generasia:Featured article for 2017 week 35
BLΛƆKPIИK
BLΛƆKPIИK is a Korean pop girl group created by YG Entertainment. They are the first girl group to debut under YG in seven years. The group consists of four members: Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Rosé. They released their debut digital single "SQUARE ONE" on August 8, 2016 with the lead tracks "Hwiparam" and "BOOMBAYAH". The group's first music show performance was aired on August 14, 2016 on SBS's Inkigayo. They were nominated for their first award for the August 21st episode of the show, which they won, making them the girl group with the shortest time between debut and #1 nomination.
The group made a comeback with their second digital single "SQUARE TWO" on November 1st with the songs "Buljangnan" and "STAY". "Buljangnan" went on to top Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart on November 19th and entered the Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 92, which was the first time a K-pop girl group placed on the chart.
Their third digital single "Majimak Cheoreom" was released on June 22, 2017. The track topped Billboard's "World Digital Song Sales" for the week of July 8th, and the girls ranked fifteenth on the "Social 50" chart. The music video for the song set the records for fastest K-pop group to reach 10, 20, 30, 50, 60, and 100 million views on YouTube.
Their debut Japanese mini-album BLACKPINK is released this week on August 30th.
