aespa

aespa promoting Girls (2022)

æspa (에스파) is a Korean pop girl group under SM Entertainment. Their name is a combination of "æ" meaning "Avatar X Experience" and "aspect".

Members

• Winter
• Karina
• Ningning
• Giselle

Trivia

• Official Fanclub: MY

Korean Discography

aespa promoting "Black Mamba" (2020)

Mini-Albums

• [2021.10.05] Savage
• [2022.07.08] Girls

Digital Singles

• [2020.11.17] Black Mamba
• [2021.02.05] Forever (Yaksok) (약속)
• [2021.05.17] NEXT LEVEL
• [2021.09.14] iScreaM Vol.10 : Next Level Remixes
• [2021.12.20] Dreams Come True
• [2022.06.01] Dokkaebibul (Illusion) (도깨비불)

English Discography

Digital Singles

• [2022.06.24] Life's Too Short

Awards

Music Awards

• [2020.12.27] Asia Pop Music Awards: Best New Artist Overseas
• [2021.01.13] 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards: New Artist of the Year - Digital
• [2021.01.30] HallyuLife Awards: Rookie of the Year (Female)
• [2021.01.30] HallyuLife Awards: HallyuLife Global Fans' Choice Award
• [2021.01.31] Seoul Music Awards: Rookie of the Year
• [2021.02.05] Mubeat Awards: Rookie Artist (Female)
• [2021.12.02] 6th Asia Artist Awards: Daesang - Stage of the Year, Best New Artist (singer), Hot Trend (singer)
• [2021.12.04] 2021 Melon Music Awards: Best Female Group, Best New Artist, Record of the Year Daesang, Top 10 Artists Bonsang
• [2021.12.11] 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards: Best Dance Performance (Female Group) – "NEXT LEVEL", Best New Female Artist
• [2021.12.27] 1st Hanteo Music Awards: Female Group Artist Award (Top 3)
• [2022.01.08] 36th Golden Disc Awards: Artist of the Year, Cosmopolitan Artist Award, Digital Song Bonsang – "NEXT LEVEL", Rookie of the Year

Listicles

2021

• Allure Korea – Musicians and Music that will Make You Remember 2021
• Billboard Korea – Best Rookie (1st Place)
• Billboard Korea – Best New Artist (1st Place)
• Consequence – 10 K-Pop Acts That Dominated 2021
• Forbes – Korea Power Celebrity (Rising Star)
• JoyNews24 – Best Rookie of 2021 (1st Place)
• JoyNews24 – Most Anticipated Artist of Late 2021 and 2022 (1st Place)
• News1 – Best Rookie Artist of the Year (1st Place)
• People – Talented Emerging Artists Making Their Mark on the Musical Landscape in 2021
• People – Hollywood's Rising Stars
• Sisa Journal – 100 Next Generation Leaders: Culture and Arts
• Time – 6 Rookie K-Pop Groups to Watch in 2021 Placed
• Tonplein – The Best Rookie of 2021

Records

†	Indicates a now formerly held record

Albums

• [2021] Billboard: Highest ranking for a K-pop girl group's debut on Billboard 200 album chart – Savage (#20)
• [2021] Hanteo: Best-selling K-Pop debut album by a girl group in its first day of release – Savage† (147,195 copies)
• [2021] Hanteo: Best-selling album by a girl group in 2021 – Savage (339,737 copies)

Music Videos

• [2020] Most viewed debut music video in the first 24 hours by a K-pop girl group – "Black Mamba" (21.1 million)
• [2021] Fastest K-pop group debut music video to reach 100 million views: "Black Mamba" (58d 14h)

Awards

• [2022] 1st K-Pop girl group in history to receive an 'Artist of the Year' Award as Rookies

TV Music Shows

Black Mamba

• [2021.01.17] SBS Inkigayo #1

Savage

• [2021.10.13] MBC Show Champion #1
• [2021.10.15] KBS Music Bank #1
• [2021.10.16] MBC Show! Music Core #1
• [2021.10.17] SBS Inkigayo #1
• [2021.10.23] MBC Show! Music Core #1
• [2021.10.24] SBS Inkigayo #1
• [2021.10.26] SBS The Show #1
• [2021.12.05] SBS Inkigayo #1

External Links

• Official Twitter
• Official Instagram
• Official Facebook
• Official YouTube
• Official Weibo