Black Pink is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment.

The group consists of

four members: Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Ros. They officially debuted on August 8, 2016 with
the single album Square One, which included their first number-one hit in the Gaon Digital
Chart, "Whistle", and "Boombayah", which peaked atop the Billboard World Digital Songs.
Their first five singles have sold 113,000 digital song downloads in the United States as of
August, 2017. Additionally, they're the highest charting K-pop female act in Billboard's
Social 50.[1]

Contents
1 History
o 1.1 2016: Debut with Square One and Square Two
o 1.2 2017: "As If It's Your Last" and Japanese debut
2 Endorsements
3 Members
4 Discography
o 4.1 Extended plays
o 4.2 Singles
o 4.3 Other charted songs
5 Videography
o 5.1 Music videos
6 Filmography
o 6.1 TV shows
7 Concerts
o 7.1 Headlining concerts & Showcases
8 Awards and nominations
9 Footnotes
10 References
11 External links

History
2016: Debut with Square One and Square Two

With promotional preparation beginning in August 2012 with the release of teaser images and
participation in few songs and advertisements[2][3], YG Entertainment revealed the final line-
up and name of the group on June 29, 2016.[4][5]

Black Pink performing at the 31st Golden Disc Awards on January 13, 2017.
Black Pink became the first girl group that debuted under YG Entertainment in seven years
after 2NE1,[6] with their debut single album Square One released on August 8, 2016.[6][7] The
first title track, "Whistle", a "minimal hip-hop track",[8] was produced by Teddy Park and
Future Bounce and written by Teddy Park, iKon's B.I, and Bekuh BOOM.[9][10] The second
title track, "Boombayah", was produced by Teddy Park and co-written by Bekuh BOOM.[11]
Its music video was directed by Seo Hyun-seung.[12] The two title tracks charted at number
one and two on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart, and Black Pink are by far the fastest
act to do so and the third Korean artist or group to hold the top two positions after Psy and
Big Bang.[13] "Whistle" topped the digital, download, streaming, and mobile charts on Gaon
in August 2016.[14] They also reached number one on the weekly, popularity, music video,
and K-pop music video charts of China's biggest music-streaming website QQ Music.[15]
Black Pink's first music show performance was aired on August 14, 2016 on SBS's
Inkigayo.[16] They won first place on Inkigayo 13 days after their debut, and broke the record
for the shortest time for a girl group to win on a music program after debut. They wrapped up
their promotions for Square One on September 11, 2016 with another win on Inkigayo.

Black Pink released their second single album Square Two with the lead singles "Playing
with Fire" and "Stay" on November 1, 2016. The songs are produced by Teddy Park with
R.Tee and Seo Won Jin. They performed their comeback stage on Inkigayo on November 6
and on Mnet's M Countdown on November 10, 2016.[17] "Playing with Fire" was their second
single to hit number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.[18] In South Korea,
"Playing with Fire" peaked at number three while "Stay" managed to reach the tenth spot.[19]

Black Pink's successful debut year earned the group several awards for Best New Artist of the
Year at major Korean award shows, including the Melon Music Awards,[20] the Golden Disc
Awards[21] and at the Seoul Music Awards.[22] Additionally, Billboard named them the
second best new K-pop group of 2016.[23]

2017: "As If It's Your Last" and Japanese debut

On May 16, 2017, it was announced that Black Pink will debut in Japan in summer 2017,
holding a debut showcase on July 20 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and releasing a mini
album on August 9.[24][25][26][27] A snippet of the music video for the Japanese version of
"Boombayah" was aired on TV in Japan on May 17. The album's release date was later
changed to August 30.[28]

On June 22, Black Pink released a new digital single titled "As If It's Your Last". The song
was described as a "mixed genre of house, reggae and moombahton music", a change of
sound from their previous releases.[29] The song debuted at number one on Billboard's World
Digital Song chart dated June 22 after only one day of tracking, making it their third number
one on the chart.[30] Within 17 hours after release, the music video for "As If It's Your Last"
gained more than 11 million views on YouTube, becoming the fastest music video to exceed
10 million views by a K-pop group, which broke the record previously held by BTS's "Not
Today" of 10 million views within 21 hours.[31][32] Furthermore, the music video became the
second most viewed online video in the first 24 hours by a Korean act, with more than 13.3
million views within 24 hours after release, second only to Psy's "Gentleman".[33]

The group made their official debut in Japan on August 30, 2017, with the release of their
debut EP, titled Blackpink.[34] The EP debuted atop the Oricon Albums Chart with 39,000
physical copies sold in its first week, making the group the third foreign artist to top the chart
with a debut release after t.A.T.u.'s 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane (2002) and 2NE1's Nolza
(2011).[35][36]

Endorsements
Within three weeks of debut, Black Pink placed second behind Exo for brand reputation
based on a study by Korea Institute of Corporate Reputation in August 2016.[37] Another
study targeting girl groups revealed that the group's brand influence had already surpassed
that of Girls' Generation and Twice for September. The chief of the reputations research lab
described the feat as a "first".[38] In May 2017, Black Pink became ambassadors for Incheon
Main Customs.[39][40]

Black Pink became endorsers for several brands including Reebok,[41] Moonshot,[42] St. Scott
London,[43] and Lotte Trevi sparkling water.[44] They were also featured as models for major
magazines including Nylon Japan,[45] South Korea's 1st Look,[46] and Singapore's Teenage.[47]

Members
Kim Ji-soo (Korean: ), known as Jisoo, was born in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do,
South Korea on January 3, 1995 (age 22).[48][49] Jisoo joined YG Entertainment as a
trainee in July 2011.[50] On February 1, 2017, SBS announced that Jisoo would be the
new MC for Inkigayo as of February 5, 2017, along with Got7's Jinyoung and NCT's
Doyoung.[51]
Jennie Kim (Korean: ), known as Jennie, was born in Gangnam District,
Seoul, South Korea on January 16, 1996 (age 21).[48] Jennie studied abroad in New
Zealand,[49] and joined YG in August 2010.[50] Jennie was featured in songs such as
"Black" with G-Dragon, "GG Be" () with Seungri and "Special" with Lee
Hi.[52]
Roseanne Park or Park Chae-young (Korean: ), known as Ros, was born in
Auckland, New Zealand on February 11, 1997 (age 20).[53][54] She moved to Australia
when she was seven years old with her family, and was raised in Melbourne.[55] She
placed first at YG auditions in Australia and joined the agency in May 2012.[50]
Before her debut, she was featured in G-Dragon's song "Without You" () as "? of
YG New Girl Group".
Lalisa Manoban[56] (Thai: )[57], known as Lisa, was born in Bangkok,
Thailand on March 27, 1997 (age 20).[48][49] She started dancing at a young age and
was part of a dance crew named "We Zaa Cool" alongside Got7's BamBam.[48][58] Lisa
was the only person accepted into YG Entertainment during their audition in Thailand
in 2010, and she joined the agency in April 2011,[50] becoming YG's first non-Korean
artist.[59] In addition to her debut, Lisa has been working as an exclusive model for the
global brand "NONAGON". [60]