BLACKPINK is a female band that is rapidly rewriting the music industry as part of the K-pop revolution.
The band overtook Justin Bieber on YouTube, as they rose to over 84 million subscribers.
Who are the members of Blackpink?
The K-pop band Blackpink, from South Korea, are breaking records as quickly as they make them, here is a rundown of who makes up the group:
Jennie
The bandmembers all graduated from the famous South Korean K-pop trainee system.
Jennie spent the longest time within it out of any of the group, leaving after six years.
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She moved back to South Korea in 2010 after living in New Zealand.
Impressively, she is fluent in English, Korean and Japanese.
Her individual track Solo made her the first member of the band to release her own music, when she did so in 2018.
She will be making her acting debut in 2023 starring in HBO drama The Idol alongside Lily-Rose Depp.
Jisoo
Prior to joining BlackPink, Jisoo was an actress and starred in many commercials.
This led to her starring JTBC historical K-drama series Snowdrop.
Despite being the only member of the band to not speak English, she is fluent in Korean, Japanese and Chinese.
It is planned that she will join the rest of the bandmembers in releasing her own solo album this year.
Rose
Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Rose is fluent in English and actually had to learn Korean when she joined the K-pop trainee system.
She is the lead singer of the band and their fanbase cannot get enough of her unique tones.
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Rose released her own solo album in 2021.
Lisa
Lisa was born and raised in Thailand and she learnt Korean after moving to South Korea in 2011.
She is also fluent in English and Japanese.
A fan-favourite, she is best known for her unique dance moves and rapping, often breaking into impromptu dance which inevitably ends up going viral.
After releasing her own solo album, she was awarded a MTV Video Music Award for best K-pop video in 2022.
In addition to this, she was awarded two accolades by the Guinness World Records for "most viewed YouTube music video by a solo artist in 24 hours" and "most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a solo K-pop artist."
How many albums has Blackpink had?
The band have released nine albums in total with four of them being Japanese albums.
BlackPink often release singles and have had collaborations with Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez.
A list of the albums released by the phenomenally popular K-pop band:
- Square One
- Square Two
- BlackPink (Japanese Album)
- Re:BlackPink (Japanese Album)
- Square Up
- BlackPink In Your Area (Japanese Album)
- Kill This Love
- Kill This Love (Japanese Album)
- How You Like That
