Chart Data, which provides US charts information, reported on February 9 that album sales rose 150% after BLACKPINK ‘s online concert on January 31st. BLACKPINK’s album sales in the US alone increased by 150 percent. BLACKPINK also raised its position on the “Rolling Stone” Top 200 albums list by about 160%. This was the third largest weekly increase in BLACKPINK’s history.
BLACKPINK earned 10 billion won, or nearly $ 9 million, during its 90-minute online concert.
YG Entertainment said, “We were thinking on which platform we will host the first concert for the fans. We decided to work with YouTube.” said. YG Entertainment has not made a statement about the profit distribution, but it is speculated that YouTube may have made an unusual offer to BLACKPINK.
YG Entertainment shares are expected to perform well in the first quarter of this year with the solo activities of BLACKPINK Rose and Lisa.