Update: Earlier Thursday, “Kill This Love” became the first BLACKPINK song to reach the Top 5 of the US iTunes sales chart.
Thursday evening, it became the group’s first single to reach #1.
The new songs remains in that pinnacle position as of press time at 7:20PM ET Thursday. It seized the throne from Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country,” which now sits at #2.
“Kill This Love” is the title track from BLACKPINK’s new EP, due Friday.
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BLACKPINK’s new single “Kill This Love” is predictably off to a hot start on the US iTunes sales chart.
The song, which launched at 11AM ET, had reached #4 on the all-genre listing as of press time at 3:10PM ET. It is the first BLACKPINK song to reach the chart’s Top 5.
The group previously peaked at #8 as part of the Dua Lipa collaboration “Kiss and Make Up.”
“Kill This Love” is the title track from BLACKPINK’s new EP, which launches on April 5.