Aespa released its third EP 'MY WORLD’ on May 8. On the day of the release of the new EP, a total of 1,372,929 copies were sold. It's the best performance on the first day.
Aespa set a new record. On the first day of the new album's release, it topped the list of girl group albums in K-pop history.
Sales were about twice as high as the previous album. The first EP ‘Savage’ sold 127,195 copies on the first day and the second EP ‘Girls’ sold 806,891 copies.
They are looking forward to seeing record sales for a week after its release. ‘LE SSERAFIM’(‘Unforgettable’ 1.25 million copies) in a day. It is surpassing the first-ever No. 1 BLACKPINK ('Born Pink', 1.54 million copies).
This popularity was an expected result. Aespa recorded 1.8 million pre-orders with this EP alone. Following ‘Girls’, they won the title of a million seller for the second consecutive time.
It is doing well on major music charts in Korea. The title song ‘Spicy" topped the Bugs and Vibe real-time charts on the 9th. B-side tracks such as ‘Thirsty’ and ‘Salty and Sweet’ also made it to the charts.
It is also very popular around the world. It topped iTunes' top album charts in 20 regions around the world, including Japan, Finland, Brazil, Singapore, Thailand and Chile. It topped the global music video chart of QQ Music in China.
Meanwhile, Aespa is set to appear on a number of music programs such as Mnet's ‘M Countdown’ and KBS-2TV's ‘Music Bank’ in Korea.