BLACKPINK’s ‘Ice Cream’ MV Surpasses 500M Views
[스포츠서울=정하은 기자] BLACKPINK’s ‘Ice Cream’ MV surpassed 500M views. It is BLACKPINK’s 10th video to surpass 500M views, which is the biggest record in K-Pop girl group history.
According to YG Entertainment on February 15, BLACKPINK’s ‘Ice Cream’ MV surpassed 500M views on YouTube, as of 10:56 AM. It is in approximately 170 days since its release last year on August 28.
As a result, BLACKPINK has a total of 10 videos with over 500M views on YouTube. Among these videos, ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ is about to reach 1.5B soon, while ‘Kill This Love’ and ‘BOOMBAYAH’ have reached 1.2B and 1.1B views, respectively.
BLACKPINK’s ‘Ice Cream’ gathered attention due to the group’s collaboration with global Pop star Selena Gomez. It was a cute and fresh concept attempted by BLACKPINK for the first time in 4 years since making debut, and is loved by numerous global fans since it is a Pop genre song with a simple rhythm and exciting sounds.
In fact, the song was ranked at no. 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at the time of its release, renewing the group’s own best K-Pop girl group record. It also topped the iTunes Worldwide chart as well as charting-in on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for 8 consecutive weeks, proving their global presence.
In addition, the song was listed on Spotify’s Global Top 40 chart, the US Top 50 chart, UK’s Official Singles Top 40 chart, and was placed on the top ranks of many other major foreign music platforms. The amazing success was achieved only through the music and its MV without physical promotion activities.
BLACKPINK is expected to continue their new record streak. It is because BLACKPINK’s influence on YouTube, one of the biggest driving force which led the trend of the global music scene, is getting stronger day by day.
BLACKPINK has a total of 25 videos with over 100M views on YouTube. BLACKPINK’s YouTube channel also has over 57.3M subscribers at the moment. They are the most subscribed female artist in the world, and is closely catching up with Justin Bieber, who is the most subscribed artist in the world(60.9M subscribers).
Meanwhile, after successfully completing their livestream concert ‘THE SHOW’, BLACKPINK will continue their solo projects. The global music fans are highly anticipating the projects after ROSÉ revealed the performance of ‘GONE’, the sub-title track of her upcoming solo album.
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