BLACKPINK’s MV for ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ Surpasses 900M Views…’Sets Milestone in K-Pop Group History’
[엑스포츠뉴스=이덕행 기자] BLACKPINK’s MV for their mega-hit song, ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’, became the first K-Pop group MV to surpass 900M views.
The MV for ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ surpassed 900M views on YouTube, yesterday(30th) at 9:30 PM. The record was achieved in 1 year, 1 month, and 14 days since the video was released last year on June 15.
While setting the first and fastest MV records on YouTube, BLACKPINK set an unrivaled milestone in K-Pop by reaching 900M views with ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’.
At the point where ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ reached 200M views, BLACKPINK began setting the fastest record among all K-Pop boy and girl groups. The video set the first and fastest record when it reached 800M views, as well as 900M views. The MV also won the honor of being ranked at no. 1 on the ‘World’s Most Watched K-Pop MV’ list after dominating music charts last year during the summer.
BLACKPINK members are known as the ‘queens’ of YouTube, the world’s biggest video platform. They have a total of 16 videos with over 100M views including all 8 MVs released since debut along with JENNIE’s ‘SOLO’, dance practice videos, and music broadcast videos.
Their official YouTube channel has 28.73 million subscribers, reminding the people of their dominant presence as global stars.
BLACKPINK also achieved meaningful results through their first-ever world tour. BLACKPINK sold out tickets for 22 shows from their world tour composed of 32 concerts held in 23 cities of 4 continents, reaching an average seat share of 96.6%. They prove their strong potential by covering unprecedentedly large-scaled shows, even though it was their first-ever world tour.
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