Jennie Kim (Hangul: 김제니, born January 16, 1996, in Anyang, South Korea), better known as JENNIE (제니), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, model, designer, and actress under ODDATELIER and Columbia Records. She is a member of the girl group BLACKPINK (Hangul: 블랙핑크), and made her solo debut on November 12, 2018 with the single album "SOLO". Born and raised in South Korea until 2004, JENNIE later lived in New Zealand before returning to South Korea to successfully audition for YG Entertainment in 2010. She debuted as a member of BLACKPINK in August 2016, and made her acting debut under the stage name JENNIE Ruby Jane in the 2023 HBO television series The Idol. 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. The music video for "SOLO" was the first by a Korean female soloist to surpass one billion views on YouTube. Her 2023 singles "You & Me" and "One of the Girls" achieved commercial success worldwide, with "You & Me" reaching number one on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart. After establishing her own label, ODDATELIER, in 2023, JENNIE earned her second number-one single in South Korea with "SPOT!" and signed with Columbia Records in 2024. Her debut studio album "Ruby" (2025) sold one million copies worldwide and tied as the highest-ranked album by a Korean solo artist on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned the Billboard Global 200 top-five hits "Mantra" and "like JENNIE"; the former broke the record for the highest-charting song by a Korean female soloist on the UK Singles Chart, while the latter became JENNIE's third number-one single in South Korea. Jennie's accolades include four MAMA Awards, a Circle Chart Music Award, a Golden Disc Award. She has received a Billboard Women in Music Award, the first Korean soloist to do so. The most-followed Korean person on Instagram, JENNIE is known for her musical versatility and fashion image, and has been dubbed the "Human Chanel", for which she serves as a global ambassador. Recent updates: JENNIE teased a collaboration with American rapper Matt Champion on March 3, 2024 through Instagram. On March 8, the song, titled "Slow Motion", was released. On April 18 2024, KOZ Entertainment confirmed that ZICO would be making his comeback on the 26th, with the digital single "SPOT!" which features JENNIE. On September 8th 2024, it was announced that JENNIE had signed with Columbia Records to manage her activities in the United States, as well as release a new single in October. On September 25, JENNIE uploaded a teaser video for her upcoming release in which she hung up a poster with the words “Calling All Pretty Girls.” On September 30, a teaser video revealed that she would be releasing a new digital single titled "Mantra" on October 11. On January 22, 2025, JENNIE announced that she would release her first studio album, "Ruby", on March 7. "Love Hangover" was pre-released on January 31. On February 13, 2025, JENNIE announced that "ExtraL", a collaboration with Doechii would be released on February 21. - Other artists that have performed under the name 'Jennie': 1. Jennie Storbacka, a Finnish singer, participated in the Eurovision song contest on 2005 and 2006. She scored third place the first time, and got to the finals the second time. She has not been actively performing since then, focusing more on her career as an actress and a vocal coach.