On December 4, BLACKPINK's Rosé’s APT., which is a duet with American star Bruno Mars completed its fourth week atop the Billboard Japan Streaming Songs chart. The female idol’s track has further extended the song’s position as the longest-running song in #1 place by a K-pop soloist.
Billboard Japan also shared the list of Hot 100 on December 4. As per the list, Rosé and Bruno Mars are placed at #1 position, which is followed by SEVENTEEN on the list. Further, Aespa was another K-pop group ranked #9 on this list.
Rosé released her track APT. on October 18 featuring Bruno Mars, whose music video became the fastest collab to fetch 300 million views on YouTube. It also became the sixth fastest music video in YouTube history to reach this mark.
BLACKPINK's Rosé became first Korean act to spend four weeks on Global Apple Music daily chart
On December 2, 2024, BLACKPINK's Rosé became the first Korean act to spend a complete month at the top spot on the Global Apple Music daily chart, making the fandom proud. The female musician reached the new milestone with her newest joint track, APT. (with Burno Mars).
On November 27, 2024, BLACKPINK's Rosé's track re-peaked at the top place on the US iTunes Top Songs Chart. The track grew into one of the best sellers in the last 24 hours, with 4917 sales in the United States.
Previously, on November 22, Rosé and Bruno Mars got the Global Sensation Award for their collaborative effort. The duo had their debut live performance of APT. at Japan's MAMA Awards 2024. Bruno and Rosé arrived to accept their awards on the main stage.
On December 2, the song reached 500 million streams on Spotify, following which APT.'s music video also touched the 500 million mark on December 5.
Rosé took to her official Instagram account on November 25, to unveil the tracklist for her upcoming album, Rosie. It contained twelve songs, including Number One Girl, two years, toxic till the end, drinks or coffee, APT. (ft. Bruno Mars), 3 a.m., Gameboy, Call it the End, Stay a Little Longer, Not the Same, Too Bad For Us, and Dance All Night.
The idol’s solo album, Rosie, is slated for release on December 6, 2024. So far, Rosé has dropped two pre-release tracks, APT., and Number One Girl. While the former came out on October 18, the latter was released on November 22.
In related news, BLACKPINK's Rosé performed Wham!’s classic Christmas song, Last Christmas, at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge on December 3. She also sang the sensational hit APT. at the show. Rosé also gave her APT. live performance at Lee Youngji’s talk show, titled The Seasons: Lee Youngji’s Rainbow on November 29.