Seoul, 19 December 2022 (GNP): MONEY, a solo song by BLACKPINK’s Lisa, breaks a new high-streaming record, becoming the year’s most-streamed K-pop solo artist on Spotify.
BLACKPINK’s popular member LISA has continued to show her remarkable success in the K-pop industry this year. Despite having released only three songs and no new music as a solo artist, she has broken various records and grabbed the number-one spot on many music platforms.
According to a report from Allkpop on December 19, Blackpink artist Lisa smashed a plethora of records and peaked at number one on many music charts. And her song MONEY helped her reach the landmark.
Most streamed K-pop solo songs on Spotify in 2022 as revealed by the Twitter account @AboutMusicYT:
Furthermore, LISA, in her debut, held and currently holds the record for the Asian solo artist with the highest viewership peak of 28.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
It’s the highest peak by a K-pop soloist in history. Congratulations to LISA!
About LISA
Lalisa Manoban, known by her stage name LISA is a Korean pop idol from the world’s biggest girl group called ‘BLACKPINK’ formed by the Korean entertainment agency YG Entertainment. They debuted back in August 2016 with their single album Square One with lead singles Whistle’ and ‘Boombayah.’ Whistle achieved a perfect ‘all-kill,’ topping all South Korean charts upon debut.
As of September 2022, the group has released three studio albums: Blackpink in Your Area, The Album and Born Pink; three extended plays, Blackpink, Square Up, and Kill This Love; and two single albums, Square One and Square Two.
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On April 19, 2021, an official from YG Entertainment revealed to South Korean media outlet The Korea Herald that Lisa would debut as the third soloist from her group. Lisa’s debut single album ‘Lalisa’ and its single of the same name were released on September 10, 2021. Upon its release, the music video for ‘Lalisa’ became the most-viewed video by a soloist in 24 hours, with 73.6 million views.
Lisa was the first female soloist to achieve 500,000 copies in the first week. Following its success, B-side track ‘Money’ was sent as the album’s second single to US contemporary hit radio and peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number ten on the Billboard Global 200, earning Lisa her second career entries on both charts and her second top-ten global hit.
