Million of copies within the first week, aespa is aiming at the title of ‘queen of 4th generation’

Girl group aespa is showing dazzling results by becoming the ‘record maker’ with their second mini album ‘Girls’.

Aespa released their second mini album “Girls” on the 8th. “Girls” is an album that wraps up season 1 of SMCU’s aespa Worldview. The 6 new songs include the title track ‘Girls’ of the same name, the English and Korean versions of the pre-released song ‘Life to Short’, ‘Illusion’, ‘Lingo’, ‘ICU’. Previously released songs “Black Mamba”, “Forever” and “Dreams Come True” were included as bonus tracks.

Thanks to its story and musicality, aespa Mini’s second album “Girls” is receiving enthusiastic responses from global music fans. This album achieved the highest pre-order record for K-pop girl groups with 1.61 million pre-orders, followed by first-week sales of 1.426,487 copies. In particular, aespa is the first girl group to become an “Initial Chodong million-seller”.

In particular, “Girls” ranked third on Billboard’s main chart “Billboard 200” – the highest among K-pop girl groups this year, and also ranked third on the “Artist 100” chart, which shows the artist’s influence and recognition in the U.S.

It also ranked #1 on three charts including ‘Top Current Album Sales’ and ‘World Album’, including ‘Top Album Sales’, which ranked the most popular albums of the week according to sales data by the American music and entertainment analysis company Luminate. It was ranked #5 on the ‘TasteMaker Album’ chart, #6 on the ‘World Digital Song Sales’ chart, #6 on the ‘Hot Trending Songs’ weekly chart, and #42 on the ‘Billboard Global 200’ chart.

The ranking of the songs is also noticeable. The new song “Girls” is ranked 10th on Melon (based on the daily chart on the 22nd) and is ranked at the top of domestic music sites such as Bugs and Genie. It also recorded meaningful results on the global charts. On the “Billboard Global” (excluding the U.S.) chart, new songs “Girls”, pre-released and included songs “Illusion” and “Life too Short” also entered the chart.

Aespa’s worldview and music, which they have gradually built since their debut in 2020, are also gradually becoming familiar to the public. Thanks to that, aespa has achieved remarkable results when becoming ‘the first girl group to sell millions of copies’, and is aiming for the position of ‘the queen of the music industry’ in addition to the ‘queen of the 4th generation’.

In this regard, aespa said through its agency earlier, “As you waited for a long time for the new album, I worked hard and I am overwhelmed to set a good record,” adding, “I sincerely thank you, and I will be aespa who shows better music and stages in the future.” In addition, SM also told News 1, “aespa will continue to be active in the global market, at the same time in Korea, and we will show you steady growth through aepa’s music and performance, so please give us a lot of attention and expectation.”

Source: Naver