In addition, the songs "A solas con mi corazón" and "Don't stop the music, baby" reached sixth and second place, respectively, in physical sales by Promusicae and the latter the fifth in Los 40.

Rosa started singing at weddings, baptisms, communions and celebrations for the people of Granada over the weekends with her younger brother at the piano and her father.

Soon titled "Rosa de España" ("Rose of Spain"), she won the competition on 11 February 2002 with 26.6% of the votes, in a finale that achieved a record audience of 10,680,000 viewers and a share of 58.8%.

From 4 April to 1 June 2002, the 16 participants of Operación Triunfo toured 27 cities in Spain with 600,000 tickets sold, performing sold-out concerts at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona and the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.

She starred in several TV spots like Todos contra el fuego for the Ministry of the Environment (along with fellow Operación Triunfo contestants), and for New World Jewels, the latter with a two-year deal.

On 25 April 2002 she released the namesake studio album Rosa, consisting of Latin pop genre compositions by songwriters such as Armando Manzanero, Inma Serrano and José Luis Perales.

The album was commercially successful selling over 500,000 copies in Spain, and her first single, "Europe's Living a Celebration", topped the hit list of radio Los 40 Principales.

López spent a year out of the public eye and due to speculation, she called a press conference where she explained that she would soon return to the stage.

In early December, she appeared in the special show commemorating the 50 years of history of Televisión Española, performing Rocío Jurado's hit song "Como una ola".

Later that month, on 26 December 2006, also in TVE, she appeared in the special show Disco del Año, where the audience chose the best album of the year in Spain.

On 7 October 2008, her fifth studio album Promesas was released, consisting of covers of 10 classic international Pop-rock songs from the 80s and 90s, produced by Jordi Cristau.

López participated in the ceremony of Beatification of Leopold of Alpandeire at the airbase of Armilla, Granada, performing Schubert's Ave Maria.

On 14 July 2016, López was announced to join the cast of the fifth season of television show Tu cara me suena, in which celebrity contestants impersonate a different iconic music artist on stage each week.

[4] In 2016, López, along with the rest of contestants from the first season of Operación Triunfo, starred in the television special OT: El Reencuentro, which commemorated the 15th anniversary of the show.

OT: El Reencuentro consisted of three docu-show episodes and a live concert that was aired on La 1 from Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on 31 October 2016 with 4.1 million viewers.

[6] The release of the album coincided in time with the premiere on 26 June 2017 of a six-episode reality television series starred by López, Soy Rosa, which focuses on her personal and professional life.

In 2006, López was proclaimed winner of the third season of Mira quién baila (Spanish version of Strictly Come Dancing) with 62% of the popular vote, followed by Milene Domingues and David Meca.