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aespa

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aespa promoting LEMONADE (2026)

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

Trivia

  • Official Fanclub: MY

Korean Discography

aespa promoting "Black Mamba" (2020)
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aespa promoting Girls (2022)
aespa promoting Drama (2023)
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aespa promoting Whiplash (2024)
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aespa promoting Rich Man (2025)

Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Compilations/Other

English Discography

Digital Singles

Japanese Discography

Mini-Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Videos

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] 13th 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] 29th 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
  • [2022.03.01] 19th Korean Music Awards: Song of the Year – "NEXT LEVEL", Best K-Pop Song – "NEXT LEVEL", Rookie of the Year
  • [2023.01.19] 32nd Seoul Music Awards: Bonsang
  • [2023.02.10] 30th Hanteo Music Awards: Bonsang
  • [2023.02.18] 12th Circle Chart Music Awards: Artist of the Year - Digital (July)
  • [2023.10.10] 6th The Fact Music Awards: Artist of the Year (Bonsang), Worldwide Icon
  • [2024.01.02] 33rd Seoul Music Awards: Bonsang
  • [2024.01.06] 38th Golden Disc Awards: Album Bonsang – MY WORLD
  • [2024.02.17-18] 31st Hanteo Music Awards: Artist of the Year (Bonsang), Best Trend Leader, Global Generation Icon
  • [2024.09.08] 2024 The Fact Music Awards: Grand Prize (Daesang), Artist of the Year (Bonsang), Listener's Choice Award
  • [2024.11.15] 1st TikTok Awards Korea: Artist of the Year
  • [2024.11.17] 1st Korea Grand Music Awards: Most Streamed Song – "Supernova", 2024 Grand Song (Daesang), 2024 Grand Honors Choice (Daesang), Best Song 10
  • [2024.11.22-23] 2024 Mnet Asian Music Awards: Song of the Year (Daesang) – "Supernova", Fans' Choice Award (Bonsang), Best Female Group, Best Dance Performance Female Group – "Supernova", Best Music Video – "Armageddon", Best Choreography – "Supernova"
  • [2024.11.30] 16th Melon Music Awards: Artist of the Year (Daesang), KakaoBank Album of the Year (Daesang) – Armageddon, Song of the Year (Daesang) – "Supernova", Top 10 Artists (Bonsang), Millions Top 10 – Armageddon, Best Female Group, Best Female Performance
  • [2024.12.27] 9th Asia Artist Awards (AAA): Best Artist Awards (Music) (Bonsang)
  • [2025.01.04-5] 39th Golden Disc Awards: Song of the Year (Daesang) – "Supernova", Digital Song (Bonsang) – "Supernova", Best Album (Bonsang) – Armageddon
  • [2025.02.15] 32nd Hanteo Music Awards: Artist of the Year (Bonsang), Best Artist (Daesang)
  • [2025.02.27] 22nd Korean Music Awards: Song of the Year – "Supernova", Best K-pop Album – Armageddon, Best K-pop Song – "Supernova"
  • [2025.03.12] 39th Japan Gold Disc Awards: New Artist of the Year (Asia), Best 3 New Artists (Asia)
  • [2025.03.19] 23rd MTV Video Music Awards Japan: Best Group Video -International- – "Whiplash", Best Dance Video – "Supernova", Best K-POP Video – "Armageddon", Artist of the Year
  • [2025.03.29] 2025 Billboard Women in Music Awards: Group of the Year
  • [2025.05.22] 1st Music Awards Japan: Best Song Asia – "Supernova"
  • [2025.06.21] 34th Seoul Music Awards: Bonsang, World Best Artist
  • [2025.11.14-15] 2nd Korea Grand Music Awards: Best Music 10 (Bonsang), Best Streaming Song – "Whiplash"
  • [2025.11.28-29] 2025 Mnet Asian Music Awards: Fans' Choice (Top 10 Female) (Bonsang), Best Dance Performance (Female Group), Best Choreography – "Whiplash"
  • [2025.12.20] 17th Melon Music Awards: Top 10 (Bonsang), Stage of the Year, Global Artist
  • [2026.01.07] 2026 Korea First Brand Awards: Female Idol (Korea), Female Idol (Vietnam), Female Idol (Indonesia)
  • [2026.01.10] 40th Golden Disc Awards: Best Digital Song – "Dirty Work" (Bonsang)

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/Releases
  • [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)†
  • [2022] Hanteo: Highest number of stock pre-orders achieved by any girl group – Girls (1,610,517 copies)
  • [2022] Gaon: First K-Pop girl group album to sell a million copies – Girls (1,126,000 copies)
  • [2022] Billboard: Fastest female K-pop act in history to chart two albums in the top 20 of the Billboard 200
  • [2022] Gaon: Best-selling album in history by a girl group – Girls (1,645,255 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
Savage
Girls
Spicy
Drama
Supernova
Armageddon