aespa's 'Girls' Becomes Girl Group Album With 2nd Highest Pre-Orders in History
The amount of pre-orders for aespa's "Girls" is now the second-biggest figure among girl group albums released in history!
Keep on reading to know how many pre-orders "Girls" have recorded so far.
aespa's 'Girls' Records 2nd Highest Pre-Orders Among Girl Group Albums in History
On June 9, SM Entertainment announced that aespa's second mini-album "Girls" had reached one million stock pre-orders-marking the quartet's highest number of stock pre-orders to date.
aespa’s ‘Girls’ Becomes Girl Group Album With 2nd Highest Pre-Orders in History
The number of stock pre-orders is the amount of album stock that is produced ahead of the album's official release. The total is the approximate demand calculated using different factors, including how many albums fans pre-ordered.
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Notably, "Girls" hit the one-million mark just one week after the pre-orders opened. What's more impressive is that SM Entertainment is yet to release details regarding the album.
aespa’s ‘Girls’ Becomes Girl Group Album With 2nd Highest Pre-Orders in History
With this, aespa's "Girls" is not only the girl group album with the second-highest pre-orders, but it's also the second girl group album in history to achieve the feat (following BLACKPINK's "THE ALBUM" with 1,028,888 pre-orders).
"Girls" broke the previous record of 700,000 pre-orders set by TWICE's "Formula of Love," which came out in November of last year. "Girls" is now the only album by a fourth-generation group in the Top 5 albums by girl groups with highest stock pre-orders in history.
aespa’s ‘Girls’ Becomes Girl Group Album With 2nd Highest Pre-Orders in History
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If the stock pre-orders will eventually become physical sales, aespa "Girls" would become the best-selling album by a girl group under SM Entertainment. It would surpass S.E.S's "LOVE" that only sold 760,475 copies back in 1999.
As aespa still has a month left before their comeback on July 8, it remains to be seen how further the album's stock pre-orders will increase over the following weeks.
aespa’s ‘Girls’ Becomes Girl Group Album With 2nd Highest Pre-Orders in History
Meanwhile, the SM girl group will first drop their English song "Life's Too Short" on June 24. The track was first performed at Coachella in April.
Congratulations to aespa on their historic milestone with their second mini-album "Girls"!
aespa to Hold Showcase in Los Angeles
In other news, aespa announced on the 7th that they will fly to Los Angeles to meet their fans in person through their first-ever U.S. showcase, titled "SYNK in LA," which will take place on June 26 at the YouTube Theater.
aespa’s ‘Girls’ Becomes Girl Group Album With 2nd Highest Pre-Orders in History
Throughout the show, the quartet will not only perform their previous hits but also new songs from their upcoming mini-album "Girls." Tickets will go on sale on June 10 at 3 p.m. PT.
Their LA showcase will be followed by another showcase in Japan, particularly in Yokohama on Aug. 6 and 7.
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Last week, aespa surprised fans by dropping a new song called "Illusion," which will be one of the B-sides in their new mini-album. They released a lyric video for the track at the same time.
aespa’s ‘Girls’ Becomes Girl Group Album With 2nd Highest Pre-Orders in History
Shortly after its release, aespa's "Illusion" entered real-time charts of various major Korean music platforms. The song debuted at No. 5 on Bugs, No. 47 on MelOn's old real-time chart, and No. 102 on Genie. It also made it to daily music charts, ranking No. 1 on Bugs, No. 86 on MelOn, No. 152 on VIBE, and No. 164 on Genie.
aespa now joins (G)I-DLE as the only girl group to have a B-side song debut inside the top 5 of Bugs' real-time chart this 2022.
On YouTube, aespa's "Illusion" lyric video has gained 4.5 million views, as of this writing.
Check out aespa's "Illusion" lyric video here!
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Written by Maria Scott
