Aespa Becomes the K-Pop Girlband with the Highest Album Sales Through Girls

Aespa again set a new record in his career. This time, the record was achieved through the latest album, Girls. Circle Chart recently released data in the form of album sales in South Korea until July 2022. Album Girls, which was released by aespa on July 8, 2022, made them the girl group with the highest album sales in Indonesia. As of a week, AESPA has sold 1,126,000 album units.

And now, aespa album sales have reached 1,645,255 units. Previously, the record for the girl group with the highest sales figures was held by BLACKPINK. At that time, they managed to set a record through sales of their debut album, THE ALBUM, which sold 1.5 million units. This is not the only achievement achieved by aespa after releasing the album Girls. 

The album also managed to rank 3 on the Billboard 200 and Artist 100.  In addition, they also managed to rank first in Top Album Sales to World Album on Billboard.  Aespa is also included in the 30 Under 30 Asia list released by Forbes. Each year, they select 30 young leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs in Asia in various categories, including entertainment and sports. 

Aespa entered the list with actress Jung Ho Yeon. Forbes describes aespa's success in spreading influence in the music world. They call aespa one of the hottest groups in South Korea today. "Debuting with Black Mamba in 2020, the four-member group immediately became one of the most popular groups in K-Pop. 

Aespa's most popular song is Next Level, which was released in 2021 with more than 215 million views on YouTube," wrote Forbes. "They also won Artist of the Year at the 2022 Golden Disc Awards, Best New Female Artist at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards, and Best Korean Act at the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards. 

Aespa was also the brand ambassador for Givency last year," he continued. Until now, it is known that there are 4 groups from South Korea that have successfully entered the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. BTS became the first K-Pop group to enter the list in 2018, followed by BLACKPINK in 2019, TWICE in 2020, and AESPA in 2022.