This achievement helps BlackPink assert its position on the Kpop.
With K-pop products released after January 1, 2018, Gaon chart will recognize the album as platinum when they reach sales of 250,000, with songs getting platinum certification at 100 million streams or 2. , 5 million downloads. And recently, in the updated Gaon list of certified artists for the second week of December, the name BlackPink received the most attention.
BlackPink attained Million certification on Gaon with the full album THE ALBUM .
Specifically, on December 10, Gaon chart announced that Korean albums achieved Million certification, including BlackPink . The YG Girlgroup achieved this achievement thanks to the group’s debut full album THE ALBUM , which officially sold more than one million copies. The album was released on October 2, 2020, which means that BlackPink only took more than 2 months to reach Gaon’s Million certification.
BlackPink only took more than 2 months to achieve Gaon’s Million certification for his first full album.
Besides, this Million certification of Gaon also brought BlackPink another achievement. It was BlackPink who became the first female artist to have this special certified album on Gaon. Officially debuting for 4 years, BlackPink has brought more and more impressive achievements, affirming the group’s position increasingly firmly in Kpop.
BlackPink became the first female artist to have this special certified album on Gaon.
This achievement contributed to affirm the position of the group increasingly firmly in Kpop.
In addition, in the list updated by Gaon this time, Million certified artists with BlackPink also have RESONANCE Pt. 1 by NCT and [Semicolon] by Seventeen. All of these albums have surpassed 1 million sales in the market.
Congratulations to BlackPink and other artists on your new achievement!