BLACKPINK are the biggest K-pop girl group in the world right now, thanks to the amazing success of their latest single.
But who are the talented foursome and what records has their track Kill This Love broken? We take a look below…
BLACKPINK is made up of singers Jisoo, Rosé, Lisa and Jennie.
Jisoo (real name Kim Ji Soo) was born and raised in Korea; Korean-born rapper Jennie was raised in New Zealand and also worked as a model.
Rosé (real name Park Chae Young) was born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, while main dancer and rapper Lisa (real name Lalisa Manoban) lived in Thailand until she was 15.
The group was created by label YG Entertainment – who are also responsible for launching the careers of successful K-pop stars including 2NE1, PSY and Big Bang.
The girls perform their songs in Korean and English, and also record Japanese versions as well.
They debuted in 2016 and were an instant success with their track Whistle being their first number one song in South Korea.
In the same year, their track Boombayah topped the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.
The groups infectious track, DDU-DU DDU-DU was the highest-ever ranking song from a female girl group after landing at 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The girls teamed with up with British pop star Dua Lipa to create a version of her track, Kiss an Make Up for the re-release of her debut album.
The song was the first track featuring the group to reach the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart.
While their latest release, Kill This Love, made them the first all-female group to claim the number one spot on the US iTunes charts in fifteen years.
Yes – BlackPink set a new record after reaching 70 million views for a music video in less than 38 hours.
The Kill This Love video hit the milestone after one day, 13 hours and 30 minutes on the streaming channel – beating the previous record held by BTS of two days, one hour and 50 minutes.
YouTube has also confirmed that the track hit 56.7 million views in its first 24 hours, which means the group beat the previous record held by Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next.
Yes – BLACKPINK are performing at Coachella on 12 and 19 April and it will make them the first female K-pop group to do so.
The girl group will also be kicking off their North American tour in LA on April 17.
The band are playing their first ever UK gig at the Wembley SSE Arena on 22 May 2019 – as part of their European tour.
