Dubbed as the biggest girl group in the world by the media, BLACKPINK stays true to this moniker on a regular basis by breaking records here and beyond not just as a group but individually as well. The quartet's main rapper Jennie's solo track, "SOLO," has been announced as eligible for RIAA Gold certification in the United States.
For a song to be qualified for the certification, it has to hit the half-a-million status. Now, this is already a commendable achievement of the singer, considering that her song managed to sell over 500,000 units in less than a year.
This also leads to another feat for Jennie as this milestone has just made her the best-selling Korean female soloist in the United States!
Not just the members but the BLINKS (fan base name for BLACKPINK) are also festive towards the consecutive - and still ongoing - history-making of the four lovely and talented ladies. Their music video for "Kill This Love" just recently earned 600 million views on YouTube. Their other official video "As If It's Your Last" takes pride in having the same mark.
Apart from this, their music video for "BOOMBAYAH" hit 700 million views just a few weeks ago, making it the first-ever K-pop debut music video to hit such a phenomenal feat.
BLACKPINK making history does not seem to stop as they recently became silver in the United Kingdom. This was after BRIT Awards revealed that BLACKPINK and Dua Lipa's collaborative song "Kiss and Make Up" became the recipient of the silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and the first-ever K-pop group to achieve the status for a single. This means that the song managed to sell 200,000 units!
Suffice it to say that the hottest girl group won't stop making their homeland and BLINKS proud. As per the recent speech of a representative of the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA), BLACKPINK, alongside BTS, is said to have contributed to the significant increase of overseas royalties for the Korean music industry.
"The music of Korean artists such as BTS and BLACKPINK is receiving love from people around the world, and Korean artists are continuing to put on performances overseas. This is also the result of assigning specialized professionals to this department and using a strengthened system of monitoring music usage outside of Korea in order to avoid the omission of any K-pop royalties," the source said.
"I am very proud and think it is meant that people from around the world are listening to and enjoying the music of our country, and this was all possible because of the hard work of our songwriters who put in their full effort to make good music," he added.
