Blackpink Lisa's 'MONEY' choreography video exceeded 900 million views, proving its powerful global influence.
According to YG Entertainment on the 19th, Lisa's exclusive performance video for her solo song 'MONEY' exceeded 900 million views on YouTube at 3:25 am on this day. Two years after it was released in September 2021, it joined the ranks of videos with 900 million views for the 8th time in total.
As a result, Blackpink now has a total of 8 videos with over 900 million views on YouTube. Previously, ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ (DDU-DU DDU-DU, 2.1 billion views), ‘Kill This Love’ (1.8 billion views), ‘Boombayah’ (1.6 billion views), ‘As If It’s Your Last’ (1.3 billion views), ‘How You Like That’ ' The music video (1.2 billion views), the choreography video (1.4 billion views), and Jennie's solo song 'SOLO' (950 million views) achieved the same number of views.
Lisa boasted an explosive number of views with only the choreography video, not the official music video, proving her potential as a world-class solo artist. As it is the second choreography video to reach 900 million views following 'How You Like That', attention is being paid to its future record-breaking streak.
'MONEY' is a song featuring a sophisticated hip-hop sound and swaggery rap lyrics. It is a song included in Lisa's first solo album 'LALISA', and it caused an unprecedented sensation, climbing major charts around the world a month after its release.
It topped the iTunes Top Songs chart in a total of 66 countries, and rose to 5th place on the global chart of Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform. She then charted on the UK Official Singles Top 100, US Billboard Hot 100, and Pop Airplay charts for 8, 2, and 3 consecutive weeks, respectively, winning the title of 'the first K-pop female soloist'.
Meanwhile, Blackpink successfully completed the largest world tour by a K-pop girl group, 'BLACKPINK WORLD TOUR [BORN PINK]', with a concert held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 16th and 17th. They mobilized approximately 1.8 million viewers across North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, setting an unprecedented record in K-pop history and solidifying their status as 'world class' artists.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr