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Even before they released an album, Blackpink worked their way up to the top, establishing themselves as not only one of the most exciting musical acts to emerge from South Korea, but one of the most popular and bestselling girl groups in the world. When the time finally did come to drop a complete project, the band made history on charts seemingly everywhere, and now, months after it first arrived, the set is still going strong in the largest music market in the world.
This week, Blackpink’s debut full-length The Album falls 20 spaces on the Billboard 200, dipping from No. 160 to No. 180.
The Album has now lived on the Billboard 200, Billboard’s weekly ranking of the most-consumed albums in the U.S., for 26 frames, or exactly half a year. It is now the first title from a South Korean girl group to spend at least half a year on the chart, and it is surely going to continue on its historic run.
Impressively, The Album is just the fifth album by any South Korean musical act to spend at least half a year on the Billboard 200. The four titles that have lived on the all-genre ranking longer are all by BTS, which isn’t shocking to anyone who has been following the K-pop invasion that’s taken America by storm lately.
The longest-charting albums by any South Korean musical act (which in this specific instance just means BTS) are Love Yourself: Answer (98 weeks), Map of the Soul: 7 (58 weeks), Love Yourself: Her (44 weeks) and Map of the Soul: Persona (35 weeks).
The Album narrowly missed out on becoming a leader when it debuted last fall, as it opened at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. That still makes it by far the highest-charting effort by a South Korean girl group, and it gave the quartet their third placement on the tally, which still stands as the most among all-female vocal troupes from the Asian country.
Amazingly, The Album has not only spent more time on the Billboard 200 than Blackpink’s two earlier releases, it has long since eclipsed them. Their two introductory EPs, Kill This Love and Square Up, spent a combined five weeks on the chart. The Album has now outlasted them, combined, times five…and it’s still doing quite well.
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