SQUARE ONE is the debut digital single album by South Korean girl group BLACKPINK. It was released on August 8, 2016, with "WHISTLE" and "BOOMBAYAH" serving as the title tracks.
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In order to promote Square One, BLACKPINK held their debut stage performing "Whistle" and "Boombayah" on SBS's Inkigayo on August 14, 2016. A week later on August 21, the group win their first music program trophy for "Whistle" on Inkigayo, becoming the fastest girl group to achieve this feat.
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Achievements[]
- For achievements specific to the title tracks, click here and here.
- Square One gained 118,573,385 streams in 2020 on Spotify.
- It has has surpassed 550 million streams on Spotify. It's the first debut project by a K-Pop act to do so.
- It won New Artist of the Year at the 31st Golden Disc Awards, 2016 Melon Music Awards, 26th Seoul Music Awards, 1st Asia Artist Awards, and 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards.
- The songs were a commercial success. "WHISTLE" topped the Gaon Digital Chart and "BOOMBAYAH" topped the US World Digital Songs, both in the first week of sales.
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Trivia[]
- It is the fourth most streamed album by a K-Pop female act on Spotify (447.3M).
- It is the third most streamed K-Pop girl group album with over 3 billion total global streams.
Reviews[]
Billboard K-Town's Jeff Benjamin said they "embrace the hip-hop sensibilities and club-ready sounds with which their seniors gained an international following", referring to their labelmates Psy, Big Bang and 2NE1. He said, "Boombayah" has "booming, exotic beats" while "Whistle" brings together impassioned crooning and their youthful hip-hop delivery with minimal drum 'n' bass and an undeniable whistle hook" Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos in "10 New Artists You Need to Know: September 2016" said they sound like a "perfect marriage" of K-pop and A-town (Atlanta) trap. She said they would appeal to fans of CL, 2NE1, Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony, qualifying the last group's harder sounds. She said, "All low-end boom and high-end tweets, the infectious "Whistle" feels like perfect pop update of the similarly chirpy Ying Yang Twins classic "Whistle While You Twurk.
Entertainment Weekly's Joey Nolfi in "8 hot under-the-radar singles from emerging artists you need to hear now" said the song (Whistle) "quickly turns up the heat, layering irresistible finger snaps, a saccharine bridge, electric guitar riffs, mammoth bass, and, of course, cow bell-accompanied whistles ... it wouldn’t sound entirely out of place occupying a lofty position on American charts.
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