Jennie Sets New History as First Female K-POP Solo Artist to Enter Billboard 200 at No. 7 with Three Tracks on Hot 100

Jennie of BLACKPINK achieved a new milestone for female K-POP solo artists by entering the Billboard 200 at position 7 with her first full-length solo album, “Ruby.” Billboard announced via an early chart release on the 17th that Jennie became the third member of the group to reach the Billboard 200 top 10, following Rosé and Lisa. The Billboard 200 is a chart that ranks the most popular albums in the United States, measured using units such as physical album sales, track-equivalent albums, and stream-equivalent albums. In 2022, BLACKPINK made history as the first K-POP group to appear on the Billboard 200 with their second studio album, “Born Pink,” while their first studio album, “The Album,” reached position 2. The members of BLACKPINK have also excelled as solo artists, with Rosé scoring at No. 3 with “rosie” and Lisa achieving No. 7 with “Alter Ego.” Inspired by Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It,” “Ruby” explores themes such as birth, love, faith, and climax, and it consists of 15 tracks including “like Jennie,” “Mantra,” “Love Hangover,” “ExtraL,” “Seoul City,” “Starlight,” and “twin.”

Jennie delivered even more historic results on the Billboard Hot 100. Two tracks from the album entered the Hot 100, with her collaboration with Dua Lipa, “Handlebars,” debuting at position 80, and the title track “like JENNIE” debuting at position 83. Meanwhile, the pre-release single “ExtraL,” featuring Doechii, re-entered the chart at position 99, marking its second consecutive week on the list. Jennie is now the first female K-POP solo artist in Billboard history to have six different tracks enter the Hot 100, and she is also the first such artist to have three tracks simultaneously on the chart. Previously, Jennie had already sent tracks like “One of the Girls” in collaboration with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, “Mantra,” and “Love Hangover” featuring Dominic Fike into the charts.

Jennie also achieved notable success on global charts. “like JENNIE” made a strong debut by entering the Billboard Global Exclusives US chart at position 3 and the Billboard Global 200 chart at position 5. This is part of the active solo activities of BLACKPINK members in recent weeks, as over the past five months, the group’s soloists have reached the top 20 of the Global Exclusives US chart in 11 out of 23 weeks. Overall, the four members of BLACKPINK have made 29 solo entries on the Global Exclusives US chart, exceeding the group’s 19 entries.