{"id":101793,"date":"2025-08-28T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/101793\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:08:08","slug":"jennie-sets-new-k-pop-solo-record-with-latest-riaa-gold-certifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/101793\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennie sets new K-pop solo record with latest RIAA Gold certifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jennie has done it again \u2014 and this time, she\u2019s made history on her own terms.<\/p>\n<p>The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Tuesday that her single \u201cMantra\u201d and the fiery anthem \u201cLike JENNIE\u201d have both gone Gold, each surpassing 500,000 certified units in the US. With three RIAA certifications now under her belt, Jennie stands as the most decorated K-pop solo artist in RIAA history.<\/p>\n<p>For fans who have followed her journey from BLACKPINK\u2019s global stages to her first full-length solo album, Ruby, the news feels especially sweet. Released in March, Ruby was more than just a debut \u2014 it was a statement. The album shattered expectations with over 661,000 first-week sales, the highest for any female K-pop soloist this year. Five of its tracks even broke into the Billboard Hot 100, an achievement few Korean artists, let alone female soloists, have managed.<\/p>\n<p>Jennie\u2019s career has always been about more than numbers. Whether teaming up with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp on the Platinum-certified \u201cOne Of The Girls\u201d, or carving out her own sound on \u201cMantra\u201d, she has shown an ability to balance star power with vulnerability and global appeal with personal storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>The RIAA measures success in numbers \u2014 Gold for 500,000 units, Platinum for 1 million, and Diamond for 10 million. The certifications reaffirm Jennie\u2019s position as the most commercially successful K-pop soloist in the US market.<\/p>\n<p>Write to Byung-Yeon Yoo at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kedglobal.com\/k-pop\/newsView\/mailto:yooby@hankyung.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yooby@hankyung.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennie has done it again \u2014 and this time, she\u2019s made history on her own terms. The Recording&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-101793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}