generasia:Featured article for 2025 week 10

JENNIE promoting Ruby (2025)

JENNIE

Jennie (제니) is a South Korean artist under ODDATELIER. She is a member of the Korean pop girl group BLACKPINK under YG Entertainment. She was born and raised in South Korea until 2004, later living in New Zealand before returning to South Korea to successfully audition for YG Entertainment in 2010. Jennie was first introduced in 2013 when she featured on Lee Hi's album track "SPECIAL". She made several pre-debut appearances in other YG artist productions from 2012 before finally debuting as a member of BLACKPINK in August 2016. Jennie made her acting debut under the stage name Jennie Ruby Jane in the 2023 HBO television series The Idol.

In November 2018, Jennie released her debut single "SOLO", which topped South Korea's Circle Digital Chart and the US [[Wikipedia:Billboard World Digital Songs chart. Its music video was the first by a Korean female soloist to surpass one billion views on YouTube. Her 2023 singles "You & Me" and "One of the Girls" achieved commercial success worldwide, with the former reaching #1 on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart. After establishing her own label named ODDATELIER in 2023 and signing with Columbia Records in 2024, she earned her second #1 single on the Circle Digital Chart with "SPOT!" and the highest-charting song by a Korean female solo artist on the UK Singles Chart with "Mantra", the lead single of her debut studio album Ruby.

Jennie has received several accolades throughout her career, including four MAMA Awards, a Circle Chart Music Award, a Golden Disc Award, and a Billboard Women in Music Award, and became the first Korean soloist to win at the latter award ceremony. The most-followed Korean individual on Instagram, Jennie is known for her musical versatility and fashion image, and has been dubbed the "Human Chanel", for which she serves as a global ambassador.

Her first album, Ruby, is released this week on March 7th.