Square One (Blackpink album)

Square One (stylized in all caps) is the first single album by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released digitally on August 8, 2016 by YG Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. The lyrics were written by Teddy Park, Bekuh Boom and iKON's B.I while the music was composed by Teddy Park, Future Bounce and Bekuh Boom.

Square One
Single album by
Blackpink
ReleasedAugust 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)
Genre
Length7:33
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer
Blackpink chronology
Square One
(2016)		 Square Two
(2016)
Singles from Square One
  1. "Boombayah"
    Released: August 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)
  2. "Whistle"
    Released: August 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)

Promotion

To promote Square One, Blackpink held its first live performances of "Whistle" and "Boombayah" at the SBS Inkigayo on August 14, 2016.[1][2] A week later, on August 21, the group won its first award during a musical program for "Whistle" at Inkigayo, becoming the girl group that won the award the fastest.

Commercial performance

The tracks from the album, Whistle and Boombayah both debuted at the Gaon Digital Chart, on no. 1 and no. 7, respectively. Whistle has sold more than 2,500,000 digital downloads in Korea and has been streamed for more than 100,000,000 times, according to Gaon.

The album's tracks has since surpassed 1.73 billion streams worldwide.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Whistle" (휘파람; hwiparam)
  • Teddy Park
  • Future Bounce
  • Bekuh BOOM
3:31
2."Boombayah"
  • Teddy Park
  • Bekuh BOOM
  • Teddy Park
  • Bekuh BOOM
4:00
Total length:7:33

Charts

Weekly charts

"Boombayah"
Chart (2016) Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)[3] 7
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[4] 1
France (SNEP)[5] 196

"Whistle"
Chart (2016) Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)[6] 1
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[7] 2
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References
  1. "BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK - '휘파람'(WHISTLE) 0814 SBS Inkigayo". August 14, 2016.
  2. "BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK - '붐바야(BOOMBAYAH)' 0814 SBS Inkigayo". August 14, 2016.
  3. "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  4. "Chart Search "Blackpink"". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  5. "lescharts.com - Blackpink - Boombayah". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  6. "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  7. "Chart Search "Blackpink"". Billboard. Retrieved 18 November 2016.


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