Lisa 2017

[Magdalen Jhonston]

InSeptember 2021, Lisa released her debut single album Lalisa, which made her the first female artist to sell 736,000 copies of an album in its first week in South Korea. The music video for its lead single became the most-viewed music video in the first 24 hours on YouTube by a solo artist. Both "Lalisa" and the album's viral second single "Money" charted in the top ten of the Billboard Global 200, with the latter breaking the record for the longest-charting song by a female K-pop soloist on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. Lalisa and "Money" became the first album and song by a K-pop solo artist to reach one billion streams on Spotify, respectively. In 2024, Lisa established her own management company named Lloud, signed with RCA Records, and achieved her first number-one single on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. with "Rockstar".

Lisa earned several accolades throughout her career, including nine Guinness World Records, a Gaon Chart Music Award, a Mnet Asian Music Award, and the first MTV Video Music Award and MTV Europe Music Award ever won by a K-pop soloist. She is the most-followed K-pop artist on Instagram, as well as the most-subscribed K-pop solo artist on YouTube. Lisa was honored as a cultural ambassador leader by the Thailand Ministry of Culture and was acknowledged by then-Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha for her contributions to spreading Thai culture globally.

Born Pranpriya Manobal on March 27, 1997,[3] in Buriram Province, Thailand,[4] she later legally changed her name to Lalisa, meaning "the one being praised",[5] at the advice of a fortune teller for prosperity.[6][7] An only child, she was raised by her Thai mother, Chitthip Brschweiler, and Swiss stepfather and chef Marco Brschweiler.[8] Lisa completed secondary education at Praphamontree School I and II.[9] She is multilingual; along with her native Thai, she speaks fluent Korean and English, as well as basic Japanese and Chinese.[10]

After enrolling in dance classes at the age of four, she began competing regularly in contests, including in To Be Number One,[11] and joined the eleven-member dance crew We Zaa Cool alongside BamBam of Got7. In September 2009, the crew entered the LG Entertainment Million Dream Sanan World competition broadcast on Channel 9 and won the Special Team Award.[12] Lisa also participated as a school representative in the singing contest Top 3 Good Morals of Thailand, hosted by the Moral Promotion Center in early 2009, finishing as the runner-up.[9]

In 2010, at age 13, Lisa auditioned to join South Korean record label YG Entertainment in Thailand. She gained an interest in the K-pop industry in her childhood, admiring artists such as BigBang and 2NE1, and aspired to follow a similar path.[13] Among the 4,000 applicants, she was the only individual to qualify, which prompted then-CEO Yang Hyun-suk into offering Lisa a chance to become a YG Entertainment trainee.[14] At her audition, Lisa also impressed one of the judges, Danny Im of 1TYM, who later praised her on-stage confidence and her off-stage attitude.[15]

In 2011, Lisa moved to South Korea to begin her formal training as a trainee. She officially joined the label as its first non-ethnically Korean trainee on April 11.[16] In November 2013, she appeared in the music video for labelmate Taeyang's single "Ringa Linga" as a background dancer alongside members of labelmates and boy bands iKon and Winner.[17] In March 2015, Lisa undertook her first modelling job for the streetwear brand Nona9on, followed by South Korean cosmetics brand Moonshot in 2016.[18]

In August 2016, Lisa debuted as one of four members of South Korean girl group Blackpink, the first non-ethnically Korean artist under the label.[19][5] The group's debut single album Square One featured lead singles "Whistle", which topped all South Korean charts upon debut, and "Boombayah".[20] In 2018, Blackpink signed with Interscope Records in a global partnership with YG Entertainment.[21]

Lisa became a permanent cast member on the Korea Army Academy edition of the MBC military variety program Real Man 300 from September 21, 2018, onward. Her first role on a television program since her debut,[22] it earned her the unofficial Character of the Year award at the 2018 MBC Entertainment Awards.[23]

On November 5, 2018, Lisa unveiled her YouTube channel, Lilifilm Official, focusing on travelling, lifestyle, and dance.[24][25] As of July 2019, she has over 1.3 million subscribers and received a YouTube Gold Play Button.[26] One of her dance performance videos went viral in 2020 as a result of a meme derived from the video; celebrities such as Dolly Parton, Stephen Colbert, James Corden, Luke Evans, and Lil Nas X participated in the trend.[27]

In March 2020, Lisa served as the dance mentor on iQIYI's Chinese girl group survival program Youth With You Season 2.[28] In February 2021, she returned as dance mentor in the show's third season for boy groups.[29]

On April 19, 2021, YG Entertainment revealed to The Korea Herald that Lisa would be the third member of Blackpink to debut as a soloist, with the official schedule to be announced later.[30] On July 12, through Star News, the label revealed that filming for her music video was underway.[31] Lisa's debut single album Lalisa and its lead single of the same name were released on September 10, 2021.[32][33] The music video for "Lalisa" became the most-viewed video by a soloist in 24 hours with 73.6 million views, breaking the record held by Taylor Swift's "Me!" featuring Brendon Urie, for which she earned two Guinness World Records.[34][35] The song debuted at number 84 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number two on the Billboard Global 200, becoming Lisa's first top-ten song on the latter.[36] The album sold 736,221 copies in South Korea in its first week, setting the record for the highest first-week sales among female artists domestically and making Lisa the first female soloist to surpass the 500,000-copy mark in one week.[37]

The album's B-side track "Money" received an exclusive dance performance video that was released to YouTube on September 24.[38] The song witnessed a surge in popularity after it became viral on social media, and began to rise in the international charts.[39] As a result, Interscope Records sent the song to US contemporary hit radio on November 9, 2021, as the album's second single.[40] The single peaked at number ten on the Billboard Global 200, becoming Lisa's second top-ten hit after "Lalisa".[41] In the US, it peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 90, earning Lisa her second career solo entry, and became the first song by a female K-pop soloist to chart for multiple weeks on the chart.[42][43] "Money" peaked at number 46 on the UK Singles Chart and charted for eight weeks, becoming the longest-charting female K-pop soloist song in the country as well.[44]

Lisa collaborated with French record producer DJ Snake, Puerto Rican singer Ozuna, and American rapper Megan Thee Stallion on the moombahton and Latin trap song "SG". The single was released on October 22, 2021, and featured songwriting and composition credits by Lisa.[45] A music video starring the four artists in Miami was directed by Colin Tilley and released simultaneously with the single.[46] The song peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Global 200.[47] In the US, it peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 and became Lisa's first number-one song on the Latin Airplay chart.[48]

On August 28, 2022, Lisa won the MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop for "Lalisa" and became the first K-pop solo artist to win an MTV Video Music Award.[49] On November 13, she won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best K-Pop and became the first solo K-pop artist in history to win an MTV Europe Music Award as well.[50] Lisa was awarded two Guinness World Records in 2023 for the achievements, in addition to a third for becoming the most followed K-pop artist on Instagram.[51]

Lisa featured on BigBang member Taeyang's song "Shoong!", an album track from his second extended play Down to Earth, which was released on April 25, 2023.[52] She also appeared in the song's performance video, in which Taeyang and Lisa performed the song's choreography together.[53] Upon release, the performance video topped YouTube's trending worldwide chart and exceeded 10 million views in 15 hours, more than doubling the views achieved by the album's title track "Seed".[54] Lisa was awarded two further Guinness World Records in May for the fastest solo female K-pop artist to reach 1 billion streams and the first album by a solo K-pop artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify with Lalisa. With this, she became the K-pop soloist with the most Guinness World Records in history, winning seven as compared to former record-holder Psy's five.[55]

In September 2023, Lisa headlined five performances for the Parisian cabaret Crazy Horse. She performed several solo scenes and appeared with the troupe for original numbers from the cabaret's repertoire, including "But I Am a Good Girl" and "Crisis? What Crisis?"[56] The same month, she earned her eighth Guinness World Record for the first K-pop track by a solo artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify with "Money".[57] To celebrate the achievement, Lisa appeared on the fourth episode of Spotify's Billions Club series on November 15, in which she received a plate-shaped plaque in Paris and cooked a Thai dish for the plate.[58]

On November 22, 2023, Lisa was invested by King Charles III as an Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) alongside her bandmates during a special investiture at Buckingham Palace which was also attended by President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol.[59] On December 5, YG Entertainment announced that Lisa along with the other members of Blackpink had renewed their contracts for group activities and that the members' individual contracts were still under discussion.[60] YG Entertainment subsequently confirmed on December 29 that Lisa and the other Blackpink members agreed not to proceed with a contract with the label for individual activities.[61]

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