K-pop girl group Aespa broke another record with their new album “My World.”
Aespa released “My World” on May 8 and according to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, it sold 1,698,784 copies in the first week of release (May 8 to 14).
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This set a new record for the highest first-week album sales among female artists based on Hanteo Chart’s data.
This eclipsed BLACKPINK’s record achieved through the album “Born Pink,” which sold 1,542,950 copies in the first week of release last year.
Last week, Aespa broke the record for the highest first-day sales among female artists when it sold 1,372,929 copies on the first day of release on May 8.
According to Hanteo Chart, Aespa’s “My World” sold 1,372,929 copies on May 8, followed by 79,504 copies on May 9; 5,359 copies on May 10; 1,963 copies on May 11; 107,580 copies on May 12; 1,980 copies on May 13; and 129,469 copies on May 14.
“My World” is Aespa’s second album to sell at least a million copies after “Girls,” which had 1,126,069 copies in sales in the first week based on Hanteo Chart data.
With 1.69 million copies sold, “My World” topped Hanteo Chart’s weekly physical album chart from May 8 to 14. Hanteo Chart ranks albums based on points on its physical record index, which includes the album price:
Here is Hanteo Chart’s weekly album chart from May 8 to 14:
1. Aespa - My World - 1,698,784 (total copies sold) / 1,725,290.40 points (physical record index).
2. Seventeen - FML - 158,873 / 322,716.16
3. Oneus - Pygmalion - 221,962 / 192,694.00
4. iKON - Take Off - 100,984 / 136,328.40
5. Le Sserafim - Unforgiven - 105,744 / 127,963.11
6. NewJeans - OMG - 83,422 / 82,966.48
7. NewJeans - NewJeans - 54,490 / 67,677.74
8. TripleS’ - +(KR)ystal Eyes: Aesthetic - 40,416 / 50,520.00
9. Nmixx - Expergo - 30,490 / 22,091.80
10. BTOB - Wind and Wish - 17,262 / 20,449.80
Top 20 albums based on Hanteo Chart’s first-week sales, according to blog Korean Sales:
1. SEVENTEEN — FML (2023) 4,550,214 copies
2. BTS — MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 (2020) 3,378,633 copies
3. BTS — Proof (2022) 2,752,496 copies
4. BTS — BE (2020) 2,274,882 copies
5. TXT — The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION (2023) 2,180,889 copies
6. Stray Kids — MAXIDENT (2022) 2,163,349 copies
7. BTS — MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA (2019) 2,130,480 copies
8. SEVENTEEN — Face the Sun (2022) 2,067,769 copies
9. BTS — Butter (2021) 1,975,363 copies
10. aespa — MY WORLD (2023) 1,698,784 copies [NEW]
11. NCT DREAM — Candy (2022) 1,591,021 copies
12. NCT 127 — 2 Baddies (2022) 1,547,595 copies
13. BLACKPINK — BORN PINK (2022) 1,542,950 copies
14. Jimin — FACE (2023) 1,454,223 copies
15. NCT DREAM — Glitch Mode (2022) 1,405,199 copies
16. SEVENTEEN — Your Choice (2021) 1,364,127 copies
17. SEVENTEEN — Attacca (2021) 1,335,862 copies
18. Agust D — D-DAY (2023) 1,277,218 copies
19. LE SSERAFIM — UNFORGIVEN (2023) 1,258,001 copies
20. TXT — minisode 2: Thursday's Child (2022) 1,248,370 copies