KPOP 3rd generation · YG Entertainment
BLACKPINK
PAK ×33 songs with a PAK (iChart)How You Like That12 timesDDU-DU DDU-DU79 timesWHISTLE11 times
ブラックピンク / 블랙핑크
BLACKPINK is a four-member girl group from YG Entertainment, recognised for high-impact singles, fashion presence, and global reach.
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- 2016DebutAugust 8, 2016
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In 30 seconds: BLACKPINK
A compact group catalogue connects high-impact music videos and live stages with clearly defined solo work for all four members.
Choose BLACKPINK for a small member count, instantly recognizable videos, and four clear solo paths.
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Key facts
- Group name
- BLACKPINK
- Reading / Hangul
- ブラックピンク / 블랙핑크
- Company
- YG Entertainment
- Debut date
- August 8, 2016
- Days active
- 3,744 days (10 years, 3 months)
- Debut song
- BOOMBAYAH / WHISTLE
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- BLINK(ブリンク)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ジス | 1995-01-03 | 31 | 162cm | A | INTJ | South Korea |
| ジェニー | 1996-01-16 | 30 | 163cm | B | INFJ | South Korea |
| ロゼ | 1997-02-11 | 29 | 168cm | B | ENFP | South Korea · NZ |
| リサ | 1997-03-27 | 29 | 166.5cm | O | ISFP | Thailand |
Ages are as of 2026-11-08.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
DDU-DU DDU-DU MVBegin with the group's global breakout: a heavy beat, distinct rap sections, and a maximal music video.
How You Like That MVChoose How You Like That for comeback-scale spectacle and one of BLACKPINK's strongest dance-performance pairings.
Pink Venom MVUse Pink Venom for the BORN PINK era and a direct statement of the group's hip-hop-centered identity.MV View in JapaneseDance Practice View in JapanesePerformance View in JapaneseLive View in JapaneseStage View in JapaneseAudio View in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2016BOOMBAYAH and WHISTLE were the debut, showing a strong hip-hop feel and pop with space in it at the same time.
- 2017As If It's Your Last led into the Japanese debut period, widening the bright entrance to BLACKPINK and the work abroad.
- 2018DDU-DU DDU-DU spread widely around the world and the image most people hold of BLACKPINK settled at once.
- 2020THE ALBUM, with How You Like That and Lovesick Girls on it, showed both the force and the melody at album scale.
- 2022Pink Venom and Shut Down from BORN PINK accelerated things again, and the world tour and album-chart context grew stronger.
- 2026The stage now is to follow the group's latest official music videos together with the routes into the four solo careers.
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Achievements
3 awards · 1 chart No. 1 (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of November 8, 2026)
Awards
Major wins
- 2023
MTV Video Music Awards VMAs
- Group of the Year
- 2022
MTV Video Music Awards VMAs
- Best Metaverse Performance“BLACKPINK The Virtual”
- 2020
MTV Video Music Awards VMAs
- Song of Summer“How You Like That”
Charts and PAK
Peak chart positions
- BORN PINKBillboardNo. 1Physical
Perfect All-Kill (PAK)
3 recordsNewest release first (iChart does not publish achievement dates)
Provider record list at the time of retrieval. Changes before the first observation are unknown. (some episodes unverified)
Music show wins
Records
4 recordsMost recent broadcast first
| M Countdown | GO | CJ ENM / Mnet | |
| M Countdown | JUMP | CJ ENM / Mnet | |
| M Countdown | JUMP | CJ ENM / Mnet | |
| M Countdown | JUMP | CJ ENM / Mnet |
Sources and data (2)
Source: announcements by each award ceremony and official chart
KPOP DISCOVER editorial policy and sources View in Japanese
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's BLACKPINK note
What anchors BLACKPINK is a strong hook and the sense of scale pushed out all at once in the music videos. YG Entertainment debuted the four-piece girl group on August 8, 2016 with BOOMBAYAH and WHISTLE, and with so few members the roles of rap, vocals, dance and visual stay clearly separated, so each one is strongly identifiable.
Following the line from DDU-DU DDU-DU through Kill This Love, How You Like That, Pink Venom and Shut Down shows how the group carried the K-pop girl-crush idea into pop expression on a world scale.
DDU-DU DDU-DU gives the force first, the dance performance of How You Like That confirms the performing, and Pink Venom and Shut Down move on to where BORN PINK stands. Carrying through to JUMP in 2025 also shows the newest phase, the four of them together again after their solo work. DDU-DU DDU-DU, then How You Like That, then Shut Down is the way in.
Editors' take DDU-DU DDU-DU / How You Like That / Shut Down — a YG four-piece that carried girl crush into pop on a world scale.
Trivia worth knowing
Name and worldbuilding
The name holds the sweetness of pink together with the strength of black, an inversion built into the word itself.
Debut
The debut on August 8, 2016 came with BOOMBAYAH and WHISTLE, two songs that showed different faces from the first day.
Members
JISOO, JENNIE, ROSÉ and LISA differ in nationality, language, vocal tone and dance, and the four also carry strong routes into solo work.
Record
BORN PINK reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and stands as the symbol of the global album story around BLACKPINK.
Activity
Solo releases from each member are as substantial as the official videos of the main group, and the two sides are best followed together.
Video
Start from a music video for the world, move to a dance practice for the choreography, then to a performance video for the force of the stage.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 21/ 241 groups
No. 21 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 9%)
- 6Japanese releases
- 55Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 0Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-11-08).
How this score is calculated → View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines BLACKPINK?
A compact group catalogue connects high-impact music videos and live stages with clearly defined solo work for all four members.
Why should a new listener start with BLACKPINK?
Choose BLACKPINK for a small member count, instantly recognizable videos, and four clear solo paths.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with DDU-DU DDU-DU, How You Like That, Pink Venom, then continue to the official video index.