Blackpink's 'DDU-DU DDU-DU' surpasses 400 million streaming on Spotify
Girl group BLACKPINK has set another meaningful milestone on Spotify, the world's largest music platform.
According to YG Entertainment on the 20th, BLACKPINK's hit song 'DDU-DU DDU-DU' surpassed 400 million streaming on Spotify around 9 pm the previous day. This is BLACKPINK's third record after 'Kill This Love' and 'How You Like That'. 
Considering that Blackpink is the only K-pop girl group with 400 million streaming songs on Spotify, which is increasingly influential in the global music market, the feat is amazing. 
Blackpink has released a total of sixteen songs on Spotify so far that have passed one billion milestone.
These are 'Ice Cream' (300 million), 'As if it were your last' (300 million), Jennie's solo song 'SOLO' (300 million), 'Boombaya' (200 million), 'Playing with fire' (200 million), 'Lovesick Girls' (200 million), 'Whistle' (200 million), 'Forever Young' (100 million), 'Don't Know What To Do' (100 million), 'Pretty Savage' (100 million), 'STAY' (100 million), 'Bet You Wanna' (100 million), and Rosé's solo song 'On The Ground' (100 million).
The record of 'DDU-DU DDU-DU' on YouTube is even more spectacular. The music video for this song has now surpassed 1.6 billion views after being the first K-pop group to build a milestone of 1 billion views. The number of YouTube subscribers has also soared to more than 63 million while receiving steady love from global fans by changing the number. 
'DDU-DU DDU-DU' is the title track of BLACKPINK's first mini-album 'SQUARE UP', which was released on June 15, 2018. Immediately after its release, 'DDU-DU DDU-DU' ranked 40th and 55th on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100, respectively, as well as all-kill on the domestic music charts, recording the highest ranking in K-pop girl group history at the time.
Written by Yoon Sang GeunTranslated by Lee So Yun