BLACKPINK is the first K-Pop girl group to achieve this feat in the UK

This Friday, September 23th, BLACKPINK reached number one on the UK album chart with their second album “BORN PINK“, released last Friday, September 16th, thus becoming the first K-Pop girl group in achieve a number one album in the UK.

In 2020, the girl group reached No.

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2 on the UK chart with their debut album “The Album“. Managing Director of Official Charts Company, Martin Talbot, stated:

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Congratulations to BLACKPINK. Being number one on any kind of chart is a record that can never be taken off, so for their new album ‘Born Pink’ to become the first official UK number one for a K girl group -pop is a fantastic achievement, and puts them in the record books forever!

For its part, BTS became the first K-Pop group to reach the number one spot on the UK album chart in 2019 with their album “Map Of The Soul: Persona“, achieving it again the following year with “Map Of The Soul: 7“.

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