She trained for 5 years and 11 months (2010 August).
She was revealed to be a member on June 1, 2016 and was the first member to be revealed.
She studied abroad in Auckland, New Zealand at ACG Parnell College for 5 years.
She is the main harmonizer for other members.
She is known as the YG Princess in the group.
When she was 17 years old, she appeared in a lot of songs with different artists.
She had been on Inkigayo and M Countdown before she debuted in BLACKPINK.
On October 3, 2018, she attended Chanel's Paris Fashion Week Runway Show 2018.
Jennie was chosen as the new face of Chum-Churum Soju.
Jennie has been credited as a fashion editor for her March 2021 Vogue photo shoot.
Jennie is the new face of Kwangdong Vita500 in 2021.
Jennie was featured in V Magazine with CHANEL which launched an exclusive limited-edition Art Book “The Chanel Book”.
Jennie became the new muse for Dashing Diva in 2021.
Her representative doll is a brown bear called Gomdeuk.
Achievements[]
She was named one of the "Precious Yet Powerful" Idols that prove duality man undoubtedly exists. Article
Jennie received her first triple crown with "Solo" on SBS Inkigayo on December 16, 2018.
She has the most monthly listeners for a Kpop soloist on Spotify, with over 4M monthly listeners.
She is the third female soloist to reach 1M unique listeners on Melon in 24 hours along with IU and Heize.
She is the first female solo artist to get a certified all kill with a debut song.
She is the fastest Kpop female soloist to reach 1M, 2M and 3M likes on YouTube on a music video.
Jennie’s YouTube channel, Jennierubyjane Official, surpassed 5 million subscribers in only 2 weeks.
Jennie’s YouTube channel has over 8 million subscribers. She is the second most subscribed channel by a K-pop solo female act after Lisa.
She is the second K-pop solo female act to achieve this.
She is the 11th most subscribed K-Pop artist on the platform.
Jennie’s YouTube channel has over 55 million combined views.
Jennie has over 2.3 million followers on Spotify. She is the 5th most followed Korean female soloist and the 13th for a K-Pop soloist on the platform.
Jennie has over 400 million streams on Spotify. She is the fifth Korean female soloist in history to achieve this.
She gained over 90 million streams in 2021 alone.
Jennie's first video on YouTube surpassed 25 million views.
Jennie is the second most followed K-pop idol on Instagram with over 69 million followers.
She is the 17th most followed female artist on the platform and the only K-Pop artist in the top 20.
She is the 22nd most followed artist.
Jennie along with BLACKPINK are the only K-Pop Female Acts to have a M/V with over 600 million views on YouTube.
Jennie has achieved 17 #1’s on South Korea’s Individual Girl Group Brand Reputation Ranking. She is the only female idol with the most #1’s in history.
She has achieved 3 #1’s in 2021 so far.
Jennie is the fastest female K-Pop idol to reach 1M comments on an Instagram post.
Jennie was the most followed K-pop Act on Instagram for 5 consecutive days (Feb 26 - March 2) and the most followed female K-pop Act for 10+ consecutive days (Feb 21 - March 2).
Jennie’s SOLO Photobook is the 9th best selling female soloist album on Gaon Chart surpassing IU's "Real".
Jennie ranked #2 on the ‘Top 10 Sexiest Women Alive in 2021’ by Inquirer USA. She is the only K-pop idol on the list.
Jennie is the first k-pop act to have 2 posts with over 1 million comments on Instagram.
Jennie is the first K-Pop artist to grace the cover more than once in all Top 6 women fashion magazines in South Korea.
Harper's Bazaar April 2021 issue with Jennie is the best selling item on Ktown4u for 6 consecutive days.
Jennie ranked #3 on 'The star who made the stage even more brilliant with their tech wear outfit' survey on DC Gallery
Jennie joins PSY as the only K-pop soloists in history to have a music video surpass 10M likes and 700 million views on YouTube.
Jennie is the only girl group member who never left Top 3 for 14 consecutive months, in individual brand reputation.
Jennie surpassed 700,000 followers on QQ Music.
Jennie is the fourth female soloist to surpass 100,000 sales on Gaon.
Jennie is the fastest K-pop idol to reach 4-7M likes on Instagram. She extends her record as the Korean idol with the most posts to surpass 7M likes (4).
Jennie ranks #15 in the list of August 2021 ‘Top 1000 Instagram Influencers’ by HypeAuditor. She occupies the highest ranking for a K-pop Idol.
Jennie has over 2.4 million followers on Zepeto, she remains the most followed member on the platform.
Personal[]
She is fluent in Korean and English.
She can speak a little bit of Japanese.
Nicknames: Jendeukie, Jendeugi, Nini.
One of her nicknames is “Human Gucci / "Human Chanel" due to the fact that she often wears expensive clothing from Gucci and Chanel during performance.
She is described as being jolly and cheerful.
Her zodiac sign is Capricorn and her Chinese zodiac sign is the Pig.
During her predebut days she had a temporary tattoo on her wrist that said "stay strong", to remind her that she would debut someday.
She has a total of 9 piercings, 5 on her left ear and 4 on her right ear.
It was confirmed by YG and SM entertainment on January 1, 2019, that Jennie and EXO's Kai are in a relationship.
On January 25, SM Entertainment revealed that the couple had broken up, but did not reveal the reason for it.
Jennie and G-Dragon from BIGBANG are rumored to be dating. YG refused to disclose the status of their relationship, out of respect and privacy for their artists. [1]
Family & Childhood[]
Her name Jennie was named after Jae Hee who was portrayed by Lee Jung Jae in the 1995 drama " Sandglass". She then revealed that her mother was a big fan of that drama and she wish that if she had a son, she would name him "Jae Hee". But instead, she got a daughter so she named her "Jennie" which sounds too similar to Jae Hee. She then met him and she explained that her mother was a big fan of him.
Her dream is to go back to New Zealand and to have a concert there.
She doesn't have any siblings.
She learned how to ride a horse when she was younger. A skill she later used in the Whistle music video.
While she was in New Zealand, she made an appearance in a MBC documentary about Korean children studying abroad. It was called English, Must Change To Survive and aimed to show A fresh perspective on the topic
She stayed with a local family while she was studying in New Zealand
Likes & Dislikes[]
Her favorite song from Square Up is "Ddu-du Ddu-du"
She dislikes disrespectful people.
Her favourite food is milk flavoured ice cream.
She becomes happy when she is with her friends.
Her favourite subject is English.
She selected herself Jasmine as the Disney Princess she is most similar to.
She becomes sad when she can’t train.
Her favorite colors are black and pink.
She becomes mad when things don’t go her way.
She doesn't like pizza very much.
She becomes sleepy when she has nothing to do.
She likes Mexican food like tacos.
She becomes relaxed when she sings.
She describe herself as quiet and shy.
Although she can swim, she gets seasick easily (BlackPink House ep 4 and 5)
She enjoys making things.
Her favourite drama genre is romance.
Her favourite kind of drinks are healthy drinks.
Her current favourite song is "New Rules" by Dua Lipa.
She said that she would like to be BLACKPINK's personal photographer.
In her free time she likes to play with her dogs.
She loves slime, and once played with it for 2 hours straight.
In an interview she said that she prefers sexy guys rather than cute guys, she was the only member who said sexy guys.
Her favorite Disney movies are Aladdin, Toy Story and Tangled.
She is not really interested in zombies.
She likes to play with Legos.
Jennie de-stresses by playing with her dogs or cleaning her room.
Friends & Role Models[]
Jisoo says that she looks like a duck.
Back in 2013, BIGBANG's Seungri called her "YG's secret weapon".
She is close friends with Twice's Nayeon, Gfriend's Yerin, Melody Day's Chaehee and Hello Venus' Lime.
During Red Velvet's Irene's birthday party, she unexpectedly face time called Irene.
She is saved as "J" on YG's phone.
She was given a Christmas present by the "Stranger Things" cast.
She attended CHANEL Pharrell Williams Capsule Collection Launch Event (CHANEL Pharrell Williams Celebration Party) on March 28, 2019 and performed "Solo" and a cover of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Of You".
