According to their agency YG Entertainment on the 27th, Blackpink entered the Guinness Book of World Records as ‘the first K-pop female artist to reach #1 on the album charts’ in the UK and US with their 2nd full-length album ‘BORN PINK’, respectively.

With this album, Blackpink sold 2,141,281 copies within a day and a half of its release, becoming the first K-pop girl group to become the first ‘double million seller’.

In addition, Blackpink was named as the artist who won the first trophy in the ‘Best Metaverse Performance’ category at the ‘MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)’ through the in-game concert ‘The Virtual’ held in August last year. I engraved it.

In addition, member Lisa was also listed in three additional Guinness categories. He was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the K-pop artist with the most followers on the social media Instagram.

The Guinness Book of World Records reported that as of the 19th, the number of Lisa’s Instagram followers reached 86.3 million, setting this record. Afterwards, the number of followers continued to increase, and as of 9 am on this day, the number of followers reached 87.27 million.

Lisa’s Blackpink colleagues Jennie, Jisoo, and Rosé also occupy the top four K-pop artists, each with at least 66 million followers.

The number of followers on Blackpink’s Instagram account exceeded 52.21 million. Besides K-pop, pop stars currently in the top 10 most followed Instagram accounts include Selena Gomez (372 million), Ariana Grande (351 million), and Beyonce (291 million). .

Previously, Lisa was recognized by Guinness as the ‘most viewed YouTube video by a solo artist in 24 hours’ for the ‘Larisa’ music video.

In addition, Blackpink also holds the record for having the largest number of YouTube subscribers (84 million) among singers in the world (as of 9 a.m. this day). As a team alone, they hold 12 Guinness records. Including solo achievements such as Lisa (5) and Rosé (2), she has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records a total of 19 times so far.

Guinness predicted good performance in the future, saying, “Blackpink is the world’s best girl group that has achieved the greatest success in the current music market. We are very much looking forward to the records that Blackpink will break in the future.”

Meanwhile, Blackpink is conducting the largest world tour for a K-pop girl group, mobilizing approximately 1.5 million people. Last year, they successfully completed 14 concerts in 7 cities in North America and 10 concerts in 7 cities in Europe. Recently, I moved to Asia and met my fans. During his Middle East tour, he attended a charity concert hosted by Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron.

In addition, Blackpink also sets a record of becoming the first K-pop singer to headline the ‘Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival’, a large American music festival in April this year. They will go on stage on the 15th and 22nd of the same month. American alternative R&B singer Frank Ocean and Latin pop star Bad Bunny are other headliners.