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BLACKPINK Becomes First Artist Channel to Reach 100 Million YouTube Subscribers

YouTube marked the platform-first milestone with a custom Red Diamond Creator Award.

Overview

  • YG Entertainment said the channel crossed the threshold at 7:31 p.m. local time on Feb. 20, about nine years and eight months after its June 2016 launch.
  • YouTube presented a bespoke Red Diamond Creator Award as global music head Lyor Cohen publicly congratulated the group.
  • BLACKPINK thanked Blinks in a video message on their channel after receiving the award.
  • The channel features nine videos in YouTube’s Billion Views Club and 50 with over 100 million views, totaling more than 41.1 billion views across 648 uploads.
  • Subscriber growth has accelerated ahead of the Feb. 27 release of the EP Deadline, with roughly 10,000 new sign-ups per day since Jan. 15.