THE ALBUM Tracklist
THE ALBUM is the debut Korean-language studio album by South Korean girl group Blackpink, released on October 2, 2020, via YG Entertainment and Interscope. The album was first confirmed by YG Entertainment and comes on the heels of two pre-release singles, “How You Like That” released in June and “Ice Cream” in August alongside Selena Gomez. When the latter released, the pre-orders for THE ALBUM began, surpassing over 800 thousand sales worldwide within a week and a million pre-sales hours away from the release.
On September 27, 2020, “Lovesick Girls” was confirmed to be the title track off THE ALBUM, followed by the release of a concept teaser. The next day, the official tracklist was announced.
“THE ALBUM” Q&A
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Translations:
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What have the artists said about the album?
JENNIE:I think we’ve said this before, but our new album is full of surprises. We like to believe that it’s something no one has tried before. We just want to bring something new. The album is cool, you know, and we tried to put together all the colors of BLACKPINK that we’ve built before into one.
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How did the album perform internationally?
Worldwide:
- The album reached #1 on iTunes in 66 countries, the most for a Korean girl group.
- It also achieved #1 on Worldwide iTunes Album Chart.
US:
- The album debuted at #2 on Billboard 200 Chart with 110,000 album units (81,000 bundle album sales, 26,000 streaming equivalent albums, and 2,000 track equivalent albums), what made it also week’s top-selling album.
UK:
- The album debuted at #2 on the UK Albums Chart.
Australia:
- The album debuted at #2 on ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart.
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Teasers
Posters 
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Album Sampler
