Blackpink have set another record with their latest album by selling over 1 million copies. They are the first female K-pop act to achieve the milestone.
Their agency YG Entertainment said on Monday "The Album," the quartet's first full-length album since their debut in 2016, has sold over 1.2 million copies, including 871,355 in Korea and 319,300 in Europe and the U.S.
The previous sales record was 760,000 copies, set by SES, the defunct millennial girl band.
Upon its release on Oct. 2, the album debuted at No. 2 on both the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart and the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart, the highest spot ever achieved by a Korean girl group.
