BLACKPINK became the highest-charting K-pop girl group on the Billboard 200 following the release of their first full-length album. ŌĆśThe AlbumŌĆÖ also became the highest-charting album by a girl group since US girl group Danity Kane topped the Billboard 200 chart with their album ŌĆśWelcome to the DollhouseŌĆÖ in April 2008. According to Nielsen Music data (released by Billboard), ŌĆśThe AlbumŌĆÖ sold 110,000 album units in the United States within a week since its release. The albumŌĆÖs total score consists of 81,000 traditional album sales, 2,000 track equivalent album units, and 26,000 streaming equivalent album units. BLACKPINKŌĆÖs ŌĆśThe Album also debuted at No.2 on the UK Official Albums chart, making it the highest-charting Korean girl group abum in history to accomplish the feat. ŌĆ£Lovsick Girls,ŌĆØ the title track of the album, alsp topped YouTubeŌĆÖs ŌĆ£Global Youtube Song Top 100ŌĆØ chart in the first week of October as well. The music video for the song became the most watched music video on YouTube in the span of a week. BLACKPINK sold more than 600,000 copies of ŌĆśThe AlbumŌĆÖ (excluding global shipments) and broke the first day, first week, and all time record for K-pop girl group albums. Source (1, 2, 3)
