K-pop band Blackpink selected as Time Entertainer of the year 2022

making the four-girl band the second k-pop artist to win the name, after BTS in 2020.

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Handpicked by YG Entertainment, a major South Korean record label that showcases artists for their celebrity quality

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and trains them extensively, the foursome (Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé) rose to international stardom

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His debut LP, "The Album," sold over 1,000,000 copies in much less than a month after its 2020 release.

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In a Time feature marking the Entertainer of the Year award, the group reviewed their journey,

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from playing Coachella in 2019 to performing "crimson Venom" at the VMAs earlier this year.

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“We put up a lot of paint to make ourselves look like superwomen,” rapper Jennie told Time.

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Says “We are very normal girls, at the end of the day.”

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