More records for BLACKPINK's Rosé after infectious bop "APT." sparks viral TikTok craze

BLACKPINK star Rosé is smashing it in the US charts after releasing her debut solo album.

The 27-year-old – real name Roseanne Park – sparked a viral dance trend on TikTok with her infectious single “APT.” (featuring Bruno Mars).

And now, it’s officially record breaking.

The song has made Rosé the first female K-pop artist to enter the Billboard Radio Songs Top 10 after it climbed to No.10.

Radio Songs tracks US radio airplay across all genres and is one of the three components that make up the weekly Hot 100.

Interestingly, Rosé is the second member of the K-pop girlband to enter the Radio Songs chart.

She follows in the footsteps of her bandmate Jennie, who reached No.48 with her “One of the Girls” collab with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, who starred together in TV drama The Idol.

It’s Rihanna and Mariah Carey who are the undisputed queens of Billboard’s Radio Songs, having logged 13 and 11 No.1s, respectively, as of January 2025.

That’s not where the celebrations end for Rosé though.

Her debut solo album Rosie has also earned a record.

After debuting at No.3 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, it made Rosé the highest-charting female K-pop artist on the US albums chart.

Her album made its way into the Top 5 after racking up the equivalent of 102,000 album units.

As well as “APT.”, the album includes singles “Number One Girl” and “Toxic Till the End”.

Rosé has once made it to the No.1 spot on the Billboard 200 with BLACKPINK’s album Born Pink.

BLACKPINK have earned numerous Guinness World Records titles as a group and in their solo ventures.

Here’s a full breakdown of their current titles:

• Most subscribers for a band on YouTube – 93.8 million as of May 2024
• First K-pop group to reach No.1 on the UK albums chart (female) – with Born Pink
• First K-pop group to reach No.1 on the US albums chart (female) – with Born Pink
• Most viewed music channel on YouTube (group) - 30.151 billion views as of April 2023
• Most streamed female group on Spotify – 13.09 billion streams as of May 2024
• First winner of Best Metaverse Performance at the MTV Video Music Awards
• First solo K-pop winner at the MTV Video Music Awards – Lisa with “LALISA”
• First solo K-pop winner at the MTV Europe Music Awards – Lisa
• Most followers on Instagram for a K-pop artist – Lisa with 90.7 million as of March 2023
• Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a solo K-pop artist – Lisa with 73.6 million views for “LALISA”
• First K-pop track by a solo artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify – Lisa with “MONEY”
• First album by a solo K-pop artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify – Lisa with LALISA
• Most views of a new music video release from a solo artist in 24 hours on YouTube - Lisa with “LALISA”
• First artist to reach No.1 on a Billboard Global chart as a soloist and as part of a group – Rosé with BLACKPINK’s “Lovesick Girls” and her own “On the Ground”
• Fastest solo K-pop artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify (female) – Lisa

Bruno also recently broke a record of his own by securing the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a male artist.

He broke the record with 146.23 million listeners on the platform.

The surge in his popularity is partly due to his song with Rosé as well as his duet "Die with a Smile" with Lady Gaga.

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