Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa make up the South Korean girl group Blackpink. The group was founded by YG Entertainment. The group made its debut in August 2016 with the release of their single album Square One, which included the songs “Whistle” and “Boombayah,” which became their first number-one entries on the US Billboard Global Digital Song Sales chart and the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart, respectively.
Throughout its history, Blackpink has smashed various online records. Their music video for “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” is presently the most viewed by a Korean group on YouTube and the first by a Korean group to achieve one billion and two billion views. Blackpink’s music videos for “Kill This Love” (2019) and “How You Like That” (2020) both broke three records and established two Guinness World Records for the most watched music video within the first 24 hours of release. On Spotify, they are the most followed and streamed girl group. On YouTube, they have the most subscribers and views of any music group.
They have also received recognition as the first female Korean group on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia and as Time’s 2022 Entertainer of the Year, in addition to the New Artist of the Year Awards at the Golden Disc Awards and Seoul Music Awards, the MAMA Award for Best Female Group in 2020 and 2022, the first MTV Video Music Award won by a Korean girl group, the first Brit Award nomination for a Korean girl group, and the MAMA Award for Best Female Group in 2019. They have been hailed by the former president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, as a global K-pop phenomenon who is assisting in the spread of K-pop content worldwide as well as Forbes Korea (placing first in 2019, third in 2020, and second in 2021) as one of the most influential celebrities in South Korea.