Guinness World Records has celebrated the most iconic moments of 2023 with a list of several records marking impressive milestones each month of the year.

With mentions ranging from the world’s oldest people, to premature babies defying adversity, to epic stunts and impressive achievements achieved in music.

Lisa Blackpink

It’s clear that K-pop will take its rightful place after its meteoric rise globally, with Lalisa Manobal (known as Lisa) and Blackpink being honored by Korea.

In particular, the Guinness Book of World Records mentioned the following:

“2023 is a successful year for K-pop, starting with three records set by Blackpink’s Lisa in January.

Lisa became the first winner in the Solo K-pop category at the MTV Video Music Awards and the first winner in the Solo K-pop category at the MTV Europe Music Awards, as well as won the record for K-pop Artist with the most followers on Instagram “.

Blackpink

But this is just the beginning of record-breaking activity in the K-pop world this year, with Blackpink becoming the most-streamed girl group on Spotify and Blackpink’s Lisa once again making history history when LALISA became the first K-pop song by a K-pop artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify “.

Currently, Lisa has affirmed herself as the most successful K-pop solo artist in history with 8 Guinness World Records.

Worth mentioning, this year Lisa became the first K-pop artist to be included as a cultural icon in the “Asian Hall of Fame”.

While Blackpink continues to break their impressive records, they recently established themselves as the first Girl Group in 18 years to win an award at the Billboard Music Awards and Born Pink became a tour has the highest revenue of an Asian artist.

Additionally, it was reported that Blackpink earned a spot in the 2024 Guinness Book of World Records as the first K-pop girl group to reach No. 1 on the album charts in the US and UK.

Congratulations Lisa and Blackpink.