Blackpink’s Achievements / Records in South Korea

BLACKPINK’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN KOREA

— Blackpink’s “The Album” is the first female group album to receive the “Million” certification by the Korean Music Copyright Association (KMCA). They are the first Korean girl group to receive the title of “Million Seller”.

— Blackpink is the first female artist to receive the title of “Double Million Seller” by the  Korean Music Copyright Association  (KMCA) with the album sales of “Born pink”.

— Blackpink is the first girl group in K-pop history to hold a concert at the “Gocheok sky dome baseball stadium” in Korea. Blackpink is the first female artist in history to perform at this stadium for 2 days. It’s the first time in Korean history that a girl group entered a concert venue of this level.

— Blackpink has the biggest and most successful girl group concert in South Korean history. This concert has the highest attendance (35k ticket sales) and highest grossing ($4.6 million) for a female group in Korea.

— Their album “Kill this love” is the album of Korean female artists with the highest sales between 2010-2020.

— Blackpink’s album “Born pink” is the first female artist album in Hanteo history to surpass 1 million physical sales on its first day.

— Blackpink is the girl group with the highest digital score (streaming) in the history of the Circle (Gaon) platform.

— They ranked first for 35 months in the “Brand Reputation” ranking prepared with Korean data. They became the female group with the most #1 hits in the history of this list. They were 15 months ahead of the girl group closest to them.

— Blackpink received the “Cultural daesang” award at the Seoul success awards ceremony for their contributions to Korean culture. The reason for receiving the award was the economic power the group brought to the country.

— Blackpink is the girl group with the most awards at the Circle (Gaon) music awards. (13 awards)

— Blackpink is the first and only group to make PAK with their debut song. (Whistle)

— The fastest girl groups to reach their first PAK;

#1. Blackpink (Whistle) – 6 days

#2. New Jeans (Ditto) – 4 months 24 days

— Blackpink’s “Ddu-du ddu-du” is the first and only female group song in Melon history to surpass 1 million unique listeners in the first 24 hours.

— “How you like that” is the girl group song with the most unique listeners on the Melon platform this decade (2020-2030). (5 million unique listeners)

— Blackpink is the first girl group to surpass 100 million album streams on Genie.