BLACKPINK's ROSÉ becomes UK's highest-charting female K-pop solo artist with APT.

BLACKPINK idol ROSÉ makes Official Chart history today, as Bruno Mars collaboration APT. becomes the highest-charting single of all time by a female K-pop artist (4).

New Zealand-born, Australia-raised Roseanne Park MBE surpasses Peggy Gou's previous record, earned with Number 5-peaking 2023 hit (It Goes Like) Nanana.

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Just last week, ROSÉ's BLACKPINK bandmate JENNIE claimed her first solo Official Top 40 single with Mantra, having previously achieved success with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp team-up One of the Girls.

In April 2023, BLACKPINK's JISOO became the first Korean female soloist to net a UK Top 40 single, when her track FLOWER peaked at Number 38.

As a member of BLACKPINK, ROSÉ boasts eight UK Top 40 singles: 2018 Dua Lipa collab Kiss and Make Up (36), 2019's Kill This Love (33), 2020's How You Like That (20), Selena Gomez team-up Ice Cream (39), Lovesick Girls (40) and Lady Gaga project Sour Candy (17), plus 2022 singles Pink Venom (22) and Shut Down (24).

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How do you pronounce ROSÉ and Bruno Mars's APT.?

'APT.' is pronounced as it's sung in the chorus; ap-a-teu. Apateu (아파트) is actually the Korean pronunciation of 'apartment.'

What does ROSÉ and Bruno Mars's APT. song mean?

APT. draws inspiration from Korean drinking culture and, specifically, a popular drinking game known as 'the apartment game.'

Explaining the backstory to the song through her agency The Black Label, ROSÉ says:

"APT. is actually my favorite Korean drinking game that I play with my friends back home. It’s so simple, puts a smile on your face and breaks the ice at any party.

"One night in the studio, I taught my crew how to play the game. Everyone was fascinated, especially when I started the chant, so we played around with it and I said we should make a song out of it and, after Bruno joined the track, the rest became history!"

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