Blackpink’s rosé has reached an innovative milestone in the history of K-Pop ensuring eight nominations for MTV Video Music Awards of 2025, making it the most appointed K-Pop artist in just one year for the event.
The nominations were announced on Tuesday 5 August during the official MTV revelation on the nominated VMA of 2025.
Rosé gained an unprecedented seven nomination For his collaboration song with Bruno Mars, “APT.”, Which has been appointed for the video of the year, the song of the year, the best collaboration, the best pop, the best direction, the best artistic direction and the best visual effects. His solo track “toxic to the end” from his debut album Rosie He received an additional nomination in the best K-Pop category, bringing his total to eight nominations.
Success positions the rosé among the most appointed artists of 2025, linking with Sabrina Carpenter in eight nominations each. Only Lady Gaga leads with 12 nominations, followed by Bruno Mars with 11, and Kendrick Lamar with 10. This marks the first time that the rosé was appointed solo artist at the VMA, having previously received only nomination to the group with Blackpink.
Rosé’s reaction to the news reflex its disbelief in the historical result. In a video published on his Instagram stories, the visibly emotional singer said: “So I just heard that I received eight VMA nominations. They are beyond all facts that I am shocked and I don’t know what to say. I am absolutely speechless! This is a crazy day! Whoa! It’s really, really wild! What is happening?!”
The success of “APT”. It was to say the least extraordinary from its release in October 2024. The bilingual track debuted at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Rosé the female k-pop soloist with the highest Tivo. Since then the song has risen to number 3, becoming the first song of a k-pop female to enter the top five of the ranking. He spent 12 consecutive weeks at number 1 on Billboard Global 200, the longest series of any track of 2024.
The collaboration has more record on streaming platforms. “Apt.” Reached 1 billion flows on Spotify in just 100 days, the second fastest in the history of the platform. On YouTube, the music video exceeded 1.2 billion views in 131 days, making the fifth faster to reach that finish line.
Music sector experts see Rosé’s VMA nominations as potentially open the doors to the future Grammy recognition. The music critic Lim Hee-Yun noticed that winning a vma’s great prize could increase its possibilities for Nomination to Grammy, stating: “Winning a great prize to the VMA would show that Rose is present in the US music market. It would be a kind of green light”.
