BLACKPINK’s Jisoo Establishes Herself As The First-Ever Million-Selling Female Solo K-Pop Artist

Jisoo is currently buzzing at the top of the Global Music industry by becoming the first-ever million-selling female solo K-pop artist. Her last musical project ‘ME’ has garnered a lot of attention around the world and on Tuesday, her agency YG Entertainment announced a record million cop. This versatile singer from BLACKPINK has sold over 1.02 million copies in less than a week. The album has been released on Friday and it is already breaking all the records. She is the first ever female K-pop artist to achieve this milestone.

Not to mention but Jisoo has been quite famous with her group performances in BLACKPINK and now her solo musical ventures are also showing some great progress. ‘ME’, the latest two-track EP has sold over 875,149 copies on the first day of its release which is also the highest record for any K-pop female singer to ever achieve not only for the first-day sales but for overall sales as well.

YG Entertainment said, "This makes Jisoo the only K-pop solo singer to have a million-selling album both as a female solo artist and as a part of a team." They also mentioned, "Jisoo's solo project as the last member of the group comes as another valuable feat as Blackpink continues to grow its influence and lead the global music scene." Previously, Lisa from the group sold 730,000 copies during the first week of her solo album ‘Lalisa’ in 2021. Followed by Rosé, managed to sell over 440,000 copies of her solo album ‘R’ in the same year. 

While all the members of BLACKPINK are showing promising growth and more success in their solo musical ventures, let’s find out more about this songstress who has just broken all the records. 

Who is Jisoo?

Kim Ji-soo, better known as Jisoo is a talented singer and actress from South Korea and a member of BLACKPINK. This versatile artist gained a huge amount of exposure during her group performances with the girl gang and now she is creating history with her solo endeavors. Working under the label of YG Entertainment, the singer first started her career as an actress and starred in multiple music videos as well as the drama series ‘The Producers’. 

Musical Contributions (BLACKPINK & SOLO)

She joined BLACKPINK alongside Lisa, Jennie, and Rosé in 2016 and debuted with the release of their debut single album titled, ‘Square One’. After that, the band received a massive amount of global exposure which only increased with the other releases by the group. Being a main member of the group, Jisoo has offered a fair amount of contribution to every hit musical project, starting from "How You Like That" to "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du". 

The albums namely ‘The Album’ and ‘Born Pink’ are the greatest examples of the artist’s creative psyche that does not reflect through music but the music videos as well. She took part in writing the lead single ‘Lovesick Girls’ from ‘The Album’. Her songwriting credits are also noticeable in the latest track ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’ which is the fourth track from the group’s second studio album ‘Born Pink’. With ‘ME’, it seems like she is rewriting her musical career again. It was released on March 31, 2023.

Jisoo as a Fashion Mogul 

Before even her musical career started, Jisoo already started gaining more attention from the fashion industry with her unwavering personality and unparalleled styles that redefined her muse. Whether it is becoming the muse for Michaa’s Spring 2021 collection or being the spokesperson for Korean short brand CELEBe, her creative aura got spread across the world. 

Soon she became the local ambassador for Dior and its latest ventures. In 2020, she was also appointed as the main model of Cartier's Pasha de Cartier. Last year, Cartier announced Jisoo to be their brand ambassador. Other than that, she is also an ambassador for Nexon's game MapleStory and an exclusive partner to design a character in the mobile game KartRider Rush+. Truly, her versatile aura as an artist is motivating and mind-blowing at the same time. 

Huge list of Awards and Nominations

As an actress, she has been nominated in multiple ceremonies and also won two of them. 

•   Prêmio Anual K4US (2022) - Best Idol Actress of the Year – Nominated

•   Seoul International Drama Awards (2022) - Outstanding Korean Actress – Won (Snowdrop)

•   Weibo Starlight Awards (2021) - Starlight Hall of Fame (Korea) – Won

•   Seoul International Drama Awards (2022) - Outstanding K-Pop Idol – Nominated

Since this is just the beginning of her solo musical career, the nominations and awards achieved by her are a part of the group effort of BLACKPINK. This K-pop girl gang has received more than 325 nominations in both National (Korean) and International Award Ceremonies and won around 101 of them. Some of the group's achievements are APAN Music Awards, Asia Artist Awards, Bugs Music Awards, Circle Chart Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Hanteo Music Awards, MAMA Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and the list keeps going on. 

It does not require to say that Jisoo is one of the most talented and dynamic music artists in the modern era who has influence in almost every aspect of the global music, fashion, and entertainment industry. Perhaps, selling the fastest 1 million copies is just the beginning as she is gaining at full throttle to create more milestones in the coming days of her solo musical endeavor.