5 times Blackpink’s Lisa outdid bandmates Jennie, Rosé and Jisoo, from breaking YouTube records with her debut solo single Lalisa to ranking as ‘most popular female K-pop idol’

Sep 15 , 2021

Blackpink member Lisa’s debut solo single, Lalisa, swiftly broke records – but this isn’t the first time she’s out-shone her bandmates. Photo: @lalalisa_m/ Instagram

Lisa’s solo single beat out Taylor Swift’s Me (featuring Brendon Urie) as YouTube’s most-watched music video by a solo artist, and surpassed 700,000 pre-orders

She once ranked as the third most popular K-pop idol (behind BTS members Jungkook and V) and is the Korean artist with the most followers on Instagram

While Blackpink has broken many records together as a group – like the time their 2020 single How You Like That won the Guinness World Record for “Most Viewed YouTube Video in 24 hours” – right now, the spotlight is on one member.

Lalisa Manoban, better known as Lisa, released her debut solo single Lalisa just last week, on September 10. In little over 24 hours after its launch, the internet was abuzz with the news that she had broken YouTube’s record for the solo artist with most video views in 24 hours, according to Soompi.

Singer Lisa of Blackpink performs onstage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Photo: Getty Images

But this isn’t the first time that Lisa, who is reportedly the highest-paid Blackpink member, has shone brighter than the other stars in the girl group. She is well-known for frequently making news and breaking records.

Here are some of her best moments over the years …

Her solo single broke records within a few days

Lisa’s self-titled single Lalisa has broken K-pop records. Photo: @lalalalisa_m/Instagram

Even before her single Lalisa was launched, Lisa was already breaking K-pop records. Only four days after pre-orders for her single opened, YG Entertainment announced that it had surpassed 700,000 stock pre-orders, making it the highest pre-ordered record for any K-pop female solo artist.

It wasn’t just her single: the music video for Lalisa amassed over 70 million views on YouTube in just 24 hours. While the number has yet to be confirmed by YouTube, this would make her video the most watched music video by a solo artist, beating global pop icon Taylor Swift’s hit single Me featuring Brendon Urie.

She was dubbed the “most popular female K-pop idol”