Blackpink (Hangul: 블랙핑크; stylized as BLACKPINK or

BLΛƆKPIИK) is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment,

consisting of members Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, and Rosé. The group debuted
on August 8, 2016, with their single album Square One, which spawned
"Whistle", their first number-one song in South Korea, as well as
"Boombayah", their first number-one hit on the Billboard World Digital
Songs chart, which set the record as the most-viewed debut music video by
a Korean act. With the group's early commercial success, they were hailed
as the New Artist of the Year at the 31st Golden Disc Awards and the 26th
Seoul Music Awards. As of 2018, Blackpink is the highest-charting female
K-pop act on both Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, peaking at number
55 with "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du", and peaking at number 40 with Square Up,
respectively. They are also the first and only K-pop girl group to enter and
top Billboard's Emerging Artists chart. They are also the first female K-pop
group to have four number-one singles on Billboard's World Digital Song
Sales chart. At the time of its release, "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" was the most-
viewed music video in 24 hours on YouTube, and in January 2019, it
became the most viewed music video by a K-pop group on the website.
Blackpink was the first girl group to debut under YG Entertainment in six years after
2NE1, with their debut single album Square One, which was released on August 8,
2016. The two lead singles charted at number one and two on the Billboard World
Digital Songs chart, and Blackpink is the fastest act to do so and the third Korean
artist or group to hold the top two positions after label mates Psy and Big Bang.
"Whistle" topped the digital, download, streaming, and mobile charts on Gaon in
August 2016. They also reached number one on the weekly, popularity, music video,
and K-pop music video charts of China's biggest music-streaming website QQ
Music. Blackpink's first music show performance was aired on August 14, 2016 on
SBS' Inkigayo. They won first place on Inkigayo 13 days after their debut, and broke
the record for the shortest time for a girl group to win on a music program after their
debut. They wrapped up their promotions for Square One on September 11, 2016
with another win on Inkigayo.
On January 17, Blackpink named their fan club "Blink", a portmanteau of "Black" and
"Pink".
On June 22, The group released a digital single titled "As If It's Your Last ". The song
was described as a "mixed genre of music, a change of sound from their previous
releases. The song debuted at number one on Billboard's World Digital Song chart
dated June 22 after only one day of tracking, making it their third number one hit on the
chart. The music video for the song later went on to break the record for the most liked
music video by a Korean girl group on YouTube.
On July 20, 2017, Blackpink held a showcase at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. It had an
attendance of more than 14,000 people and it was reported that around 200,000 people
tried to get tickets for it.
The group made their Japanese debut on August 30, 2017, with the release of their self-
titled Japanese extended play.
Blackpink was ranked among YouTube's Global Top 25 Songs of the Summer for 2017,
with their single "As If It's Your Last".
In January 2019, the group was announced to be part of the lineup of the 2019
Coachella Festival in California on April 12 and 19, 2019. They will be the first female K-
pop group to perform at Coachella. That same month, YG Entertainment announced
that Blackpink's In Your Area World Tour will have tour dates in North America, Europe
and Australia, with the North American leg spanning six dates on April and May 2019
and the European leg spanning five dates on May 2019. On January 21, 2019, the
music video of "Ddu-du Ddu-du" became the most-viewed music video by a K-pop
group on YouTube, with 620.9 million views.
Blackpink made their American debut at Universal Music Group's 2019 Grammy Artist
Showcase, which was invite-only and took place at ROW in Downtown Los Angeles on
February 9.The group is slated to appear in several American television shows in
February 2019, with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 11, Good
Morning America on February 12, and Strahan and Sara on February 15.
In February 2019, it was announced that the group will be part of the lineup of the 2019
Summer Sonic Festival in Japan on August 17 and 18, 2019. Korean acts such as Seo
Taiji, Girls’ Generation, FTISLAND, Epik High, and BoA have previously performed at
the festival.