BLACKPINK

BLACKPINK (블랙핑크; stylized as BLΛƆKPIИK) is a four-member girl group under YG Entertainment. They debuted on August 8, 2016 with their digital single album "Square One".

2016: Debut with "Square One", "Square Two"
On May 31, YG Entertainment began releasing individual teaser photos of the members for the agency's then-unnamed, upcoming girl group on Instagram, starting with Jennie the same day.This was followed by Lisa on June 7, Jisoo on June 14, and lastly Rosé on June 21.

On June 29, YGE released the group photos and revealed their name to be BLACKPINK.

On July 6, YGE published on the group's official YouTube channel, a dance practice video, as an introduction to the group.

On July 29, it was revealed that the group will debut on August 8. The tracks "Boombayah" and "Whistle" from their debut single album "[./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Square_One Square One]", were revealed on August 5 and 6, respectively.

On August 21, BLACKPINK won their first music show award on [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Inkigayo Inkigayo], only 13 days after their debut. This makes them one of the fastest artists to win.

2017: "As If It's Your Last", Japanese debut
On June 22, 2017, the group released the digital single titled "[./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/As_If_It's_Your_Last As If It's Your Last]".

On July 20, 2017, BLACKPINK held a showcase at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. The group made their Japanese debut on August 30, 2017, with the release of their [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_(album) self-titled Japanese mini album].

2018: Re: BLACKPINK, Square Up, BLACKPINK In Your Area
In January 2018, it was announced that the group would released a repackage of their debut Japanese mini album titled [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Re:_BLACKPINK Re: BLACKPINK] on March 28.

On June 15, 2018 the group released their first Korean mini album titled [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Square_Up Square Up] with "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" as the title track.

The group embarked on their first Japan tour, [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_Arena_Tour_2018 BLACKPINK Arena Tour 2018], in Osaka on July 24–25. On September 12, it was announced that the group would hold their first concert in Seoul titled [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_2018_Tour_'In_Your_Area'_Seoul_x_BC_Card BLACKPINK 2018 Tour [In Your Area] Seoul x BC Card ] at Olympic Gymnastics Arena.

In September 2018, English singer Dua Lipa collaborated with BLACKPINK with the song "Kiss and Make Up", as part of the complete edition her self-titled debut album, released on October 19, 2018.

On November 23, the group released their first Japanese studio album [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_In_Your_Area BLACKPINK In Your Area].

2019: First world tour, U.S TV debut, Kill This Love
On March 25, YGE released a teaser photo of [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Lisa Lisa], confirming the comeback of the group, with the mini album titled [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Kill_This_Love Kill This Love], to April 5. The photos of the remaining members, [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Jennie Jennie], [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Jisoo_(BLACKPINK) Jisoo] and [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Ros%C3%A9 Rosé], and the photo of the group, were released, respectively, from March 26 to 28.

On November 11, their song "[./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Ddu-Du_Ddu-Du_(song) Ddu-Du Ddu-Du]" became the first music video by a K-pop group to reach 1 billion views on YouTube.

2020: "Sour Candy", upcoming pre-release singles and full album
On April 22, it was confirmed the group would be featured in Lady Gaga's sixth studio album Chromatica, on the track titled "Sour Candy." On May 6, 2020, Gaga revealed on her Twitter account that Sour Candy would be released on May 29, the same day as the Chromatica album release.

On May 4, Star News reported that Blackpink was scheduled to release a new album "from early-June to mid-June", with an exact date still to be confirmed. It was also stated that recording of the music had been completed, and while the filming schedule for the music video was "being adjusted", the group was set to film the music video in May. Later that day, [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/YG_Entertainment YG Entertainment] later confirmed the news. The release will come a year-and-two-months after the previous release, [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Kill_This_Love Kill This Love]. On May 17, it was revealed that the girls had already completed recording +10 new songs for their first full album, set to be released in September. Before this, a pre-release single will be released in June, and a second single either July or August.

Members
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Live albums

 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_2018_Tour_'In_Your_Area'_Seoul BLACKPINK 2018 Tour 'In Your Area' Seoul] (2019)

Mini albums

 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Square_Up Square Up] (2018)
 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Kill_This_Love Kill This Love] (2019)

Digital single albums

 * "[./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Square_One_(BLACKPINK) Square One]" (2016)
 * "[./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Square_Two Square Two]" (2016)

Digital singles

 * "[./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/As_If_It's_Your_Last As If It's Your Last]" (2017)

Collaborations

 * "Kiss and Make Up" (with Dua Lipa) (2018)
 * "Sour Candy" (with Lady Gaga) (2020)

Other releases

 * "[./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/So_Hot_(TheBlackLabel_Remix) So Hot (TheBlackLabel Remix)]" (2017)

Studio albums

 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_In_Your_Area BLACKPINK In Your Area] (2018)
 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Kill_This_Love_-JP_Ver.- Kill This Love -JP Ver.-] (2019)

Live albums

 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_Arena_Tour_2018_%22Special_Final_in_Kyocera_Dome_Osaka%22 BLACKPINK Arena Tour 2018 "Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka"] (2019)
 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_2019-2020_World_Tour_In_Your_Area_-_Tokyo_Dome BLACKPINK 2019-2020 World Tour In Your Area - Tokyo Dome] (2020)

Mini albums

 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_(album) BLACKPINK] (2017)
 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Re:_BLACKPINK Re: BLACKPINK] (repackage) (2018)

Singles

 * "[./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Ddu-Du_Ddu-Du_(single) Ddu-Du Ddu-Du]" (2018)
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Concert tours

 * BLACKPINK 2018 Tour [In Your Area] Seoul x BC Card (2018)
 * BLACKPINK 2019-2020 World Tour [In Your Area] (2019-2020)

Japan tours

 * [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/BLACKPINK_Arena_Tour_2018 BLACKPINK Arena Tour 2018] (2018)

Awards and nominations

 * Main article: Awards and nominations received by BLACKPINK

Endorsements

 * Moonshot (2016)
 * Classic (2016)
 * St. Scott LONDON (2016–17)
 * LG G6 (2017)
 * TREVI Stylish Sparkling Water (2017)
 * Shibuya 109 (2017)
 * Dior Cosmetics (2017)
 * Popteen Japan (2017)
 * Zipper Japan (2017)
 * S Cawaii! (2017)
 * Numéro Japan (2017)
 * PUMA Suede Bow Japan (2018)
 * Sprite (2018)


 * Tokyo Girls Collection x CECIL McBEE (2018)
 * Louis Vuitton (2018)
 * Olens Korea (2018)
 * Adidas Korea (2018)
 * CRUUM Japan (2018)
 * GUESS Korea (2018)
 * Shopee Indonesia (2018)
 * Vinyl Makeup (2018)
 * KitKat Japan (2018)
 * Mise en scene (2018)
 * Wooribank (2019)
 * Paradise City (2019)

Trivia

 * There is no leader because all of the members are now close friends who have their own leadership attributes.
 * Leading up to their debut, the members have been training for 4–6 years.
 * They are the first girl group to debut under YG Entertainment in seven years - the last group being [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/2NE1 2NE1].
 * The fandom name "BLINK" means that we start with BLACKPINK and end with BLACKPINK.
 * After the release of their song "Sour Candy" with Lady Gaga they became:
 * The first girl group in history to reach 62 #1s on iTunes.
 * The first and only Kpop girl group to have #1 on iTunes for both the song & album chart (Sour Candy & [./https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Kill_This_Love Kill This Love]).
 * The first Kpop girl group to reach #1 on the UK iTunes song chart.
 * The highest charting girl group on Apple Music UK, US, Canada and China chart.
 * The Kpop girl group to have the highest charting single on Billboard Hot 100 (#33).
 * They are the only Kpop girl group to have multiple entries on Billboard Hot 100 (4).

Gallery

 * Main article: BLACKPINK GALLERY