“BLACKPINK Biggest K-Pop Group” — Rolling Stone Quietly Edits Article After Facing Heated Backlash
Rolling Stone’s recent article about BLACKPINK has unexpectedly sparked heated debate online.
The column, which talks about BLACKPINK members eligibility for the upcoming GRAMMY Awards, triggered huge reactions after branding BLACKPINK as the biggest K-Pop group of all time.
Since BLACKPINK is (without doubt) the biggest K-Pop group in history, and has been for years, its members are ineligible for the category as solo acts.
— Rolling Stone
However, the sentence has since been edited and updated after causing scathing reaction from BTS fans.
Booo https://t.co/61b1u8yh4U pic.twitter.com/lzrIIggRRC
— like★🍝 (@taelay0ver) November 17, 2025
New fans are about to witness in real time, why we call these girls and their company leeches. They've been using this strategy since 2018. Leech off of BTS' success https://t.co/hkAeBdUccQ
— nush⁷ (@namgiseokbase) November 17, 2025
rolling stone didn’t call them the biggest group in the world, a staff writer who happens to be a blink did. this is exactly why people say music journalism is dead lmao https://t.co/LrCyBo6Qk7 pic.twitter.com/Ji959X8wLI
— abyss⁷ (@haveuheardabyss) November 17, 2025
Reality: https://t.co/zkcc0Z0NTh pic.twitter.com/rjYgOe7rg2
— ⟭⟬⁷ (@Awarmyy) November 17, 2025
Though it once branded BLACKPINK as the “biggest K-Pop group” the article now says the YG Entertainment act is the “biggest K-Pop girl group.”
The change came only after the article faced heavy backlash from ARMYs.
However, the now-altered statement has also been support by many online. Viral posts with thousands of likes and retweets on X (formerly Twitter) agree with it, despite the controversy it caused.
biggest girl group
biggest kpop group
biggest group
global group
iconic
legendary
unmatched
best
historic
all of the above— َ (@pinksview) November 17, 2025
“BLACKPINK is (without a doubt) the biggest K-pop group in history, and has been for years.”
— Rolling Stone (2025) pic.twitter.com/kzckuVSHbq
— َ (@pinksview) November 16, 2025
Since Blackpink is (without doubt) the biggest K-pop group in history, and has been for years.
As always, Rolling Stone talking facts. pic.twitter.com/5fvezP8nFu
— TheRealFIII (@KINGTHEREALFIII) November 16, 2025
What are your thoughts? You can comment on who you think the biggest K-Pop group in history is in the comment section of our social media post!
