Blackpink surpasses Justin Bieber as the most viewed artist in YouTube history

BLACKPINK has made history once again, surpassing Justin Bieber as the most viewed artist in YouTube history.

Since their debut in 2016, the K-pop quartet has amassed more than 30.1 billion views on the video platform, becoming the first group to dethrone Bieber from the title in nearly 13 years. The musical group, which is composed of Jennie, Rosé, Lisa y Jisoo also holds the highest record in “Official artist channel with the most subscribers of all time.” on YouTube with 86.4 million subscribers, while BTS’s BANGTANTV follows shortly after with 74.2 million subscribers and Justin Bieber with 71.2 million subscribers. BLACKPINK also has multiple tracks on the “All Time Top Music Debuts in 24 Hours” list, including “Pink Venom” in third place, “How You Like That” in fourth, “Ice Cream” in fifth and Lisa’s “LALISA” in seventh.

BLACKPINK released their highly anticipated second album BORN PINK in September 2022, following the album with a world tour. Since then, Jisoo released his debut solo album ME, becoming the final member to release a solo song.