BLACKPINK

(l-r) Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, and Rose

Interscope Records (U.S, 2019-present)

Park Roseanne

Lalisa Manoban

**BLACKPINK (Hangul: 블랙핑크), stylized as BLACKPINK or BLΛƆKPIИK, is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment and the first girl group to debut under the same entertainment company seven years after 2NE1. The group consists of four members: Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Rosé. They officially debuted on August 8, 2016 with the single album Square One. Blackpink's fans are called "Blink", a name which means the fans start with Blackpink and end with Blackpink.**

## Members

**Jisoo** (born on January 3, 1995)

**Jennie** Kim (born on January 16, 1996)

**Rose** (born on February 12, 1997)

**Lisa** (born on March 27, 1997)

## Discography

Studio albums* *The Album* (2020)
* *Born Pink* (2022)

Live albums* *BLACKPINK 2018 Tour 'In Your Area' Seoul* (2019)
* *BLACKPINK 2021 'The Show' Live* (2021)

Mini albums* *Square Up* (2018)
* *Kill This Love* (2019)

Single albums* "How You Like That" (2020)

Digital single albums* *Square One* (2016)
* *Square Two* (2016)

Digital singles* "As If It's Your Last" (2017)
* "Pink Venom" (2022)

Collaborations* "Kiss and Make Up" (with Dua Lipa) (2018)
* "Sour Candy" (with Lady Gaga) (2020)
* "Ice Cream" (with Selena Gomez) (2020)

Other releases* "So Hot (THEBLACKLABEL Remix)" (2017)
* "Ready For Love (BLACKPINK X PUBG MOBILE) (2022)
Studio albums* *BLACKPINK In Your Area* (2018)
* *Kill This Love -JP Ver.-* (2019)
* *The Album -JP Ver.-* (2021)

Live albums* *BLACKPINK Arena Tour 2018 "Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka"* (2019)
* *BLACKPINK 2019-2020 World Tour In Your Area - Tokyo Dome* (2020)

Mini albums* *BLACKPINK* (2017)
	+ *Re: BLACKPINK* (repackage) (2018)

Singles* "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" (2018)

**Endorsements**

Within three weeks of debut, **BLACKPINK** placed second behind **EXO** for brand reputation based on a study by Korea Institute of Corporate Reputation in August 2016. Another study targeting girl groups revealed that the group's brand influence had already surpassed that of **Girls' Generation** and **Twice** for September. The chief of the reputations research lab described the feat as a **"first"**. They became endorsers for several brands including **Reebok**, **Moonshot** and **Saint Scott**. They were also featured as models for major magazines including **Nylon Korea**, South Korean **1st Look**, and **Singapore's TEENAGE.**

### **List**

* Moonshot (2016)
* Reebok (2016)
* Saint Scoot (2016)
* Mise-en-scène (2018)
* TREVI Stylish Sparkling Water (2017)
* LG G6 (2017)
* Olens (2017) (2021)
* Sprite (2018)
* Adidas Korea (2018)
* Puma (2018)
* CRUUM Japan (2018)
* Shopee Indonesia (2018)
* Woori Bank (2019)
* Paradise City Hotel & Resort (2019)
* Kia (2019)
* KBank (2019)
* Samsung (2020)
* Bugatti (2020)
* Globe Telecom (2020)
* Pepsi Thailand (2020)
* PUBG Mobile (2020)
* Tokopedia (2021)

**HISTORY**

**Pre-debut (G)I-DLE** member **Miyeon** was supposed to debut as the fifth member of a group of YG trainees who would later become **BLACKPINK**. **Miyeon** joined YG the same time as **Jennie**, but left in 2015, one year before the four girls officially debuted. The band's promotional preparation began in November 2011 with the revelation of an teaser image of **Kim Eun-bi**, who was speculated as a candidate for the group's line-up.

### 2016: Debut, "Square One", "Square Two"

On June 29, 2016, YG Entertainment revealed the final line-up and name of the group. **BLACKPINK** is the first girl group to debut under YG Entertainment since **2NE1's** debut in 2009. The group debuted on August 8 with their first digital single album, **"Square One"**. The single album has two songs, **"Whistle"** and **"Boombayah"** which are the title tracks for the album. **"Whistle"** was composed by Teddy Park, Future Bounce, and Bekuh BOOM and written by Teddy Park and Bekuh BOOM. **"Boombayah"** was composed and written by Teddy Park and Bekuh BOOM. Beomjin J directed the music video for **"Whistle"** while Seo Hyun-seung did for **"Boombayah."**

**"Boombayah"** debuted at **#1** and **"Whistle"** debuted at **#2** on the **Billboard World Digital Songs Chart**. They are the third Korean artist to hold the top spots, alongside **PSY** and **Big Bang.**

**"Whistle"** topped the digital, download, and streaming monthly chart of **Gaon Chart** for August 2016.

**"Whistle"** also reached **#1** on the weekly, popularity, music video, and K-pop music video chart of China’s biggest music-streaming website **QQ Music.** **BLACKPINK** made their first music show performance and performed **"Whistle"** and **"Boombayah"** for the first time at **Inkigayo** on August 14.

The group took home their first music show win for their song **"Whistle"** on August 21 at **Inkigayo**. It took them 14 days to achieve their first win and are the fourth fastest girl group to win their first. They wrapped up their promotions for **"Square One"** on September 11 at **Inkigayo** and scored another win for **"Whistle".**

**BLACKPINK** released their second digital single album, **"Square Two"** on November 1 with **"Playing With Fire"** and **"Stay"** serving as the title tracks. Both songs were produced by Teddy, R.Tee, and Seo Won Jin. **"Playing With Fire"** debuted at **#1** on the **Billboard World Digital Songs chart**, making it their second song to do so. The group had their comeback stage at **Inkigayo** on August 6 and **M Countdown** on August 10 where they performed **"Playing With Fire"** and **"Stay".**

### 2017: Japan Debut, "As If It's Your Last"

On May 17, it was announced that the group would be debuting in Japan with their debut album which was released on August 9. It was also revealed that they would be holding their debut showcase on July 20 at **Budokan** in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

**BLACKPINK's** first digital single, **"As If It's Your Last"**, was released on June 22, 2017. The single peaked at **#2** on the **Billboard Kpop Hot 100**. It reached 2.5 million downloads on **Gaon** in 2018 and sold 9,000 copies in the United States.

On July 17, an article was posted on the **YGEX** website announcing that **BLACKPINK** would be releasing their debut Japanese mini album, ***Blackpink***, on August 9. The music videos for the Japanese versions of **"Boombayah"** and **"Whistle"** were released on August 30.

### 2018: *Square Up*, 2018 Tour (In Your Area) Seoul x BC Card, World Tour

On June 1, 2018, a moving poster was posted on the group's social media accounts announcing that the group would be releasing their first mini album, ***Square Up***, on June 15. **"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"** served as the album's title track. The song debuted at **#2** for the month of June on the monthly **Gaon Chart**. It then peaked at **#1** the following month. **"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"** also debuted at **#55** on the **Billboard Hot 100**, breaking the previous record held by **"Nobody"** by the **Wonder Girls** and became the highest highest-charting song by a **Korean girl group.**

On September 12, it was announced that **BLACKPINK** would be having their first solo concert, **BLACKPINK 2018 Tour (In Your Area) Seoul x BC Card**, in Seoul, South Korea the **Olympic Gymnastics Arena**. YG Entertainment released a statement on October 23, stating that BLACKPINK has signed with an American label, **Interscope Records.**

On November 1, it was revealed that the group would be having their first world tour, **BLACKPINK 2019 World Tour (In Your Area)**. It began on January 11 in Bangkok, Thailand at the **IMPACT Arena**.

### 2019: *Kill This Love*, Coachella

On February 9, 2019, **BLACKPINK** performed at the CEO of **Universal Music Group's Showcase party**. This was their first US performance. On February 11, the group performed at **The Late Show**, making it the first US television appearance . They performed at **Good Morning America** the following day. **BLACKPINK** was the on the cover for **Billboard's magazine** for the month of March.

**BLACKPINK** released their third mini album, ***Kill This Love***, with the same name title track on April 5.

On April 12 and April 19, **BLACKPINK** performed at **Coachella**, which made them the **first Kpop girl group** to perform there.

On October 16, the group's second Japanese full-length album, ***Kill This Love -JP Ver.-*** was released. The **BLACKPINK 2019 World Tour (In Your Area)** ended on July 14 in Fukuoka, Japan at the **Fukuoka Dome.**

### 2020: "Sour Candy", "How You Like That", "Ice Cream", *The Album*

In April 2020, **Lady Gaga** revealed that she would be releasing **"Sour Candy"** which is a collaboration with **BLACKPINK.** A lyric video for the song was posted on June 16. The song debuted at **#33** on the **Billboard Hot 100.**

In June, YG revealed that **BLACKPINK** would have a three-part comeback with two pre-release singles and the album to end it. The first pre-release, **"How You Like That"**, was released on June 26. The second pre-release would be released either in July or August and their first Korean full-length album in October. YG also stated that **Jisoo, Rosé,** and **Lisa** would be making their solo debut after the group releases their first Korean full-length album. YG said, "Rosé and Lisa have already wrapped up their recordings, whereas Jisoo is enthusiastically working on her music."

On July 23, a teaser poster was posted which teased that the group would be releasing a collaboration single by an unnamed artist in August  On July 28, a teaser poster revealed that **BLACKPINK** would be releasing their first album, ***The Album***, on October 2.

August 11, **Selena Gomez** was revealed to be the unnamed artist. The song was revealed to be titled, **"Ice Cream"** two days later. **"Ice Cream"** was released on August 28.

**24/365 with BLACKPINK**, **BLACKPINK's** first reality series, began airing on July 4 and ended on October 24. An episode was posted on the group's YouTube channel every Saturday.

On September 8, **Netflix** and **BLACKPINK** announced that **BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky** will premiere on October 14 as an all-access documentary, covering the four years since **BLACKPINK's** explosive debut in 2016 with video footage from their days training, the members' home lives, behind the scenes stories and honest interviews with the members.

On November 20, American lifestyle magazine ***Variety*** announced that the group would be named **"Group of The Year"** in their **2020 Hitmakers issue**. On December 2, the group announced their first online concert, entitled **BLACKPINK: The Show**, would be held on December 27 (later postponed to January 31, 2021) exclusively on YouTube.

### 2021: BLACKPINK: The Movie, 4+1 Project

On May 12, 2021, YG announced that **BLACKPINK** would have their comeback in the later half of 2021.

On June 16, 2021, it was announced that **BLACKPINK: The Movie** will air on August 8, as part of their **"4+1 PROJECT"** to commemorate the group's fifth anniversary. On July 14, YG announced that **BLACKPINK** would be joining **WEVERSE** on August 2, as part of the **“4+1 Project”**.  On July 28, YG announced **BLACKPINK’s 2021 Summer Diary** as part of the **“4+1 Project,"** it is set to be released on August 25. To celebrate their 5th anniversary, a **BLACKPINK island, ‘In Your Area Island’,** will be released on **Animal Crossing: New Horizons** on August 6. As the final part of the **"4+1 PROJECT,"** a special **pop up exhibition** will be opening on August 21 until August 30. The exhibition will reflect the concept of the songs **BLACKPINK** has released so far.

### 2022: BLACKPINK: The Virtual, "Pink Venom" and "Born Pink"

On July 6, 2022, YG Entertainment announced that **BLACKPINK** are in the final stages of recording their new album and it will be released in August. It was also stated that they will be going on a **world tour** later this year.

On July 12, 2022, YG Entertainment revealed that **BLACKPINK** would hold a **virtual in-game concert in PUBG Mobile** from July 22 to 30, including performances of the group's hit songs as well as a special track titled **"Ready For Love"** to be previewed during the event for the first time. It was released in full on July 29, 2022.

On July 26, 2022, YG Entertainment stated that **BLACKPINK** are in the middle of filming a music video and added that it's the most highest production cost they have ever spent on an MV.

On August 1, 2022, a **Born Pink** announcement trailer was posted on the group's social media accounts announcing that the group will be releasing a pre-release single in August, an album in September, and starting a **world tour** in October. Later that day, YG explained that **Born Pink** is the project name for their upcoming releases. On August 8, a teaser poster was posted which revealed that the group will be releasing the pre-release single, **"Pink Venom"** on August 19. The next day, a schedule announcement was posted which announced that the **world tour**, **BLACKPINK World Tour 'Born Pink',** will start on October 15 at Seoul, South Korea. On August 10, a teaser poster was posted which revealed that the group will be releasing their second studio album, ***Born Pink*** on September 16.

On August 16, BLACKPINK announced that they will be performing at the **MTV Video Music Awards** on August 28, this makes them the **first Korean female act** to perform there.

On August 24, YG Entertainment revealed that **BLACKPINK** are filming the music video for the title track for ***Born Pink* at Gyeonggi province**. They also added that the title track will shock the fans and that the music video will raise the status of Kpop quality to something that hasn't been seen before.

On September 16, ***Born Pink*** and its title track **"Shut Down"** were both released.

**BLACKPINK** was named the **2022 Entertainer Of The Year by TIME Magazine** which makes them the first girl group to receive the title of Entertainer Of The Year.