aespa Selected as One of 2023's 'Most Influential Women': 'They've pushed K-pop's boundaries'
aespa has been included on the Financial Times' list of the 'Most Influential Women' of 2023.
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aespa Joins List of Financial Times' '25 Most Influential Women of 2023'
On November 30, Financial Times released an exclusive feature presenting the 25 most influential women this 2023, with aespa being one of the special mentions in the list.
According to sources, aespa was brought up through "Hallyu! The Korean Wave" exhibition co-curator, YooJin Choi. The description began expounding on girl groups' impact in the K-pop industry, before making their reign towards an international audience.
"While boy bands have dominated the high tiers of Korean charts, a new wave of girl groups has been climbing their way up the ranks."
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Choi then elaborated on aespa's successful album sales, alongside their Coachella performance and world tour. It continued:
"Since they released their first album two years ago, aespa have set their aim and broken a series of records for K-pop girl groups, becoming the first to pass one million first-week sales with three consecutive albums, performing in Coachella, and their world tour."
Choi then talked about aespa's innovative music, vocals, and AI equals, which contributed to the group's large role in forming K-pop's future.
"With their experimentally layered instrumentation, fiery vocals, sci-fi punk AI avatar counterparts (aespa's "ae" refers to "avatar" and "experience"), aespa have pushed the boundaries of K-pop."
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Congratulations to aespa for this remarkable feat!
Meanwhile, fandom MYs were more than happy to celebrate aespa's achievement on social media. Read their reactions below:
QUEENS 💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻 https://t.co/8Oqb9aKHrk
— you know I'm Savage (@randominjeong) November 30, 2023
We need to talk about how crazy it is that aespa has been honored by
— 😈 (@margielalover) November 30, 2023
- Time Magazine as the "Next Generation Leaders"
- Forbes on the "30 Under 30" list
- The Financial Times as one of the "25 most influential women of 2023"
Crazy impact @aespa_official 👏 pic.twitter.com/0ookklTnwi
THAT IS HOW YOU MAKE AN IMPACT! https://t.co/SL6xSFbET5
— mx. drama (@irxblanc) November 30, 2023
AESPA TRENDSETTERS I KNOW THAT’S FUCKING RIGHT pic.twitter.com/DivMkQ1MGa https://t.co/VjsDhvRRgM
— pooh shushu s. kennedy 🇵🇸 (@minatotakis) December 1, 2023
and others can't relate 🤭 we love you aespa trendsetters and 4thgen leaders!pic.twitter.com/vmfuVCJenp https://t.co/NzX1RJMZno
— le૪ —🎄 (@aerixo21) December 1, 2023
aespa Exceeds 1 Million First-Week Sales with 3 Albums in Hanteo, Becomes 1st Girl Group to Do So
In other news, aespa added a new feat to their career, creating history in the Hanteo. On November 17, it was announced that aespa's comeback album "Drama" reached 1,130,379 album copies in its first week.
The data was covered from November 10 to 16, and with this impressive accomplishment, aespa became the first-ever K-pop girl group to surpass 1 million copies of three separate albums in Hanteo, all in its first week of release.
Previously, this feat was also achieved by aespa with their preceding albums "MY WORLD," which garnered 1.37 million copies, and "Girls," which sold out 1,126,068 copies.
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