BLACKPINK has taken the world by storm and is widely considered one of the most successful modern Korean pop bands.
Readers are curious to learn more about the four members of the girl group - including Lisa, who will soon take on an acting role in The White Lotus.
Who is Blackpink member Lisa?
Lisa, born Pranpriya Manobal, was born on March 27, 1997, in Buriram, Thailand.
She changed her name to Lalisa which means 'the one being praised' after being advised to do so by a fortune teller.
She was raised by her Thai mother, Chitthip, and her Swiss stepfather, chef Marco Brüschweiler.
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She started dance classes at four years old and began competing, later joining the dance crew We Zaa Cool alongside BamBam of K-pop band Got7.
The crew entered the LG Entertainment Million Dream Sanan World competition broadcast on Channel 9, winning the Special Team Award.
Lisa has earned many awards throughout her career including:
- Seven Guinness World Records
- Mnet Asian Music Award
- Gaon Chart Music Award
- MTV Video Music Award (the first ever won by a K-pop soloist)
- MTV Europe Music Award (the first ever won by a K-pop soloist)
She is also one of the most followed K-pop artists on Instagram.
In February 2024, it was revealed that Lisa would make her acting debut.
She has been cast in season 3 of The White Lotus, Variety revealed. Her character, named Lalisa Manobal, will be in the popular HBO series - but details about the character or the new season have not yet been revealed.
Lisa's co-singer, Jennie, made her acting debut in the drama The Idol, which first aired in June 2023.
Who are the members of Blackpink?
BLACKPINK is a South Korean girl group created by YG Entertainment and consists of four singers: Jisoo, Jennie, Rose, and Lisa.
The band's debut record, The Album, featured songs Whistle and Boombayah.
These two tracks were the group's first number-one entries on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart and the US Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart.
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The group's second album, Born Pink, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and was the best-selling album of all time by a female act in South Korea, selling more than 2 million copies.
It also set two Guinness World Records as the first album by a Korean girl group to top the Billboard 200 as well as the UK Albums Chart.
Who has Lisa dated?
In August 2023, Lisa and Frederic Arnault, CEO of Tag Heuer, sparked rumours that they were dating.
The rumours began to swirl when the two were spotted having lunch together in Paris, and grew further when fans speculated they were on holiday in Greece together.
Lisa posted some photos of her trip to Greece, after which Frederic's sister-in-law Geraldine Guyot also posted photos from a trip at around the same time.
The pair were later spotted in Los Angeles together at a private airport, but no confirmation of the relationship has been shared by either.
What are Lisa's most popular songs?
Lisa made her solo debut with her album Lalisa in September 2023, the first album by a K-pop soloist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.
She was the first female artist to sell 736,000 copies of an album within its first week in South Korea.
The lead single, also called Lalisa, reached 73.6 million views within 24 hours on YouTube.
