BLACKPINK 'JUMP' Makes History: First Female K-Pop Act With 10 Billboard Hot 100 Entries

BLACKPINK made history twice in one week. Their comeback single "JUMP," released July 4, 2025, debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated July 26 — the group's 10th career Hot 100 entry, making them the first female K-pop act to achieve that milestone.

The Tenth Entry and What It Means

Ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 is a number that requires context. The chart was established in 1958; in its 67-year history, the vast majority of international pop acts never chart there at all. For BLACKPINK to reach a tenth entry means they have placed more songs on the defining US singles chart than virtually any non-English-language act in the chart's modern era. Among female K-pop acts, this is not a record anyone else is close to matching.

The group's Hot 100 history traces the arc of K-pop's globalization. Their first entry came with "Ice Cream" (feat. Selena Gomez) in 2020 — a collaboration designed in part for English-language penetration. "JUMP" arrives at No. 28 as a Korean-language song without a US artist feature, making the chart position a cleaner measure of BLACKPINK's authentic Western audience. The fact that "JUMP" reached No. 28 on its own terms is arguably more significant than any previous entry that benefited from collaborative commercial infrastructure.

A Second Historic Milestone: Dance Digital Song Sales No. 1

"JUMP" also became the first K-pop group song ever to top the Billboard Dance Digital Song Sales chart — a milestone distinct from the Hot 100 achievement but equally significant in its own domain. The Dance category positions BLACKPINK within a specific genre framework that connects them to Western electronic dance music audiences rather than just the K-pop-adjacent streaming base. Topping a genre chart on American soil, as a Korean-language act, signals market integration at a level beyond what Hot 100 chart positions alone can confirm.

The combination — Hot 100 No. 28, Dance Digital Song Sales No. 1, Global 200 No. 1 — represents BLACKPINK operating simultaneously across multiple commercial frameworks. They are not a K-pop act that has found a crack in the US market; they are a global pop act that happens to make music primarily in Korean, and the American charts are reflecting that reality in real time.

Contextualizing the Female K-Pop Achievement

The 10th Hot 100 entry milestone specifically as a female K-pop act matters because BLACKPINK has occupied that space largely alone. While male K-pop acts — BTS with dozens of entries, Stray Kids, ATEEZ — have charted through various mechanisms, the female side of K-pop's global crossover has been far more limited. Girls' Generation, 2NE1, MAMAMOO, and the entire fourth-generation girl group cohort (IVE, aespa, LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans) have struggled to convert their domestic and Asian regional success into Billboard Hot 100 presence.

BLACKPINK's 10-entry record is therefore not just a milestone for the group but a data point about the specific challenges of female K-pop artists in the US market. The mechanisms that drive male K-pop artists to the Hot 100 — organized streaming campaigns, physical purchase events, TikTok choreography adoption — have not translated as reliably for female acts. BLACKPINK's achievement is exceptional precisely because it is not yet replicable.

There is also a generational dimension to consider. BLACKPINK debuted in 2016, at the beginning of the third generation's global expansion. Their first Hot 100 entry in 2020 came after four years of audience-building that culminated in the pandemic-era digital consumption surge. The gap between their fourth and tenth Hot 100 entries — from "Lovesick Girls" in 2020 to "JUMP" in 2025 — describes not a sudden chart breakthrough but a sustained accumulation of Western market presence across five years. That kind of slow-build mainstream integration is unusual in K-pop, where most acts' US chart presence is concentrated in a single album cycle. BLACKPINK's model suggests that consistent engagement with the US market over time, rather than one concentrated push, may be the more durable path to Hot 100 presence for girl groups that follow.

What JUMP's Chart Run Signals About the Rest of the Year

The July chart performance of "JUMP" set the stage for a larger narrative that would unfold through the second half of 2025. The song went on to spend nine weeks on the Hot 100 — a longevity record for BLACKPINK, surpassing the eight-week run of "Ice Cream." It also later charted on Pop Radio Airplay, a development that signals genuine radio broadcaster interest rather than just fan-driven digital activity.

BLACKPINK's DEADLINE World Tour was running concurrently with "JUMP"'s chart performance, with the group's first all-stadium tour — launched at Goyang Stadium, South Korea in early July — creating a sustained promotional presence that reinforced the single's streaming momentum. The feedback loop of tour dates, social media coverage, and live performance footage created the kind of multi-platform promotional environment that sustains Hot 100 longevity. The chart run confirmed what the world tour audiences already knew: BLACKPINK in 2025 is a force with no near-term ceiling.