Jennie/Facts

## Career

* 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.

### 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.
* She has two dogs, Kuma and Kai.
* 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.
* 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.
* She is good friends with Red Velvet’s Irene.
	+ 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".

## References

1. ↑  Jennie and G-Dragon Reportedly Dating, YG Responds