Blackpink becomes first artist to hit 100 million subscribers on YouTube

In a Feb. 20 blog post, YouTube said Blackpink won a Red Diamond Creator Award for reaching 100 million subscribers, making them the first Official Artist Channel to do so.

The group has nine videos in YouTube’s Billion Views Club, according to The Straits Times.

“Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” is their most viewed video with more than 2.1 billion views, followed by “Kill This Love” with two billion. Their dance performance video for “How You Like That” is in third place with over 1.4 billion views while its official music video has reached 1.2 billion.

On Feb. 21, the group released a video thanking their fans for supporting them in reaching the milestone.

Rosé, 29, said in the video, “This milestone is especially meaningful as we are apparently the first official artist channel to reach 100 million subscribers on YouTube. This is crazy.”

Lisa, 28, said, “Thank you to everyone at YouTube for all your support and for creating a space to connect with our fans from around the world, and most of all, thank you blinks for watching, listening and growing with us every step of the way. We wouldn’t be here without you.”

The group also holds three of YouTube’s top 10 24-hour music debuts of all time. “Pink Venom” recorded 90.4 million views in its first 24 hours. “How You Like That” drew 86.3 million views and “Ice Cream” had 79 million views. Lisa’s solo single “Lalisa” also made the top 10 with 73.6 million views.

In the past 12 months, Blackpink racked up 3.3 billion views on YouTube. The highest viewership came from South Korea with 277 million views, followed by India with 223 million, Indonesia with 218 million, Mexico with 182 million, the United States with 180 million, and Brazil with 168 million.

Blackpink recently concluded a world tour with 33 shows across 16 cities.

The group is set to release their third mini album, Deadline, on Feb. 27.

Formed by YG Entertainment, Blackpink debuted in 2016 with the single Square One.