BLACKPINK is a four-member multinational girl group from YG Entertainment of South Korea that debuted on 8 August 2016. They are the first YG Entertainment artistes to be leaderless, with the four members being friends. Their fan club is named Blink.
1. BLACKPINK
“One, two, three! Hello, this is BLACKPINK!”
“Hi, This is BLACKPINK!”
A four-member multinational girl group under YG Entertainment that debuted on August 8, 2016.
2. Members
3. Features
YG Entertainment is a multinational idol group consisting of South Koreans Jisoo and Jennie, Thai Lisa, and multi-national Rose from South Korea and New Zealand.
They are the first and only YG Entertainment group without a leader. The four members are friends, so they didn’t choose a leader because they didn’t think it was necessary.
3-1. Team Name
The group name BLACKPINK is said to have a reversed meaning of “don’t just look at the pretty” and “what you see is not what you get” by adding the meaning of negating “pink”, the prettiest color, with “black”. The songs they release are also in line with the meaning of their name.
Before their debut, they were known as PINKPUNK, and there were rumours among fans that their name was “TLC-F”. At the time, the team name was shortened by fans to TLC. The name “Magnum” was also on the shortlist before it was finalised. The name was also suggested by junior girl group BABYMONSTER.
3-2. Team Logo
There are no official colours, but the colours used in the logo above are #000000 (black) and #f7a7bb (pink).
While other groups may change the colour or shape of their logo to match their concept depending on the activity, BLACKPINK has kept the same logo for each activity.
3-3. Stature and popularity
As one of the representative idol groups of the third generation of K-Pop, this famous Hallyu girl group has made a global impact, setting numerous records on overseas charts such as Billboard, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Time, Bloomberg, and Japan’s Oricon.
Upon their debut, they hit “Whistle” and “Boom Boom”, followed by “Playing with Fire”, “Like the Last Time”, “DDU-DU-DDU-DU”, “How You Like That”, and “Pink Venom”.
Since 2018, they have raised their profile by performing well both domestically and overseas, and in 2019, they participated in Coachella as the first K-Pop group to be a sub-headliner, significantly surpassing the then-headliner Ariana Grande, and garnering the most overwhelming social media mentions and buzz among participating artists.
On 15 and 22 April 2023, she became the first Korean artist to appear as a headliner at Coachella, and on 2 July 2023, she was confirmed as the first Korean artist to appear as a headliner at the British Summer Time Festival[8], the largest music festival in the UK, where she performed on stage and received rave reviews from overseas media.
It has become a common sight to see world-renowned celebrities from various fields, including actors Will Smith, Kristen Stewart, and Anne Hathaway, singers Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams, Drake, Lizzo, Rihanna, The Weeknd, Harry Styles, and Olivia Rodrigo, and models Hailey Bieber, Bella Hadid, and Naomi Campbell, mentioning them or asking for selfies backstage at venues, at high-end fashion events, and at BLACKPINK concerts.
The band has also collaborated with global pop stars Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and many other artists and celebrities from around the world, including the U.S., Europe, South America, and China, who are eager to collaborate with BLACKPINK and are often seen in concert, following the band on Instagram, or professing their love for the band in various media outlets.
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Number of subscribers to your official YouTube channel: No. 1 artist in Korea, No. 1 artist in the world.
Official YouTube channel views: #1 artist in the world, #1 artist in Korea.
Number of followers on Spotify: #1 girl group in the world, #1 Korean female singer, #8 female artist in the world, #2 combined male and female Korean artist .
Monthly listeners on Spotify: Most monthly listeners in the history of girl groups worldwide.
Number of personal Instagram followers: 1-4 Korean female and male combined, in order of Lisa – Jennie – Jisoo – Rose.
Number of official Instagram followers: #1 female singer in Korea, #2 combined male and female singer in Korea.
Official V-app followers: 1st Korean female singer, 2nd Korean male and female singer combined.
BLACKPINK’s stature in the global high-end fashion and other industries is immense. For the first time in a worldwide group, each member is a global ambassador, which was pioneered by BLACKPINK.
Jisoo: Global Ambassador and Muse for Dior, Dior Beauty, Cartier, and Dunst.
Jennie: Global Ambassador and Muse for Chanel, Calvin Klein, Hera, Gentle Monster, and Jacquemus.
Rose: Global Ambassador and Muse for Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty, Tiffany & Co, Sulwhasoo and Limoges.
LISA: Global Ambassador and Muse for Celine, Bulgari, MAC and Chivasrigal.
BLACKPINK: Adidas Global Ambassador.
“Member Solo Activity Records
Jennie’s first solo single title track “SOLO” became the first Korean female solo artist to surpass 800 million YouTube video views and surpass 900 million views, and the first Korean solo artist to surpass 300 million streams on Spotify.
Rose’s first solo single “R-” became the first Korean female solo artist to become a half-million seller and broke the record for the highest debut for a female solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 70. She also became the first Korean solo artist and only the fourth female artist in the world to debut at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Hot 100 U.S. charts.
Lisa’s first solo single “LALISA” sold approximately 730,000 units initially, making her the first female solo artist of all time and the first female artist in Korea with a girl group, while the music video surpassed 100 million views, the fastest for an idol solo, and 500 million streams on Spotify, making her the first K-Pop solo artist and the fastest female K-Pop artist.
Jisoo’s first solo single “ME” sold approximately 1.17 million copies, surpassing Lisa’s previous single sales and becoming the number one selling single by a female solo artist of all time. She also set a new record by becoming the first female solo singer to become a million-selling artist.
