SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group aespa’s latest EP “Girls” sold more than 1.64 million copies last month, setting a record as the most-sold album by any K-pop girl group, the band’s agency said Thursday. Released on July 8, “Girls” topped the monthly album sales chart of South Korea’s benchmark Circle Chart [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — “Girls,” the second EP from South Korean girl group aespa, landed at No. 3 on U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart. Billboard has said in an article Sunday (U.S. time) that the quartet reached the milestone on the upcoming Billboard 200 chart for this week by earning 56,000 equivalent album [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — “Girls,” the second EP from aespa, has broken the record for the biggest first week sales by a K-pop girl group in history, its agency said Thursday. The album set the record by selling more than 1.42 million copies in the first week of its release last Friday, SM [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising South Korean girl group aespa has called for future generations to pay attention to and take action for the sustainable development goals during a speech in a U.N. forum. The band addressed the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held at the U.N. headquarters in New York [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean girl group aespa will attend the U.N. High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development next week, its agency said Friday. The band will attend the opening session of the forum, to be held at the U.N. headquarters in New York at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (U.S. time), SM [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa will headline this year’s “Good Morning America” Summer Concert Series, an annual summer concert hosted by the famous U.S. morning talk show, the group’s agency said Tuesday. Aespa will perform its hit songs “Next Level” and “Savage,” as well as its first English single, [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa will hold a showcase in Los Angeles this month for its American fans, its agency said Tuesday. The group will perform its hit singles and new songs during the “aespa Showcase SYNK in LA” at YouTube Theater on June 26 (U.S. time), SM Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa has reached a global partnership deal with the U.S. giant Warner Records, its South Korean management company said Wednesday, as the quartet looks to establish its presence in international markets. SM Entertainment said the deal with Warner covers music content distribution and marketing promotion. [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa has been chosen as one of the Next Generation Leaders by the U.S. news magazine TIME. Since 2014, the magazine has annually announced the list featuring trendsetters and trailblazers who are guiding the way to a brighter future. “aespa is an experiment, but it [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the largest outdoor music festival in the United States, the group’s agency said Sunday. The quartet made its Coachella debut Saturday (U.S. time) with its hit singles, such as “Savage,” “Next Level” and “Black Mamba,” [...]