Blackpink’s new album surpassed 1 million copies sold on its first day

Seoul, September 17 (EFE). “Born pink,” the new studio work of South Korean boy band Blackpink, sold more than one million copies in a single day after its release, according to a sales benchmarking company.

According to Hanteo Charts, which monitors the marketing of music products in South Korea, the girl group’s second album sold 1,101,266 copies on opening day.

Data has practically doubled the sales of their previous album “Album” (released in 2020), on its first day and marking the first time a female K-Pop group’s work has exceeded the number of copies sold. First day on the market.

In turn, “Born Pink” is set to become the first South Korean girl group album to sell more than two million copies, with pre-orders already exceeding that number, according to its management agency, YG Entertainment.

The two singles videos “Born Pink” that were posted garnered more than 300 million views in the “Pink venom” issue (previously released on August 19) and more than 49 million views on the “Shut down” movie, released the day before.

In October, Blackpink launched a tour that will begin in Seoul and will later take the group to six US cities (Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Newark and Los Angeles) and one Canadian (Hamilton), before starting on the European stage of the tour. , which includes in addition to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Cologne, a concert on December 5 at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.

The tour will continue across the Middle East, Asia and Oceania and is expected to attract more than 1.5 million visitors. EFE

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