Roseanne Park was born on 11 February 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand, to South Korean parents who had emigrated from Seoul. The family relocated to Melbourne, Australia, when she was seven, and she grew up attending Kew Baptist Church, where she formally started singing in the church choir before moving on to classical piano and violin lessons. She initially planned to study nursing, later saying in interviews that music was a hobby rather than a career path until an unplanned trip changed her direction. Wikipedia’s biographical entry on Rosé sets out this upbringing in detail, including her mixed Antipodean and Korean heritage, which she has continued to describe as central to her identity as an artist.

In 2012, aged 15, Rosé travelled to Seoul with her father to audition for YG Entertainment on what she has described as a spur-of-the-moment decision, and she passed the audition on her first attempt. She relocated to South Korea alone shortly afterwards to begin a four-year trainee period, during which she studied contemporary music at the Seoul Broadcasting System Academy while training in vocals, dance and Korean language. She made her first minor public appearances as a trainee in 2014 and 2015, including background vocals on labelmate releases, well before her formal debut.

YG Entertainment announced BLACKPINK as its first new girl group in seven years in mid-2016, positioning Rosé as the group’s main vocalist alongside Jisoo, Jennie and Lisa. The extended trainee period, unusually long even by K-pop industry standards, was later cited by Rosé as formative in developing the vocal control that came to define her solo work.

BLACKPINK debuted on 8 August 2016 with the single album “Square One,” and the group’s rapid rise through releases such as “Boombayah” and “Whistle” established Rosé internationally as part of one of the best-selling girl groups in K-pop history. Her individual breakthrough as a soloist came on 12 March 2021 with “On the Ground,” released through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records. Wikipedia’s entry on “On the Ground” records that the single debuted at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting Hot 100 entry by a Korean solo artist at the time, while also topping the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts in its debut week.

Forbes’ coverage of the single’s chart run noted that “On the Ground” also reached number one on the US iTunes chart without a featured artist, a first for a Korean female soloist, cementing Rosé’s commercial standing independent of BLACKPINK’s group activities.

Rosé’s solo momentum accelerated sharply following her split from YG Entertainment’s individual management structure in late 2023. She signed with The Black Label for her solo career in mid-2024 and struck a global recording deal with Atlantic Records that September, releasing her debut studio album “rosie” on 6 December 2024. The album’s lead single, “APT.,” a collaboration with Bruno Mars, became one of the best-performing K-pop crossover hits ever recorded. Wikipedia’s entry on “APT.” confirms the song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, making Rosé the first K-pop female act to reach the chart’s top five, while also topping the Billboard Global 200 for twelve consecutive weeks.

The “rosie” album itself debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 102,000 equivalent album units, the highest Billboard 200 debut by a K-pop female soloist, and reached number four on the UK Official Albums Chart, making Rosé the first female K-pop soloist to score a UK top-five album. Guinness World Records’ coverage of “APT.”‘s chart run credits Rosé with multiple records tied to the single, adding to records she had already set with “On the Ground” in 2021, and outlets have since reported her as the Korean soloist holding the most Guinness World Records overall.

“APT.” became a genuine mainstream crossover phenomenon, spawning a viral dance and drinking-game trend on TikTok that pulled the song into general pop culture well beyond K-pop’s usual audience. Billboard’s chart-beat coverage tracked the single’s extended run at number one on the Billboard Global charts, and the song went on to win Song of the Year at the Asia Artist Awards.

In November 2025, Rosé became the first K-pop artist nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards for “APT.”, alongside a Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nomination. The Recording Academy’s official nominee announcement confirmed the nominations, and Rosé went on to perform “APT.” with Bruno Mars to open the February 2026 telecast, the first K-pop solo performance in the show’s history.

Rosé’s endorsement portfolio is anchored by one of the longest-running luxury partnerships held by any K-pop artist. Tiffany & Co.’s official press announcement confirmed Rosé as global brand ambassador from 2021, fronting the Tiffany HardWear and later Tiffany Lock campaigns, which included a capsule collection styled specifically around her. She was named global ambassador for Saint Laurent in 2020 by creative director Anthony Vaccarello, becoming the maison’s first global ambassador appointment in decades and remaining the face of its campaigns in the years since.

More recently, Puma’s official announcement named Rosé global brand ambassador in June 2024, and she has separately fronted campaigns for luggage brand Rimowa across 2024 and 2025. None of these partners has disclosed the financial terms of Rosé’s contracts, but sustained multi-year global ambassadorships of this kind with houses such as Saint Laurent and Tiffany typically carry seven-figure annual retainers for artists at her level of visibility.

Rosé functions as an executive producer and credited songwriter on her own recorded output rather than a purely featured performer. She is listed as executive producer of “rosie” and is credited as a co-writer on all of the album’s tracks, including “APT.” alongside Bruno Mars, Amy Allen and other collaborators. Billboard’s analysis of the “rosie” rollout discussed the commercial significance of Rosé driving her own creative direction after leaving YG’s centralised management structure, a shift that gives her a direct songwriting and publishing stake in her solo catalogue rather than relying solely on performance fees.

Her move from YG Entertainment’s in-house solo deal to an independent arrangement with The Black Label and a separate global distribution agreement with Atlantic Records also restructured how her solo earnings are split, giving her greater direct control over touring, licensing and release decisions than she held during BLACKPINK’s earlier YG-only contract period.

Rosé’s primary residence is a penthouse-level unit at the Yongsan Prugio Summit in Seoul’s Yongsan-gu district, a high-end residential tower completed in 2017 overlooking the Han River. Kbizoom’s report on the property put its value at roughly 10 billion won, around 7 to 8 million US dollars, though the outlet did not confirm whether Rosé owns the unit outright or holds it under a long-term lease, a distinction South Korean celebrity property reporting frequently leaves unresolved. No additional real estate holdings have been verified through primary public records, so HMW treats the Seoul residence as her one confirmed major property asset.