aespa sets new record by selling 1.37 mln copies of ‘MY WORLD’

▲ This photo, provided by SM Entertainment, shows aespa’s ‘MY WORLD.’ (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- Girl group aespa’s 3rd mini-album "MY WORLD" sold 1,372,929 copies on the first day of release based on Hanteo Chart, setting a new K-pop girl group record, according to its agency SM Entertainment on Tuesday.

"MY WORLD" has recorded 1.8 million pre-orders, signaling an early rise to a million seller. As a result, aespa has made over 1 million sales in two consecutive albums following its previous work "Girls."

The album topped iTunes' Top Album Chart in 20 countries around the world, including Japan, Finland, Brazil, Singapore, and Thailand. In China's QQ Music, it also ranked first in the new song chart, music video chart, and global and Korean categories.

The title song "Spicy" has settled at the top of major music platforms in Korea.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

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