This Friday, September 23th, BLACKPINK reached number one on the UK album chart with their second album “BORN PINK“, released last Friday, September 16th, thus becoming the first K-Pop girl group in achieve a number one album in the UK.
In 2020, the girl group reached No.
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2 on the UK chart with their debut album “The Album“. Managing Director of Official Charts Company, Martin Talbot, stated:
We are waiting for the Singles Chart #100 – 41, and the sub charts (physicals, streaming, downloads, video etc).
While we wait… International Blinks, will you celebrate with us? 🥺
BLACKPINK UK NUMBER ONE#RecordBreakerBORNPINK@BLACKPINK pic.twitter.com/CZZJ8Uh2YD
— BLACKPINK UK | Fanbase (@UK_BLINKS) September 23, 2022
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“Congratulations to BLACKPINK. Being number one on any kind of chart is a record that can never be taken off, so for their new album ‘Born Pink’ to become the first official UK number one for a K girl group -pop is a fantastic achievement, and puts them in the record books forever!
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For its part, BTS became the first K-Pop group to reach the number one spot on the UK album chart in 2019 with their album “Map Of The Soul: Persona“, achieving it again the following year with “Map Of The Soul: 7“.
