SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK rewrote the history of K-pop girl groups by becoming the first among them to claim No. 1 on the Billboard 200 main albums chart with its second studio album, “Born Pink,” on Monday. This proved that the band has become beloved artists of global music fans, six years [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK became the first K-pop girl group to claim the No. 1 spot on U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart, Billboard has said. In a preview of this week’s charts, Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time) that the band’s second full-length album, “Born Pink,” released Sept. 16, arrived atop the latest [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK has topped the album section of Britain’s Official Chart with its latest work, “Born Pink,” becoming the first K-pop girl group to claim the belt on the most celebrated music chart in the country, its agency said Saturday. The group’s second full-length album, released on Sept. 16, beat [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — “Born Pink,” the second studio album from BLACKPINK, has broken the record for the biggest first week sales by a K-pop girl group in history, its agency said Friday. The album set the record by selling more than 1.54 million copies in the first week of its release last [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — “Born Pink,” BLACKPINK’s second full-length album, has sold more than 2 million copies for the first time as a K-pop girl group album, the group’s agency said Thursday. The album had sold a total of 2,141,281 copies in only two days after its release last Friday, YG Entertainment said, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has topped world’s largest music streaming service Spotify’s Global Top 50 chart with its latest single, “Shut Down,” for two days in a row, the group’s agency said Monday. The main track off the group’s second full-length album, “Born Pink,” bagged its second consecutive No. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s second full-length album has sold more than 1 million copies on its first day of sales, music industry sources said Saturday. The sources said, citing data from local albums sales tracker Hanteo Chart, “Born Pink” sold 1,011,000 copies Friday. This marks the first time that any [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK dropped its second full-length album, “Born Pink,” on Friday. “As indicated by its title, the new album depicts the confidence of the four members who were unique from the beginning,” the band’s agency YG Entertainment said in a release. “The album will paint the team’s [...]
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 [...]