BLACKPINK Lisa Makes New Record on US Billboard's Pop Airplay Chart, First K-Pop Female Artist to Break U.S. Radio Barriers
BLACKPINK Lisa breaks the barriers as she makes a new record for being the first female K-pop solo artist to rank in US Billboard's Pop Airplay Chart for three consecutive weeks.
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BLACKPINK Lisa Breaks U.S. Radio Barriers, Makes New Record for K-Pop Female Singers
On January 3, Lisa's "MONEY" ranked on the 35th spot of the US Billboard's Pop Airplay Chart. She breaks through the competitive US radio barriers for staying in the chart for three weeks. Moreover, she sets a new record for being the first K-pop female singer to enter the chart with two singles.
Almost three months since the soundtrack was released in September 2021, the song entered the chart on the 40th rank. Then as of January 4, the song climbed to 35th place for its third week on the chart.
In particular, this is the first time in the US Billboard chart's history that a K-pop female artist recorded on the chart for three consecutive weeks.
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Moreover, it is now the highest-charting song by K-pop female soloist on this chart.
The Pop Airplay chart ranks approximately 160 major radio stations in the United States by counting the number of weekly broadcasts.
Getting in this chart is not easy, for the barriers to enter this are still high for the non-English-speaking singers while they target more mass media platforms.
BLACKPINK Lisa Made Records in 2021
BLACKPINK Lisa had a successful 2021, she released her solo debut and made a lot of records with her album last year. Aside from that, she also made the record of having the highest number of Instagram followers among worldwide artists.
Forbes, an American economic magazine, also paid attention to this, saying that, "Lisa is a K-pop female solo artist with the most successful history of all time."
Lisa's "MONEY" was surveyed as the top song requested by the listeners of iHeartRadio's "Most Requested Live" in 2021.
Lisa has achieved the records in just three months, beating out all the songs that prominent pop stars released during the first half of 2021.
It can be seen that not only BLACKPINK, but each member has a powerful presence in the mainstream pop market.
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Lisa gained popularity by taking over major global charts with her solo album "LALISA," which was released on September 10, 2021. The title song "LALISA" of the same name as the album not only ranked 84th on the Billboard Hot 100 during the first week of its release but also took over the iTunes Top Song Charts in 72 countries and the Global YouTube Song Top 100 for two consecutive weeks.
Aside from that, on the US Billboard Hot 100, "LALISA" and "MONEY" ranked 84th and 93rd respectively, and both songs in the solo album were on the main single chart of the mainstream pop market.
Since then, "MONEY" has been gaining popularity for being ranked 5th on the Spotify global chart and charting in the UK Official Single Top 100 and US Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and two weeks in a row, respectively.
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Annie Barmaine reported this.
