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SEOUL September 24, (Yonhap) -- K-pop super star girl group Blackpink’s second full length album “Born Pink” topped United Kingdom’s Official album chart “TOP 100” for the first time in history of K-pop girl group.

According to the data collected on September 23(United Kingdom time), “Born Pink” topped the chart by outperforming Rina Sawayama, Suede and more world class artists and topped the chart.

The highest record Blackpink every had with their album within the chart was with their first full length album “The Album” which they ranked second on the chart in 2020.

Along with the United State’s Billboard Chart, UK’s official chart is considered to be one of the recognized music charts. Until this day, K-pop super star BTS was the only Korean artist to have topped the official album chart.

Within the UK’s official single chart, South Korean singer Psy managed to top the chart with his track “Gangnam Style” which started the K-pop syndrome throughout the world.

Moreover, Blackpink’s title track “Shut Down” form their second full length album and one of their included track “Pink Venom” placed 24th and 38th on the UK’s official single chart.

 

Continuing on with their success, Blackpink topped Spotify’s “Top Song Global weekly chart” with their title track “Shut Down.”

 

Within the previous week, “Shut Down” has been streamed nearly 31 million times on Spotify. It is first time for a Korean artist to have topped Spotify’s “Top Song Global weekly chart.”

Also, Blackpink’s “Pink Venom” ranked 5thh on the chart, “Typa Girl” ranked 14thh on the chart and all the tracks included within their second full length album “Born Pink” made it to the top 50 within the chart. 

According to the data collected by Hanteo chart, Blackpink’s second full length album “Born Pink” showcased the group’s fame by selling over 1.54 million copies within the week of its release. It is forecasted that Blackpink will be able to penetrate Billboard’s main album chart “Billboard 200” with a great result.

Within Blackpink’s second album total of 8 various tracks are included, starting with the title track “Shut Down,” “Pink Venom” and more.

The title track “Shut Down” sampled Paganini’s La Campanella and added trendy hip hop beat to create a unique and addictive collaborative genre of classical and hip hop music. Sharp and strong violin sounds with heavy bass brings pleasure to listeners ears.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)

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