Blackpink Keeps Dominating Billboard World Album Chart With BTS, NCT Dream, ITZY And More

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Blackpink maintained their No. 4 spot on the latest tally
The group's "Square One," "Square Two" and "Kill This Love" albums also appeared on the chart
Blackpink Jennie, Rosé, Lisa and Jisoo made it to the May 2021 Girl Group Brand Reputation Ranking

Blackpink continues to dominate the Billboard World Albums chart. It was revealed Tuesday that the K-pop supergroup's "The Album" held onto its No. 4 spot on the latest tally.

The latest album of Blackpink has been on the list for a total of 32 weeks. "The Album" peaked at No. 1 on Oct. 17, 2020, just two weeks after its official release. The group's "Square One," "Square Two" and "Kill This Love" albums also made it on the chart in the past.

Aside from Blackpink, BTS has been ruling the Billboard World Albums chart for several months now. This week, a total of seven albums from the Bangtan Boys landed on the chart's top 15: "Skool Luv Affair" at No. 13, "Love Yourself: Tear" at No. 9, "Map of the Soul: Persona" at No. 8, "Love Yourself: Her" at No. 5, "Love Yourself: Answer" at No. 3, "BE" at No. 2 and "Map of the Soul: 7" at No. 1.

ITZY also made it to the latest tally with "GUESS WHO?" staying strong at No. 6. "RESONANCE Pt. 1" by NCT has maintained its No. 7 position while NCT DREAM'S "Hot Sauce" and (G)I-DLE's "I Burn" secured the No. 10 and No. 14 positions, respectively.

Meanwhile, all Blackpink members also made it to the Korean Business Research Institute's May 2021 Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Ranking. Jennie nabbed the third spot after garnering a brand reputation index of 3,338,855.

Brave Girls members Yejeong and Yuna secured the first and second spots this month. Yejeong got a brand reputation index of 4,053,785 while Yuna hit 3,344,631 for the month of May. Fans can recall that the K-pop group has dominated several music charts and rankings after their track "Rollin'" trended online four years since its release.

Oh My Girl's Arin, ITZY member Yuna, Brave Girls' Minyoung, ITZY members Yeji, Lia and Ryujin and Blackpink member Rosé completed the Top 10 list. As for Blackpink members Lisa and Jisoo, they landed on the No. 15 and No. 16 spots, respectively.

The rankings were determined through an analysis of community awareness, communication, media coverage and consumer participation index of over 540 girl group members. All data used were collected between April 16 and May 16.