BLACKPINK’s Rosé has once again proven herself to be one of South Korea’s most important solo artists and has now reached a new milestone in terms of sales within the Chinese market, one of the most challenging arenas for South Korean artists to make their mark, due to the country’s strict policies and logistics.
Specifically, it was just reported that ROSÉ’s solo album “R” is currently the best-selling digital single by a Kpop Solo Act in China this decade after approximately 1.82M digital sales. Not only that, as a member of BLACKPINK she also made history as “How You Like That” remains to this day the best-selling digital single of this decade by a K-pop Act in China with more than 3.09M digital sales.
'How You Like That' by @BLACKPINK is the best selling single by a Kpop Act in China with 3.09 million digital copies sold as of now.#BLACKPINK #블랙핑크pic.twitter.com/BSIV5o6q2I
— Worldwide BLIИK (@WorldwideBLINK) December 4, 2023
At the same time, BLACKPINK has further solidified their status as a global sales pioneer among Korean artists as the group has claimed eight of the nine best-selling K-Pop female singles in China this decade, which also includes all members of the group as soloists.
The Best Selling Female Kpop singles in China this decade are the following:
1) BLACKPINK’s “How You Like That”: 3.09M.
2) ROSÉ’s “R”: 1.82M
3) BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom”: 1.48M.
4) BLACKPINK’s “Ice Cream”: 1.43M
5. IU’s “에잇”: 1.3M
6) JISOO’s “ME”: 1.06M
7) LISA’s “LALISA”: 816K
8) JENNIE’s “You & Me”: 614K
9) BLACKPINK’s “The Girls”: 250K
