aespa and BlackPink are rivals 4 to 4

aespa and BlackPink are rivals 4 to 4

aespaとBlackPinkはライバル同士の4対4

aespa's "Girls" exceeds 1 million copies in the first week - a first for a K-pop female group

★　"aespa"'s new album has exceeded 1 million copies in the first week.


According to Hanteo Chart, the album "Girls", released on the 8th, exceeded 1 million copies in sales as of 11:00 a.m. on the 14th.


This is the first time in history that a girl group's album has reached 1 million copies in the first week of its release.
"Girls" sold 800,000 copies on the first day, surpassing the initial sales of "BlackPink" (690,000 copies) and becoming the number one girl group in the history of initial sales.


On the other hand, according to Circle Chart (formerly Gaon Chart), which has more shops to compile data from than Hanteo Chart, "Girls" sold 1.42 million copies in the first week of its release. The new album "Girls" includes six songs, including the title track of the same name, the previously released "Life's Too Short" (Korean, English), "Illusion", "Lingo" and "ICU".


There is a discrepancy of about 400,000 between the Circle Chart and the Hunt Chart.


It seems that 1.42 million copies were released on the market, and of those, over 1 million were sold.


aespa's "Girls" sold 800,000 copies on the first day, beating the first-week record of "BlackPink" (690,000 copies) and breaking the all-time record for the best first-week record for a girl group.


Until now, BlackPink has been watching from the sidelines as TWICE and IZONE compete with each other in album sales.


In fact, no fans seriously thought that TWICE and IZONE would break BlackPink's record, even if they had hoped.
However, this time, it seems that BlackPink's previous records have been easily pushed aside by the unexpected power of aespa.


However, the initial sales of "BlackPink" (690,000 copies) were also surpassed by the initial sales of group member Lisa's first solo single "LALISA" (730,000 copies).


Their comeback (in August) was likely to break Lisa's record and become an opportunity to once again promote the brave name of "BlackPink".


However, there is a feeling that their top spot is not secure.


BlackPink members are confident, saying "The album turned out well."


Can aespa really become a rival to BlackPink?


The members of aespa, starting with Karina, have also shown the glamour to be active outside of the pop stage.


It's especially fun to watch the K-pop groups' stages compete with each other.


Aespa and BlackPink are 4 vs 4.


Karina vs Lisa. Winter vs Jennie. NinNin vs Rosé. Gisele vs Jisoo.


IVE and Le Sserafim are 6 vs 6. Wonyoung vs Kazuha. Et cetera...


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〇 Gaon Chart and Hanteo Chart ➡ The Gaon Chart is a chart that tally up the number of records shipped by record companies minus the number of returns, while the Hanteo Chart is a chart that tally up the number of records sold at affiliated retailers2.


〇 Gaon Chart ➡ An official comprehensive music chart run by the Korea Music Content Industry Association under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, it publishes rankings every Thursday based on sales data from music distribution sites, CD production companies, etc. It has been providing information for free since 2010.


〇　Hunt Chart　➡　Hunt Information Systems Co., Ltd., which developed POS for CD retailers, publishes real-time CD sales rankings based on POS data and CD sales at retailers. The service has been available since 1994, but is now paid.


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