Published 17:52 IST, August 17th 2020

Blackpink stands 4th in world's most-subscribed artists on YouTube list, beats Eminem

The South Korean girls' band Blackpink beat Eminem in subscribers as they reached to 44 MN. They also entered the list of top 4 artists gaining this milestone.

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South Korean girl-band Blackpink surpassed American rapper Eminem in subscribers tally on YouTube. According to YG Entertainment, on August 17, Blackpink's official YouTube channel reached 44 million subscribers by 9 am (KST) on August 16.  South Korean girls' band beat Eminem to rank with Justin Bieber, DJ Marshmello, and Ed Sheeran in Top 4 most-subscribed global artists on YouTube.

Blackpink's YouTube channel

milestone achieved by Blackpink is considered as most remarkable record that a Kpop artist has ever established. Blackpink bagged this achievement 4 years after debuting in Korea and a year and a half after entering US market. Currently, Blackpink's YouTube channel is showing rapid growth as re are about 100,000 more subscribers per day since How You Like That was released in June.

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Meanwhile, Blackpink is all set to release a collaboration song with American pop star Selena Gomez. A couple of days back, project was anunced through an Instagram post. According to post,  first single will be dropped on August 28.

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About Blackpink members

South Korean girl group was formed by YG Entertainment with four members, artists Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. girl group debuted in August 2016 with ir single album, titled Square One. Blackpink has collaborated with artists like Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa before this. With former, y have song Sour Candy and with latter y have released song Kiss and Make-Up in past.

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Blackpink's records

Blackpink has bagged numerous records in global music market with title song How You Like That pre-released on June 26. song gained an achievement as it recorded 86.3 million views on first day of release and officially listed itself in 5 categories of Guinness World Records, including Most-Viewed YouTube video in 24 hours.

After that, Blackpink also garnered a series of achievements in line with its title 'YouTube queen' such as hitting 100 million views with this music-video after nearly 32 hours, followed by 200 million views after 7 days, and 300 million views after 21 days. In addition, choreography video of song is also approaching 200 million views.

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17:52 IST, August 17th 2020