Boombayah
Sign in to save"Boombayah" () is a song by South Korean girl group Blackpink for their debut single album, Square One (2016). The song was released through YG Entertainment on August 8, 2016, simultaneously with Square Ones other single "Whistle".
Key facts
- Song.name
- Boombayah
- Song.type
- single
- Song.border
- yes
- Song.artist
- Blackpink
- Song.cover
- Blackpink - Boombayah.jpg
- Song.caption
- Promotional graphic
- Song.album
- Square One
- Song.genre
- K-pop EDM
- Song.studio
- The Black Label (Seoul)
- Song.label
- YG
- Song.title
- Whistle
- Song.title2
- Boombayah
- Song.next_title
- Playing with Fire
- Song.next_title2
- Stay
- Song.next_year
- 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- single
- Genre
- K-pop
- Followed by
- Playing with Fire
- Producer
- Teddy Park
- Performer
- Blackpink
- Record label
- YG Entertainment
- Lyrics by
- Teddy Park
- Distribution format
- music download
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- publication date
- 2016-08-08
- language of work or name
- English language
- single taken from the album or EP
- Blackpink
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Background and release
- Critical reception
- Commercial performance
- Music video
- Usage in media
- Credits and personnel
- Chart performance
- Weekly charts
- Monthly charts
- Year-end charts
- Certifications and sales
- Release history
- See also
- References
"Boombayah" () is a song by South Korean girl group Blackpink for their debut single album, Square One (2016). The song was released through YG Entertainment on August 8, 2016, simultaneously with Square Ones other single "Whistle".
"Boombayah" peaked at number seven on the Gaon Digital Chart and topped the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, making Blackpink the fastest act to top the chart in history. It has since been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for both its Korean and Japanese versions as well as by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ), and silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The song's accompanying music video was directed by Seo Hyun-seung and was released alongside the single itself on Blackpink's YouTube channel. In October 2020, it became the first K-pop debut music video to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boombayah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.