On 7.2 (local time), the British recording industry (BPI) announced, the hit hit "APT." Rose (Blackpink) and Bruno Mars have achieved official platinum certification.
According to BPI's certification threshold, the singles were certified as platinum when reaching 600,000 copies sold in the UK. This is a testament to the commercial success of the song "APT." In the third largest music market in the world.
Earlier, in early January, "APT." Having achieved platinum certification in the United States - the largest music market in the world - when recorded by the US audio industry (RIAA), more than 1 million consumption units. Rose is the fastest solo artist Kpop in the US.
Currently, Rose became the first Kpop female artist (including groups and solo) to achieve platinum certification in the UK.
"APT." It is also the fastest song of a Kpop artist who achieved BPI platinum certification, after less than 4 months of release. The previous record belonged to the "Dynamite" of BTS, certified BPI after 1 year of release.
Including Kpop, Rose is the third Kpop artist in the history of achieving platinum certification in the UK, after Psy (with "Gangnam Style") and BTS (with "Dynamite" and "My Universe").
In addition, in the second largest music market in the world - Japan, "APT." Achieved Gold Certification, when the Japanese recording industry (RIAJ) published the song over 50 million online players in the country, as of January 2025.
In the first 2 months of 2025, the Voice of Blackpink group received many records in big music platforms.
With "APT.", Rose is the Kpop artist with a song that reaches 1 billion online broadcast on Spotify fastest in history - after 100 days of release, surpassing Jungkook BTS with the song "Seven" (108 days).
Rose also becomes Kpop artist and Asian artist with the MV reaches 1 billion the fastest views in Youtube, after 105 days of release, exceeding the best achievement that PSY's "Gangnam Style" MV has recorded as 158 day.
