Rosé  is the fourth and last member revealed by YG Entertainment for Blackpink on June 22, 2016. Her real name is Roseanne Park, born in Auckland, New Zealand, on February 11, 1997. Since Rosé was born in New Zealand and has South Korean citizenship, she also has a Korean name, Park Chae Young. In her group, Rosé  is the main vocalist. Before becoming a trainee at YG Entertainment, Rosé often performed with the church choir team.
When she was 15 years old, Rosé was advised by his father to attend an audition which at that time was being held by YG Entertainment in Australia and managed to rank first by beating around 700 participants. Amazing right? Then in two months, Rosé signed a label contract with YG Entertainment and moved all the way to South Korea. Rosé  is known to have three nationalities, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea, because when she was a kid she moved to Australia. In 2012 after she signed the contract, Rosé was given the opportunity to feature on her senior G-Dragon's song "Without You". However, her name was not published at that time and the credit on her name was revealed after she officially became a member of Blackpink.
In 2018, YG Entertainment announced that three Blackpink members, Jennie, Lisa, and Rosé  would be making solo debuts but at that time, only Jennie made her debut. Two years later, YG Entertainment announced again that Rosé  would actually be making a solo debut in September following the release of Blackpink's first studio album titled "The Album". In January 2021, Blackpink was holding their first online concert (because of the Covid-19 pandemic) and Rosé sang a new song called "Gone", which turned out to be included in her solo album. Finally, in March 2021, Rosé managed to debut with her first single album titled "-R-". Rosé continues to reap achievements along the way with the release of the album "-R-" which became her solo debut in the music world. Rosé also released a music video for one of the songs on the album titled "On The Ground". As expected, this long-awaited solo album was immediately greeted with very high enthusiasm by fans. YG Entertainment announced that Rosé's solo single album sales had reached half a million units. This figure represents the total single album sales of CD album units, kit album units, and LP units. With this achievement, Rosé has successfully broken the record as a solo female idol in South Korea with the most album pre-sales at the time.
Here Are Some Interesting Facts about Rosé :
- Has an interest in art and music from an early age.
- Good at singing, writing songs, and playing musical instruments.
- Occupying the position of Main Vocalist and Lead Dancer in the group.
- Brand Ambassadors for various brands in the world from Tiffany & Co. to Yves Saint Laurent.
- Has a pet dog named Hank who even has his own Instagram account @hank_says_hank.
- Rosé is left-handed.
The History of Blackpink
Formed by YG Entertainment on August 8, 2016. Three of the four members have foreign backgrounds. Jennie was born in Korea but spent much of her life in New Zealand, Rosé was born in New Zealand but grew up in Australia, and Lisa is a native of Thailand, making Jisoo the sole member born and raised in South Korea. August 26 marked the debut single album "Square One", with both tracks "Boombayah" and "Whistle" getting the title treatment. They were immediately well-received, with both tracks shooting up to first and second place on the Billboard World Digital Songs Chart, making them the fastest group to accomplish this and join labelmates PSY and BIGBANG at the top. Just days after their debut, they grabbed their first music show win and broke the record for the shortest time for a girl group to win on a music program.
The single album "Square Two", the group's first comeback, came swiftly in November of 2016, with another double title comeback. Despite only having four tracks to their name, the girls won many major awards during the 2016's awards season. 2017 only saw the group release a single called "As If It's Your Last," a song that took a different turn from previous releases with a heavier EDM influence and a different approach to the group's capitalized 'girl crush' concept.
While Blackpink enjoyed massive success in South Korea and general recognition worldwide, the true complete breakthrough came in 2018 with the release of their first mini-album "Square Up" and title track "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du." As it currently stands, the title track music video holds almost 2 billion views on Youtube. This release brought on worldwide massive success to the girls and lead to their first world tour at the end of 2018. They also became one of the first highly recognized K-Pop acts to begin collaborating with western artists where Dua Lipa was the first singer to release a collaboration with them back in 2018.
YG Entertainment stated in 2018 that they intend to have each member of Blackpink have a solo debut, the announcement shortly followed by a schedule for Jennie's solo release. Late 2018 saw her first single "Solo", with reception and success on par with her group's full releases. Two years later, YG finally announced the intent to have the other girls release their solo work. Blinks would have to wait almost a year to hear something new from the group, which came in the form of the title track "Kill This Love" and a mini-album of the same name in the first half of 2019. Shortly after the release, the girls became the first K-Pop girl group to perform at the massive western music festival, Coachella.
Over a year later, a new comeback was finally announced after months of being pushed back, along with a new collaboration titled "Sour Candy" with pop icon, Lady Gaga. In 2020 alone, Blackpink released "How You Like That" in June, "Ice Cream" in August, featuring Selena Gomez and their first studio album titled "The Album" in October. They also garnered massive success with "Lovesick Girls," which gained the number 2 position on Global 200. The Global 200 is calculated with the help of sales and streaming data acquired from more than 200 regions.
Blackpink also made history with "Pink Venom" by becoming the first girl group ever to garner number 1 spot on the Billboard 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts. Additionally, their latest song from their second studio album, "Born Pink", became the fastest K-pop music video of 2022 to cross the 200-million-view mark. Among other impressive achievements, "Pink Venom" also became the first K-pop song to top the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)'s Singles Chart. Moreover, the South Korean girl group is also the first female K-pop act to top Spotify's Global Top 50 List.
