo’s much-awaited first individual album was confirmed, the group’s agency said Monday. YG Entertainment announced on its official blog that the album will arrive on March 31 with a mysterious “Coming Soon” teaser image featuring a bright wide red piece of cloth spread [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has earned six new Guinness World Records titles with its second studio album “Born Pink” and member Lisa’s flourishing solo career, its agency YG Entertainment said Friday. BLACKPINK has been certified as the first K-pop girl group to rank at No. 1 on the U.K. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s 2016 single “Playing with Fire” has surpassed 800 million views on YouTube. The video crossed the milestone Monday at about 1:40 a.m., six years and two months after it was uploaded on the global video sharing service, YG Entertainment, the band’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has been nominated for this year’s BRIT Awards in the International Group of the Year category, its agency, YG Entertainment, said Friday. BLACKPINK was chosen along with four other groups — Drake & 21 Savage, First Aid Kit, Fontaines D.C. and Gabriels — for the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has racked up four nominations for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, one of the American music industry’s awards shows, and boy group BTS has landed two. According to the full list of nominees for this year’s event announced on the homepage of the annual music [...]