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BLACKPINK Surpasses Ariana Grande To Become Female Artist With The Most YouTube Subscribers

Jul 24, 2020 | by Ejay Nieva

BLACKPINK is now officially recognized as the female artist with the highest YouTube followers and subscribers!

It was revealed on July 24, at 8:00 a.m. KST, through their main YouTube channel, that BLACKPINK had accumulated 42,300,000 subscribers in total.

Today, the band has surpassed international artists like Ariana Grande, who owns over 42,200,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, and Taylor Swift, who has nearly 38,500,000 subscribers.

Katy Perry, who has almost 37,700,000 subscribers, also became one of the most followed and subscribed female artists on the music streaming site. (via Allkpop)

YouTube channel subscribers are amongst the metrics that statistically prove an artist's remarkable success and recognition. YG Entertainment commented. "In an age filled with new material every day, channel subscriptions are always the outcome of a commitment and persistent interest of a fanbase and in additament to anticipating potential output of the [artist]."

Since YouTube serves a significant role in the global music industry, a massively important factor is BLACKPINK's latest record. Congratulations on the remarkable new success of the BLACKPINK!

BLACKPINK's Accomplishments

In January 2019, the music video for the song "Ddu-Du-Ddu-Du" has become one of South Korea's frequently viewed music videos, surpassing "DNA" by BTS. The video exceeded 1 billion streams in November 2019.

BLACKPINK also surpassed One Direction in September 2019 as the musical group with the vast majority of YouTube subscribers. BLACKPINK defeated Fifth Harmony and Little Mix in November 2019, becoming Spotify's most successful female artist.

Time Magazine's Time 100 Next, a compilation of 100 big names globally, was announced in November 2019 in which included the South Korean girl band BLACKPINK.

Forbes Korea Power Celebrity listed BLACKPINK as the leading South Korean personality in 2019 and the third most influential people in the present year. As early as March 2020, BLACKPINK was the most famous Korean artist of Instagram, with Lisa, Jennie, Rosé, and Jisoo as the leading most-followed public personalities in the said platform.