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BLACKPINK’s ‘Boombayah’ tops 1 bln YouTube views
The music video of “Boombayah,” K-pop megastar BLACKPINK’s debut song, became the band’s third video to exceed 1 billion YouTube views on Tuesday.
The music video hit the milestone around 8:26 a.m., four years after its release in August 2016, according to YG Entertainment.
Prior to “Boombayah,” “Ddu-du Ddu-du,” a hit song released in 2018, and “Kill This Love,” dropped in 2019, achieved the feat. No K-pop band other than the quartet has three music videos with over 1 billion YouTube views for now.
“Boombayah” is one of the two main tracks of “Square One,” BLACKPINK’s debut single album.
“Ddu-du Ddu-du” and “Kill This Love” currently have some 1.35 billion and 1.06 billion YouTube views, respectively, according to the agency.
“The Album,” BLACKPINK’s first full-length album, which was released on Oct. 2, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard’s main album chart this week, setting a new record in the history of South Korean girl groups.
The album also ranked No. 2 on the main album chart of Official Charts, which compiles album performances in Britain, while its main track “Lovesick Girls” topped the weekly Global Top 100 Songs Chart on YouTube.
![This image of "Boombayah" by BLACKPINK was provided by YG Entertainment on Oct. 13, 2020. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)](https://img8.yna.co.kr/etc/inner/EN/2020/10/13/AEN20201013002900315_01_i_P4.jpg)
This image of “Boombayah” by BLACKPINK was provided by YG Entertainment on Oct. 13, 2020. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)