BLACKPINK’s ‘Lovesick Girls’ Tops iTunes Charts in 57 Countries Including the US→MV Reaches 50M Views
[OSEN=심언경 기자] BLACKPINK’s official debut album ‘THE ALBUM’, released in 4 years since the group’s debut, satisfied global music fans and hit the global charts.
The title song ‘Lovesick Girls’ from BLACKPINK’s official debut album topped iTunes Song charts in 57 different countries including the US, the country with the world’s biggest Pop market, as of October 3 at 7 AM(KST).
They’ve performed strong in the America region, not only in the US but also in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Chile. They’ve also dominated charts in Europe including Spain, France, Sweden, Greece, Poland, Portugal, and Norway.
They are also no. 1 in the Asia region in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, and in Vietnam. They also successfully ‘lined up’ all songs from their album in the top 10 on major music platforms of Japan and China.
In addition to the title track ‘Lovesick Girls’, songs ‘Bet You Wanna’, ‘Pretty Savage’, ‘Love To Hate Me’, ‘You Never Know’, and ‘Crazy Over You’ are listed on the top ranks of Worldwide iTunes Song chart, and are receiving positive reviews.
In fact, major foreign media including Billboard, Rolling Stone, ABC News, AP, Forbes, Times, and Variety spotlighted BLACKPINK’s comeback and their album, showing great attention.
Rolling Stone, the music review magazine, reviewed BLACKPINK’s official debut album by writing, “An exciting outcome that makes the listeners’ adrenaline flow” and expressed, “’Pretty Savage’ is the hottest open track since Ariana Grande’s ‘Thank You, Next’”.
The MV for the title track ‘Lovesick Girls’ is also gaining explosive popularity. The ‘Lovesick Girls’ MV surpassed 50M views in 18 hours since its release, while BLACKPINK’s YouTube channel has gained approximately 500 thousand subscribers after the release of their official debut album and is about to reach 50M subscribers at the moment.
Members JISOO and JENNIE participated in the composing and writing of the title song ‘Lovesick Girls’ from BLACKPINK’s official debut album, adding more meaning. The song is composed of lyrical melodies and BLACKPINK’s powerful vocals added on top of country sounding guitar riffs. The song asks the fundamental question of why people get hurt and wounded by love, and yet they go out looking for another love.
Meanwhile, physical copies of BLACKPINK’s ‘THE ALBUM’ will be officially released on the 6th. Since the current album pre-order volume exceeds 1M, they are expected to set the first, best, and biggest record in K-Pop girl group history.
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