Interesting Facts We Bet You Don’t Know about Blackpink
Interesting Facts We Bet You Don’t Know about Blackpink
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Blackpink need no introduction. It is a popular South Korean girl group that debuted in August 2016. The group was founded by YG Entertainment with four cast members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. Within a short period of time, the group has proved itself the most successful Korean girl group around the world. It is termed as the “biggest girl group in the world”. Their several credits like Ice Cream, and Born Pink peaked on Billboard. No Doubt the girl group has lots of fans globally.
Members
Jisoo is a popular group member who also won hearts with her acting roles in series like The Producers and Snowdrop alongside her music career. Jisoo is also a songwriter and has contributed to the song “Yeah Yeah Yeah” from the studio album “Born Pink.” Jisoo has endorsed brands like Dior, and Cartier.
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Another member Jennie Kim also has a huge fan base. She dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer and heard K-pop when she was a student in New Zealand. When she was selected by YG Entertainment, she was the only trainee who was fluent in English. She became the most searched topic as “Mystery Girl” when she was introduced by YG Entertainment with a photograph captioned “Who’s that girl?” on the official blog of the agency.
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Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Rose is a popular singer and dancer of the group. Besides getting fame with the group, Rose has also impressed fans with her solo work. Rose holds two Guinness World Records for her single “On the Ground. First, it was the highest-charting song by a Korean female solo artist on the US Billboard Hot 100, and second, it was the first song by a Korean solo artist to reach the top of the Billboard Global 200.
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Born to a Thai mother, she was raised in Thailand with a Swiss stepfather. She was named Pranpriya Manobal when she was born but later changed her name. Lisa can speak Thai, Korean, and English while having little knowledge of Japanese and Chinese. Her solo single "Lalisa" was the most-viewed music video in the first 24 hours when it was released in September 2021. She holds five Guinness World Records, alongside other popular music awards.
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Interesting Facts We Bet You Don't Know
- Blackpink was the first female K-Pop group to perform at Coachella when they performed there in 2019.
- The group’s album “Born Pink” earned them two Guinness World Records. First, it was the first album by a girl group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 and second for being the first album by a Korean girl group to peal on both Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart.
- Though there is no official leader in the group, Jennie who was the most shy trainee is the main rapper of the Blackpink.
- The group was the most listened K-pop Artist (Female) on Spotify in the year 2020.
- Though they are working together in a same South-Korean group, all the four girls have different upbringing. Jisoo belongs to South Korea while Rose was born in Australia but raised in New Zealand. Lisa is a native of Thailand and Jennie spent a long time in New Zealand.
- The group has also rereleased some of their songs in Japanese for their Japanese fans.
- Their fans are referred as Blinks.
- The group collaborated with the renowned artists like Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez and Cardi B on different occasions.
- Blackpink members was invited at Buckingham Palace as a royal guest in November 2023.