It’s remarkable how much Blackpink accomplished so much so quick. I mean sometimes I think about how hard the girls work (because IMO hard work isn’t correlated to the amount of comebacks you have, since groups can half-ass the effort they put into them, but anyway...), how vigorous their pre-debut training was, and to see how far they’ve come makes me so happy for them and as a blink. I mean... I just wanted to make an appreciation thread for them and show them a lil’ love. It’s truly deserved. -First Kpop gg group to chart in the Canadian Hot 100 -Insane YouTube views (not surprising for the highest subscribed Korean artist, second highest artist of all time!). First Kpop group to have 1 billion views, and remain the Koop group with the most videos past 1 billion views. -We can’t forget Pinkchella Coachella!! They were so free, the audience was SO engaged, every single performance blew me away. My favorites: The iconic “BLACKPINK IS THE REVOLUTION!” At 2:17 https://youtu.be/AQYesbJO-XY?t=136 How HYPED the crowd was when the beat dropped https://youtu.be/KRDQM1U4J18?t=107 -Before I get into any of their achievements CAN I JUST MENTION how each member has such individual branding?! All of them endorse luxury, high end (read: not fake) brands. It’s really funny how they’re called IG models yet some other fandoms can only wish the same for their groups. Anyway. -First Kpop gg to be recognized by the RIAA for the legendary D4 that went gold and really pushed their career. -Highest charting single (digital song sales) for HYLT: debuted at No. 2! -All songs from The Album rank on BB’s Global 200 and BB Global Excl U.S. The Album also is the first gg album since 2016 to chart at least 5 months on the BB 200 chart. -Best selling gg in 2020 for both digital and physical (As of Jan 6th: 1,724,461 album sales; 1,415,968,774 digital points). -QUEEN LSG remains the longest charting gg song on MelOn Top 10 history (19 weeks... *chef’s kiss*). -GG with the most entries on Spotify Daily Chart since launch (16 entries out of 23 songs...eye-) (1,070 cumulative days). -GG with the most entries on Spotify Weekly Chart (2 weeks). -They have 8/10 songs that were the fastest to surpass 100 million streams on Spotify for a female gg. -Only took 5 months for The Album to pass 1.2 billion streams on Spotify; the second fastest girl group was 17 months. They said social distancing, what about it? -The Ablum is the best selling album by a Korean female act in history. -Japan: 5 songs that are RIAJ certified (2 are Korean versions!) I’ll stop here because my hands hurt from writing all of this. Sources before anyone comes @ me https://newsopener.com/news/a-timeline-of-blackpinks-history-making-accomplishments/ https://twitter.com/blackpinkstats5?lang=en