Only 3 K-Pop Girl Groups Have Broken Guinness World Records

In the history of K-Pop, only three girl groups have been able to break Guinness World Records. One of those groups went as far as doing it numerous times.

3. NewJeans — 1

On March 28, 2023, NewJeans became the “fastest K-Pop act to reach one billion streams on Spotify.”

NewJeans | @NewJeans_ADOR/Twitter

The group did so with only six songs from their debut mini-album New Jeans.

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2. Girls’ Generation — 1

On May 11, 2017, Girls’ Generation became the group with the “most Melon Music Awards won.”

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The girl group has thirteen registered wins from the Melon Music Awards.

Yuri, Taeyeon, and Hyoyeon accepting a “Melon Music Award” in 2010.

1. BLACKPINK — 11

BLACKPINK holds the title for the most Guinness World Records broken by a K-Pop girl group. As a group and individually, they’ve broken eleven records.

BLACKPINK | @BLACKPINK/Twitter

Here are seven of the records currently listed on the organization’s website.

• Most viewed music channel on YouTube (group)
• Most viewers for the premiere of a music video on YouTube — 2020’s “How You Like That”
• Most viewed YouTube music video in twenty-four hours by a solo K-pop artist — Lisa‘s “LALISA” and Rosé‘s “On The Ground”
• First K-pop track by a solo artist to reach one billion streams on Spotify — Lisa’s “MONEY”
• Fastest solo K-pop artist to reach one billion streams on Spotify (female) — Lisa
• Most views of a new music video release from a solo artist in twenty-four hours on YouTube — Lisa’s “LALISA”