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aespa: STATS

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This page lists a selection of aespa’s notable achievements, as well as the overall assessment of the group in the following four categories - vocal, dance, rap, and visual.

RECORDS & ACCOLADES

Album Sales

  • For 3 consecutive years (2021-2023) aespa has had the highest (#1) album sales in the first week of release among the 4th gen girl groups.
  • aespa was the first girl group to have two million seller albums in the first week of release.
    • Girls (2022) -  appx. 1.12 million
      • Girls sold more than 800k copies on the first day of release, breaking the record for the highest sales of an album within the first week of release by a Korean female artist in just a day.
    • MY WORLD (2023) -  appx. 1.69 million
      • MY WORLD sold more than 1.37 million copies on the first day of release, breaking the record for the highest sales of an album within the first week of release by a K-Pop girl group in just a day.
      • MY WORLD sold more than 2 million copies in the first month of release.
    • Drama (2023) - appx. 1.10 milion
      • With Drama, aespa has had 3 consecutive albums that were a million seller upon the first week of release.

Charts

  • “Next Level” reached number 1 (#1) on the Melon 24 Hits Chart in 2021
  • 5 hours after release, “Savage” reached number 1 (#1) on the Melon TOP100 Chart in 2021
  • aespa was the quickest girl group to enter Spotify Global Charts Top 200

Awards

  • aespa was the first group to receive both “Rookies of the Year” and “Artist of the Year” awards in the 13th Melon Music Awards.
  • aespa received “Song of the Year” and “Rookie of the Year” in the Korean Music Awards in 2022.

Other

  • In 2022, aespa was the Forbes “30 under 30” Asian Leader Entertainer with Jung Hoyeon.
  • In 2023, aespa was one of the “25 Most Influential Women of 2023” by the Financial Times.
  • In 2023, aespa was one of the “K-Pop Stars to Watch” by Billboard, along with labelmates NCT DREAM.
  • aespa was the fastest non-Japanese artist to perform at the Tokyo Dome after debuting with the <aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 ‘ SYNK: HYPER LINE’ in JAPAN - Special Edition->.

MEMBER STATS

Vocals

  • aespa members are generally praised for their vocals among the 4th gen girl groups, with the classic “SM-style” vocalization, especially by Winter and Ningning
  • Though there are no official positions within aespa, Winter and Ningning are generally regarded as the “vocal line” of aespa.
  • Karina and Giselle, the “rap line” of aespa, also take over a significant portion of the vocal parts.

Dance

  • aespa choreographies are considered to be detailed and high in difficulty, making use of the whole body and limbs.
    • Most choreographies for aespa title tracks have one “key choreography” part that makes the song stand out. Notable examples include "Black Mamba," "Next Level," "Illusion," and "Drama."
  • Though there are no official positions within aespa, Karina is generally regarded as the “main dancer” of aespa.

Rap

  • There are many “old-school” rap parts in aespa songs, especially when it comes to lyrics that directly reference the SMCU lore. The unique lyrics often found in the rap parts are what set aespa songs apart from the others upon debut.
Naevis, call upon our aes
The Next Level of aespa, open the POS
This is the REAL WORLD, we are awake
We against the villain, what’s the name?
Black Mamba
Next Level, (2021)
  • There is an “unofficial rule” that in the aespa title tracks, the first part of the first verse goes to Karina, and the first part of the second verse goes to Giselle.
  • Though there are no official positions within aespa, Giselle is generally regarded as the “main rapper” of aespa, and Karina and Giselle are generally regarded to be the “rapper line.”
    • Winter and Ningning also take over some of the rap parts as the relative “sub-rappers” of the group.

Visual

  • aespa is generally praised for their visuals.
    • Karina, generally regarded as the “visual center” of the group, is often called “CG-like” or “more AI than AI” for her unrealistic beauty.
  • The average height of the members is 163.9cm, with Karina being the tallest (168cm) and Ningning being the shortest (161cm).
  • All four members of aespa were chosen to be ambassadors of Givenchy, for the first time as K-Pop artists in 2021, just 4 months after their debut.
When I saw aespa for the first time, I was impressed with every member. I feel as a group and as an individual; Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning all have a style and character to match Givenchy.
- Creative Director Matthew M. Williams of Givenchy