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BLACKPINK makes history as the first K-Pop girl group to top Billboard 200 with 'Born Pink'

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Posted by Yaki-Jones Sunday, September 25, 2022

BLACKPINK became the first K-Pop girl group to top Billboard 200 with 'Born Pink.'

On September 25th, Billboard announced that BLACKPINK’s latest release 'Born Pink' debuted at No. 1 on the Top 200 Albums chart. With 102,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 22, 'Born Pink' is the first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 by an all-female group since 2008. 

According to Billboard, 'Born Pink' also debuted at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart with the seventh-largest sales week of any album in 2022 by selling 75,500 copies. 

BLACKPINK has now become the first-ever K-Pop girl group to have an album landing atop the Billboard 200. They are also the third K-Pop group to to top the Billboard 200 in 2022, following BTS and Stray Kids

Congratulations to BLACKPINK for making another history!

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saintv754 pts Sunday, September 25, 2022 2
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Congratulations BLACKPINK. This will go down in the record books.

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Azaleastory844 pts Sunday, September 25, 2022 0
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Congratulations girls!

The pride of kpop girl groups!

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