BLACKPINK's Rosé becomes the first solo female K-pop star to top the ARIA Chart

BLACKPINK's Rosé tops Australia's singles chart for the first time, cementing her legacy.

The New Zealand-born, Australia-raised famous vocalist breaks Sabrina Carpenter's reign atop the ARIA Single Chart with "APT." (via Atlantic/Warner), her duet with Bruno Mars, debuting at No. 1.

Rosé of BLACKPINK.

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Rosé becomes the first solo female K-pop artist to top the ARIA Chart.

She is just the second South Korean solo artist to reach the top of the charts, following PSY's "Gangnam Style" which lasted six weeks at the top in 2012.

Rosé (née Roseanne Park) was born in Auckland and brought up in Melbourne before moving to South Korea at the age of 15 to pursue her career in K-pop. Her father suggested she apply for South Korean music firm YG Entertainment. It was a sensible move. The rest is musical history.

BLACKPINK, comprised of Rosé, Jisoo, Jennie, and Lisa, break records for fun. BLACKPINK established the record for the highest-debuting single by a K-pop group in ARIA Chart History in 2022 when "Pink Venom" debuted at No. 1, surpassing BTS's No. 2 debut in 2020 with "Dynamite."

BLACKPINK's two studio albums, The Album (2020) and Born Pink (2022), debuted and peaked at number two on the Australian albums chart. Last year, the pop quartet toured Australia's east coast arenas in promotion of Born Pink.

"APT.," a reference to the Korean drinking game aparteu, or apartment in English, is the first track from Rosé's first album Rosie, which is out on December 6. The song debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, and No. 4 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, setting a new record in the process.

In the United States, "APT." rises to No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. That, too, is a historic achievement: Rosé becomes the first female solo artist from K-pop (Korean pop) to reach the top ten.