Blackpink is a famous South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment, consisting of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. The group debuted in August 2016 with their single album ‘Square One’, which featured “Whistle” and “Boombayah”, their first number-one entries on South Korea’s Gaon Digital Chart and the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, respectively. Blackpink is the highest-charting female Korean act on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 13 with “Ice Cream”. The group and their songs have become everyone’s favorite. Recently, they became popular for their mesmerizing songs.
Let’s have a look at the top 5 songs of Blackpink.
“How You Like That” (2020)
“How You Like That” is a song recorded in two languages, Korean and Japanese, by South Korean girl group Blackpink, released on June 26, 2020, through YG Entertainment, YG Plus and Interscope Records, as the lead single from the group’s first Korean-language studio album, ‘The Album’. It was a commercial success in South Korea and peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart for three weeks, marking Blackpink’s third number-one single in the country. The song also topped the national charts in Hungary, Singapore, and Malaysia as well as Billboard’s K-pop Hot 100 and World Digital Songs charts, and figured within the record charts in 26 other countries. [Source: www.iwmbuzz.com]
“Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” (2018)
“Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” is a song recorded in Korean and Japanese by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released on June 15, 2018, through YG Entertainment, in conjunction with the release of the group’s first Korean-language extended play, ‘Square Up’. The Japanese version of the single was released through YGEX on August 22, 2018, and was distributed in three physical formats. The song was a commercial success in South Korea, peaking atop the Gaon Digital Chart for three consecutive weeks, marking their second number-one single in the country. “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” also topped the national charts in Singapore and Malaysia, in addition to peaking atop the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 and World Digital Songs charts.
“Boombayah” (2016)
“Boombayah” is a song by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released coupled with “Whistle” in the group’s digital debut single album titled ‘Square One’, on August 8, 2016, by YG Entertainment. “Boombayah” peaked at number 7 in South Korea and topped the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart in the first week of sales. On October 13, 2020, “Boombayah” became the first K-pop debut music video to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube.
“Ice Cream” (2020)
“Ice Cream” is a song by South Korean girl group Blackpink and American singer Selena Gomez. It was released on August 28, 2020, through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records, as the second single from the group’s first Korean-language studio album, ‘The Album’. It debuted and peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Blackpink’s first single to peek inside the top-twenty of the chart and subsequently becoming the longest-charting song by an all-female Korean act on the Hot 100.
“Kill This Love” (2019)
“Kill This Love” is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released on April 4, 2019, through YG and Interscope, as the lead single for the group’s second Korean-language EP of the same name. A Japanese version of the song was released on October 16, 2019. Upon release on YouTube, the music video broke the record for the most views within 24 hours, accumulating 56.7 million views and has, as of November 2021, accumulated more than 1.4 billion views on the platform. Commercially, the single reached the charts in 27 countries. It peaked at number two in South Korea and became the group’s first top-50 hit in the United States and the United Kingdom, thus also becoming the highest-charting female K-pop song on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time. [Source: www.sportskeeda.com]
