Lady Gaga and K-pop girl group BLACKPINK have dropped the audio version of their song titled ‘Sour Candy’ today (May 29, 2020) and it has taken the world of social media by storm. Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK’s song ‘Sour Candy’ has surpassed Selena Gomez‘s “Fetish” which held the title since 2017. Also Read | HEAR! HEAR! Lady Gaga Finally Drops Her Much Awaited Music Album ‘Chromatica’
“Sour Candy” by Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK surpassed Selena Gomez’ "Fetish” feat. Gucci Mane, becoming the most viewed female audio in it’s first 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/pYMuXQH8Jf
— Pop Base (@PopBase) May 28, 2020
With ‘Sour Candy’ BLACKPINK has achieved two new milestones. The first one is that BLACKPINK has become the only K-pop girl group in history to reach the number one position on iTunes UK.
BLACKPINK becomes the 1st Kpop girl group in history to top both UK iTunes Songs Chart & UK iTunes Albums Chart?@ygofficialblink pic.twitter.com/nqBO14SK8G
— BLACKPINK AMERICA ? (@BPinAmerica) May 28, 2020
BLACKPINK FIRST KPOP GIRLGROUP IN HISTORY TO REACH #1 ON ITUNES UK I'M SO PROUD ?@ygofficialblink
— ¹⁹⁹⁶ (@jennieslyrics) May 28, 2020
The second record BLACKPINK has achieved with Sour Candy is they become the most the most-viewed female audio in 24 hours.
For the unversed, the collaboration of Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK came after the former request to work together with the latter for her album Chromatica.
According to Lady Gaga, in addition to BLACKPINK’s talents, she also wanted to work with the famous girl group because she wanted to empower women and they felt the same way. Upon released, Sour Candy has dominated most of the charts in iTunes.
Sour Candy has successfully dominated in 59 countries across the glove and counting.
‘Sour Candy’ by @ygofficialblink & @ladygaga now has 59 #1’s on iTunes? pic.twitter.com/JpJM8OytnT
— BLACKPINK AMERICA ? (@BPinAmerica) May 29, 2020
Considering that “Sour Candy” debuted at number one on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart, it’s no wonder both of these artists managed to achieve multiple world records.
Haven’t listened to Sour Candy as of now? check out the full audio below: