BLACKPINK’s Rosé has recorded her name in the history books by topping the Australian Singles Chart for the first time.
The New Zealand-born, Australian-raised superstar singer ends Sabrina Carpenter’s reign on the ARIA singles chart with “APT.” (Via Atlantic/Warner) Her song with Bruno Mars debuted at No. 1.
With this, Rosé became the first female K-pop singer to top the ARIA charts.
She is the second Korean solo artist to top the charts after PSY’s “Gangnam Style” topped the charts for six consecutive weeks in 2012.
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Born in Auckland and raised in Melbourne, Rosé (née Roseanne Park) moved to South Korea at 15 when the world of K-pop beckoned. At her father’s suggestion, she auditioned for the Korean music company YG Entertainment. This is a shrewd move. The rest is music history.
BLACKPINK—consisting of Rosé, Jisoo, Jennie, and Lisa—break records and have fun. In 2022, BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” surpassed BTS’s 2020 hit single “Dynamite” at No. 2, setting the record for the highest debut single by a K-pop group in the history of the ARIA charts.
BLACKPINK’s two studio albums, album (from 2020) and born pink (2022), both of which debuted at No. 2 on the Australian Albums Survey. support born pinkthe pop group embarked on an arena tour of Australia’s east coast last year.
“APT.” is the first single from Rosé’s debut album, which refers to the Korean drinking game Aparteu (“apartment” in English) Rossilaunched on December 6th. chart in the US and set a new record at number 4 on the Official UK Singles Chart.
In the United States, “APT”. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Rosé became the first female singer to reach the top ten in K-pop (Korean pop music).
