Blackpink: TIME Entertainer of the Year 2022

Normal as they may be, their 2022 has been anything but. They appeared at the VMAs in August, performing their hit single “Pink Venom,” and onstage during their latest blockbuster world tour, which kicked off in October and will hit 27 cities over nine months. Shows sold out in minutes and were attended by tens of thousands of fans, including celebrities like Selena Gomez and Usher. The foursome released its highly anticipated second studio album, Born Pink, in September, which notched a record as the best-selling album by a Korean girl group, with over 2 million album sales. It continues to dominate on YouTube, where Blackpink is the biggest musical act with over 83 million subscribers. Read more about Blackpink: Subscribe to TIME’s YouTube channel ►► Subscribe to TIME: Get the day’s top headlines to your inbox, curated by TIME editors: Follow us: Twitter: