BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down” Hits No. 1 On Spotify’s Global Chart

BLACKPINK has made another great accomplishment!

On September 16 at 1 p.m. KST, the girl group dropped their second studio album “BORN PINK” alongside the music video for the title track “Shut Down.” Promptly upon its release, both the album and title track dominated iTunes charts in various nations across the globe.

To add to those accomplishments, “Shut Down” has now hit No. 1 on Spotify’s Global Top Songs chart. This is their second song to top this chart following “Pink Venom” last month. Accordingly, BLACKPINK is the first K-pop artist to have two songs that overwhelmed this graph.

Besides, “Shut Down” was streamed more than 6.6 million times on the first day of its release. The country that represented the biggest portion was the US, the world’s larges pop market, with a total of 1,037,386 streams. The song was additionally significantly famous in nations like the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Vietnam, Mexico, Thailand, and Brazil, demonstrating the group’s global impact.