Background and career
Jennie Kim (Korean: 김제니; born January 16, 1996) is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. Born in South Korea, she moved to New Zealand in 2004 and returned to South Korea to successfully audition for YG Entertainment in 2010. She rose to prominence as a member of the South Korean girl group Blackpink, which debuted in August 2016 and became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.
In November 2018, Jennie released her debut single "Solo", which topped South Korea's Circle Digital Chart and the US 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 single "You & Me" reached number one on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart. Jennie established her own label named Odd Atelier in 2023 and signed with Columbia Records in 2024. Her debut studio album, Ruby (2025), sold one million copies worldwide and tied for the highest position on the UK Albums Chart by a Korean solo artist. It entered the top ten of the US Billboard 200 and spawned the Billboard Global 200 top-five hits "Mantra" and "Like Jennie"; the latter reached number one in South Korea. In 2026, she achieved the longest-charting song by a Korean artist in the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 with her remix of Tame Impala's "Dracula".
Outside of music, Jennie made her acting debut under the stage name Jennie Ruby Jane in the 2023 HBO television series The Idol. Her accolades include two Korean Music Awards, four Golden Disc Awards, six MAMA Awards, three Melon Music Awards, and a Billboard Women in Music Award. She became the first solo artist to win Artist of the Year at the Golden Disc Awards and Record of the Year at the Melon Music Awards, and the first Korean soloist to win a Billboard Women in Music Award. Jennie has appeared on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2026) and on the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 (2025–2026). The most-followed Korean person on Instagram, she is a global ambassador for Chanel and Calvin Klein.
How Jennie makes money
She rose to prominence as a member of the South Korean girl group Blackpink, which debuted in August 2016 and became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Her debut studio album, Ruby (2025), sold one million copies worldwide and tied for the highest position on the UK Albums Chart by a Korean solo artist.
