1997–2012: Early life Roseanne Park, Korean name Park Chae-young (), was born on 11 February 1997 in
Auckland, New Zealand, to South Korean immigrant parents, and has an older sister. In 2004, at the age of seven, Rosé and her family moved to
Melbourne, Australia, where she spent her childhood. She began singing and learned to play guitar and piano as a child and performed in church choirs. She attended Kew East Primary School in
Kew East and
Canterbury Girls' Secondary College in
Canterbury, Victoria, a Melbourne suburb, but dropped out before year 11, after signing with South Korean record label
YG Entertainment.
2012–2015: Pre-debut In 2012, Rosé attended an audition in
Sydney for YG Entertainment, a South Korean company whose music she already liked. She went at her father's suggestion She had initially presumed her father's idea was a joke due to the distance and difficulty of becoming a singer overseas saying that "she didn't think that there was much of a chance to become a K-pop star [herself]." The song peaked at number ten on South Korea's
Gaon Music Chart and at number 15 on the
Billboard Korea K-pop Hot 100.
2016–2022: Debut with Blackpink and R Rosé trained at YG Entertainment for four years before she was revealed as the final member of the girl group
Blackpink on 22 June 2016. The group debuted on 8 August 2016 with the
single album Square One, which featured the chart-topping single "
Whistle" as well as the single "
Boombayah". In 2018, Blackpink signed with
Interscope Records in a global partnership with YG Entertainment. Rosé appeared on various broadcast programs including
King of Masked Singer. Her vocal performance on the show was met with a warm reception by the audience, to which Rosé commented that she "didn't know if the audience would like [her] singing" and that she felt "happy and relieved" at the positive result. On 1 June 2020, it was announced that Rosé would debut as a solo artist following the release of Blackpink's first Korean language full-length album. On 30 December 2020, in an interview with South Korean media outlet
Osen, her label revealed that filming for her debut music video would begin in mid-January 2021. On 26 January 2021, a promotional teaser of Rosé's solo debut was released, revealing that a preview of her solo debut would be revealed through
Blackpink Livestream Concert: The Show on 31 January 2021. Rosé's debut single album, titled
R, was released on 12 March 2021. The album set the record for the highest first-week sales by a Korean female soloist, with 448,089 copies sold. With 41.6 million views in 24 hours of the music video for the lead single "
On the Ground", she broke the almost eight-year record held by former labelmate
Psy's "
Gentleman" for the most viewed music video by a Korean soloist in 24 hours. "On the Ground" also debuted and peaked at number one on both the
Billboard Global 200 and
Global Excl. U.S. charts, the first song by a Korean solo artist to top either chart in history. These accomplishments led Rosé to be awarded two
Guinness World Records, for achieving the most-viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a solo K-pop artist as well as being the first artist to reach number one on a
Billboard Global chart as a soloist and as part of a group. "On the Ground" was a commercial success in South Korea, peaking at number four on the
Gaon Digital Chart and number three on the
Billboard K-pop Hot 100. It also peaked at number 70 on the
Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting song by a female K-pop soloist and the second-highest by a K-pop soloist in the United States. In the United Kingdom, "On the Ground" became the first song by a female K-pop solo artist to enter the
UK Singles Chart, with a debut at number 43. It debuted at number 35 on the
Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and became the highest-charting hit by a Korean female soloist in Canada. On 24 March, Rosé received her first-ever music show win as a soloist for "On the Ground" on South Korean cable music program
Show Champion, and went on to win five more for the single. On 5 April, the music video for the second single from
R, "
Gone", was released. The song also performed well in South Korea, peaking at number six on the Gaon Digital Chart and number five on the
Billboard K-pop Hot 100. "
Hard to Love", a pop-disco solo sung by Rosé, is featured as the fifth track of Blackpink's second studio album
Born Pink, which was released on 16 September 2022. Additionally, Rosé contributed songwriting credits to "
Yeah Yeah Yeah", the fourth track of
Born Pink.
2023–present: Solo activities and Rosie On 5 December 2023, YG Entertainment announced that Rosé along with the other members of Blackpink had renewed their contracts for group activities and that the members' individual contracts were still under discussion. YG Entertainment subsequently confirmed on 29 December 2023 that Rosé and the other Blackpink members agreed not to proceed with a contract with the label for individual activities. On 4 April, she released the song "Final Love Song" as the theme song for the survival reality show
I-Land 2: N/a.
The Black Label, an associate company of YG Entertainment founded by Blackpink's main producer
Teddy, disclosed on 17 June that they were in discussions with Rosé regarding an exclusive contract; it was confirmed the following day that she signed a management contract with the label. It was later revealed on 26 September that she had signed a solo deal with
Atlantic Records. She recorded a cover of
Coldplay's 2008 song "
Viva la Vida" for the trailer and finale of the
Apple TV+ series
Pachinkos second season in 2024. On 18 October, Rosé released the collaboration "
APT." with American singer-songwriter
Bruno Mars as the lead single of her debut studio album
Rosie. The song was a huge commercial success worldwide and became Rosé's second number-one single on the
Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts. It topped the charts in several countries including New Zealand and Australia, where it became the first song by a solo female K-pop artist to reach number one on the
ARIA Singles Chart. The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, marking the first time a female K-pop soloist reached the top ten. In the United States, it debuted at eight and peaked at number three on the US
Billboard Hot 100, making Rosé the first female K-pop artist to enter the chart's top ten in history. It also became the first song by a female K-pop artist to enter the top 10 of
Billboard Radio Songs, for which Rosé won a Guinness World Record. The song surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify in 100 days after release, breaking the Guinness World Record for the fastest K-pop track to reach the milestone. "APT." was named the number-one
best-selling global single of 2025 by the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which marked the first time the IFPI Global Single Chart was topped by an artist outside of North America or Europe, and the first time a winning single featured non-English lyrics. On 22 November, Rosé pre-released her album's second single "
Number One Girl". It was announced on 25 November that she signed a global publishing administration deal with
Warner Chappell Music. Rosé's debut studio album
Rosie was released on 6 December 2024, alongside its third single "
Toxic Till the End".
Rosie debuted at number three on the
Billboard 200, for which she earned a Guinness World Record as the highest-charting female K-pop artist on the chart. It also debuted at number four on the
UK Albums Chart, making Rosé the first female K-pop soloist with a top-five album in the United Kingdom. In Australia,
Rosie debuted at number two on the
ARIA Albums Chart and became the highest charting album by a female K-pop soloist on the chart. Meanwhile, "Toxic Till the End" debuted at number 15 on the
Billboard Global 200 and number six on the Global Excl. US, earning Rosé her third top-ten hit on the latter chart. In 2025, Rosé withdrew from the
Korea Music Copyright Association, which marked the first departure by a major K-pop artist from the association in 22 years. Her contract with the organisation was subsequently terminated on 31 January 2025. On 1 May, Rosé was announced as part of the lineup of artists featured on
F1 the Album, the soundtrack album to the 2025
sports action drama film
F1. Her song "
Messy" was released as the album's second single on 8 May. On 27 June, Rosé and
Alex Warren released "
On My Mind" as the third single of the latter's debut album ''
You'll Be Alright, Kid''. At the
2025 MTV Video Music Awards on 7 September, Rosé became the first K-pop act in history to win the VMA for
Song of the Year with "APT." The song received three nominations at the
68th Annual Grammy Awards for
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance,
Record of the Year, and
Song of the Year, becoming the most-nominated song by any Korean or K-pop artist in Grammy history and making Rosé the first K-pop artist to receive a nomination for one of the
Big Four Grammy awards as a lead artist. She received two Guinness World Records as the first K-pop act to be Grammy-nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. In September, Rosé signed with the talent agency
WME for worldwide representation in her solo music career. At the
Brit Awards on 28 February 2026, Rosé won
International Song of the Year for "APT.", becoming the first K-pop artist in history to win at the award ceremony. ==Artistry==