BLACKPINK's Jennie has signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist in collaboration with her label and ODDATELIER entertainment company, it was announced on Sunday (September 8). The singer is expected to release a new solo single in October.
The news follows last December's revelation that all members of BLACKPINK had parted ways with their label, YG Entertainment, for their solo productions, while extending their contract with the label for group activities.
Last June, Jennie released “One of the Girls” alongside her HBO co-stars The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp. The idol. The track has since been streamed over 1 billion times on Spotify alone and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. also peaked at No. 18 Bulletin boardPop Airplay Chart. He followed in October with “You & Me,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart, making her the second member of BLACKPINK to reach No. 1 on the survey after Rosé's 'On the Ground'.
Earlier this year, Jennie released a pair of collaborative singles: “SPOT!” with ZICO and “Slow Motion” with Matt Champion. Her first solo single, the aptly titled 'SOLO', was released in 2018 and reached the top Bulletin boardGlobal Digital Song Sales Chart.
Jennie first debuted in 2016 as one quarter of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, who in 2023 became the first Korean actress to headline Coachella. The group has charted a total of nine songs on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Ice Cream” featuring Selena Gomez peaking at No. 13. With the release of the group's second studio album in 2022 Born PinkBLACKPINK became only the third South Korean act to ever top the Billboard 200 after BTS' Evidence and Stray Kids' Stray Kids: Ordinary Mini album.
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