Blackpink Jisoo’s Childhood
Jisoo also known as Kim Ji-soo, was born in Gunpo, South Korea in January 1995. She is the youngest of three siblings. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she described her parent’s unconventional parenting style during her childhood. On the days she didn’t feel like attending classes, they actually allowed her to skip school which she finds unconventional. She grew up playing basketball and practicing taekwondo.
As a child, she was a fan of the legendary boy band TVXQ. She later pursued music and acting, attending the School of Performing Arts in Seoul and the Korea National University of Arts.
Blackpink Jisoo’s Special Achievements
- Fastest Female Korean Artist to achieve 1 million TikTok followers. (Launched on February 6, 2025, and took 6 hours)
- Solo Debut album – “Me” became the highest-selling album by a female artist on Hanteo in 2023. (0.876 million albums were sold within the first 24 hours of its release).
- “Flower” MV became the most viewed and most liked K-pop music video on YouTube within the first 24 hours of its release in 2023 (40 million views and 4.8 million likes). It also ranked o ranked third in the list of most viewed videos by a solo K-pop artist in the same time period.
- Jisoo and Rosé became the only two female solo K-pop artists to top the US iTunes chart.
- She gained the “Highest number of new followers for a female solo K-pop artist within the first 24 hours of the debut on spotify“. (332,002 followers)
Awards
- 2021 Weibo Starlight Awards – Starlight Hall of Fame (Korea)
- 2021 Kartrider Rush Plus – Caruffle Queen
- 2022 SEC Awards – Featured in Asian Series
- 2022 Seoul International Drama Awards – Outstanding Korean Drama Star
- 2022 DDU Drama Awards Thailand – Best New Actress
- 2022 Acervo Awards Brazil – Best Actress In A Series
- 2022 Weibo TV Awards – Overseas Role of the Year and Overseas TV Series of The Year (Snowdrop)
- 2023 Kmmunity K’tizens Choice Awards – Kmmunity K-Beauty Influencer of the Year and Actress of The Year
- 2023 Melon Streams Plaque – For 1,229,600 streams of “ME“
- 2023 Daesang Korean Brand Awards – Female Soloist of The Year
- 2023 Ten Asia Top Ten Awards – The Best Artist in the first half of 2023 in the UK
- Award by English Royal Family (2023) – Honorary MBE
- 2023 MAMA
- Best Dance Performance Solo, Best Female Artist, and Best Music Video – Flower
- 2023 Asian Pop Music Awards – Song of the Year and Best Female Artist
- 2024 Golden Disc Awards
- Bugs Favorite Popular Artist (Female) and Best Digital Song (Bonsang) – “Flower”
- 2024 Circle Chart Music Awards – Artist of the Year – Global Streaming
- 2024 Korean Sales Music Awards – Best New Female Soloist
- 2024 KGirl Music Awards (A total of 4 Awards)
- Soloist of the Year (Daesang), Best Soloist Song of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Solo Debut of the Year (Flower).
- 2024 Harper’s Bazaar – Best Dressed Celebrity (August)
- Music Shows Wins (Bonus) – A total of 11 award)
- Flower (9)
- Earthquake (2)