aespa boasted their great popularity. They set the best record for a K-pop girl group this year on Billboard.
Billboard released the top 10 albums of “Billboard 200” (week of July 23rd) on its homepage on July 17th (local time).
aespa debuted at #3 on the main chart “Billboard 200” with their second mini-album “Girls”. It is their first time to enter the top 10.
aespa ranked 20th on “Billboard 200” with their first mini-album “Savage” last year. They ranked third with this time’s album, achieving the highest ranking for a K-pop girl group this year.
They are on a record march. “Girls” exceeded 1.61 million pre-orders. This is the highest pre-order record for a K-pop girl group.
They also became the girl group with the highest first-week sales. According to Circle Chart’s announcement, aespa sold 1,426,487 copies in the first week. They were the first girl group to become a million seller with first-week sales.
Meanwhile, aespa will appear on KBS-TV’s “Music Bank” on July 22nd and SBS-TV’s “Inkigayo” on July 24th.
Source: dispatch
