The talented members of the South Korean band ‘BLACKPINK’ is celebrating their 7th anniversary.
Having debuted in 2016, Blackpink consists of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. The girl group became the first Korean female act to top Billboard’s main chart in 2022 with its second full-length album, “Born Pink”.
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On their 7th anniversary, here are the milestones achieved by the South Korean girl group so far:
- Group’s debut single album ‘Square One’ won several new artist awards, including at the 31st Golden Disc Awards and the 26th Seoul Music Awards.
- Blackpink’s next two singles “As If It’s Your Last” and “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” both won the Digital Bonsang award at the 32nd and 33rd Golden Disc Awards respectively.
- “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du”, the lead single from their first extended play Square Up (2018), won the Best Dance – Female award at the 2018 Melon Music Awards and Song of the Year at the 8th Gaon Chart Music Awards.
- “Kill This Love”, the lead single from their second extended play Kill This Love (2019), won “The Music Video of 2019” award at the 45th People’s Choice Awards, where Blackpink also won “The Group of 2019” award.
- Blackpink’s first studio album, The Album (2020) won the Best Album Bonsang.
- Their lead single “How You Like That” garnered Blackpink their first ever Guinness World Records, five in total, including for the most-viewed video on YouTube in 24 hours, and won the MTV Music Video Award for Song of Summer, making them the first K-pop girl group to win an MTV VMA.
- “How You Like That” and “Lovesick Girls” from The Album won Song of the Year – June and Song of the Year – October respectively at the 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards.
- Blackpink won Best Female Group at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards and was selected by Variety as its 2020 Hitmakers Group of the Year.
- In 2021, Blackpink earned its sixth Guinness World Record for having the most subscribers for a music artist on YouTube.
- In 2022, Blackpink earned the MTV Video Music Award and the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Metaverse Performance with their in-game concert Blackpink: The Virtual on PUBG Mobile; the group also won a Guinness World Record for being the inaugural winner of the category at the MTV Video Music Awards.
- The group’s second studio album Born Pink (2022) topped the US and UK album charts upon release, earning Blackpink two Guinness World Records as the first K-pop girl group to do so.
- Born Pink won the Best Album Bonsang in 2022.
- The lead single “Pink Venom” won Best Music Video in 2022, while Blackpink won Best Female Group at the ceremony as well.
- “Pink Venom” and “Shut Down” from Born Pink won Song of the Year – August and Song of the Year – September respectively at the 12th Circle Chart Music Awards, at which Blackpink was also awarded the Female Group of the Year.
- In 2023, Blackpink became the first Korean girl group to be recognized by the Brit Awards with their nomination for Best International Group.
- The group received two further Guinness World Records in 2023 for being the most-streamed girl group on Spotify and the most-viewed music channel for a group on YouTube.
