BLACKPINK has just achieved a historic feat in the United Kingdom!
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On September 23 local time, the United Kingdom’s Official Charts (typically regarded as the U.K. equivalent to Billboard’s U.S. charts) announced that BLACKPINK’s latest album “BORN PINK” had debuted at No. 1 on the Official Albums Chart.
With this new entry, BLACKPINK has now become the first K-pop girl group in history ever to top the chart.
Official Charts Company CEO Martin Talbot remarked, “Congratulations to BLACKPINK. Being any kind of chart first is a record which can never be taken away, so for their new album ‘BORN PINK’ to become the first UK Official Number 1 by a K-pop girl group is a fantastic achievement—and puts them in the record books forever!”
Meanwhile, BLACKPINK’s new title track “Shut Down” entered the Official Singles Chart at No. 24, while their B-side “Typa Girl” debuted on the chart at No. 93.
Congratulations to BLACKPINK on making K-pop history!
Source: Soompi
