“OUR NUMBER ONE”- Rosé becomes the first female soloist to achieve ‘Perfect All Kill’ both as a BLACKPINK member & a solo act

BLACKPINK's Rosé became the first female artist to achieve a 'Perfect All Kill' (PAK) as a band member and soloist. Her latest track, APT. with Bruno Mars, was released on October 18, 2024. She signed a global solo deal with Atlantic Records on September 27, 2024, and released APT. under it.

For the unversed, a song receives a certified 'Perfect All Kill' if it tops the Melon's Daily chart, Top 100 charts, Genie, Bugs' Daily chart, YouTube Music's Top Songs chart, VIBE's daily chart, FLO, and iChart's real-time charts. The BLACKPINK idol made history as the first female soloist to achieve this feat as of October 27.

Her fans flooded social media and hailed her as their number one. One fan wrote on X:

"ROSÉ OUR NUMBER ONE"

Social media users took to X to show enthusiasm and support for the 27-year-old K-pop star.

"This DECADE I'm so insanely proud," a fan wrote.

"She is the most musically-gifted and passionate among the very talented Blackpink members. She deserves the recognition," another fan wrote.

"True fans never underestimated her or any other girlies in the group. It shows in their monstrous success as soloists. Rosé is talented, smart and a superstar. So, calm down," one other fan added.

Others highlighted how the BLACKPINK vocalist cemented her status as one of the world's most significant K-pop solo artists with her comeback solo single.

"Rosé’s done it again! First female soloist with a PAK as both a group member and solo artist—total queen behavior!" one fan said.

"Rosé drops her first single after 3 YEARS of nothing, and is immediately devouring the k charts and global. Everyone was waiting for her comeback," another fan remarked.

"Rosé hits #1 with Bruno Mars! 'APT' reigns supreme," another fan added.

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BLACKPINK's Rosé on a winning streak with APT. with Bruno Mars

The BLACKPINK idol's track, APT. with Bruno Mars, became the highest-peaking single by a K-pop soloist when it peaked at No. 1 on the Global 100: Apple Music Chart on October 21, 2024. She became the second K-pop artist to make it into the Top 10 on Apple Music US, following BTS' Jungkook.

Additionally, the track earned the biggest debut for a Korean soloist in 2024, raking up over 25.24 million views on YouTube on the day it was released. The official music video surpassed 100 million YouTube views, making it the fastest video of 2024 to achieve this feat.

Furthermore, APT. also took the top place on Spotify's Global Top 50 chart as the first female K-pop artist in history. It has surpassed 99.6 million streams on Spotify as of October 27.

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In other news, the BLACKPINK idol is set to drop her debut solo studio album, Rosie, on December 6, 2024. She also sang Viva La Vida for the Apple TV+ series, Pachinko season 2 episode 8, which aired on October 12, 2024. The series stars Kim Min-ah, Lee Min-ho, Anna Sawai, and Jin Ha.