[talk] Espa, #1 in 16 regions worldwide on US iTunes → Sweeps top 5 of major Chinese music charts

Aespa's second concert, released on the 9th at 6 PM, contains four solo songs from each member of the "aespa Special Digital Single 'SYNK: PARALLEL LINE'" and is gaining huge popularity, with "UP (KARINA Solo)" topping the Bugs real-time chart and Melon TOP100∙HOT100, and all the songs, including Dopamine (GISELLE Solo), Bored! (NINGNING Solo), and Spark (WINTER Solo), entering the upper ranks of the charts.

Additionally, these solo songs topped the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 16 regions around the world, including New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Russia, Uzbekistan, Mexico, Poland, Turkey, and Cambodia, and also ranked 2nd on the Worldwide Albums Chart, following Coldplay, gaining global acclaim.

Moreover, aespa not only lined up from 1st to 4th place on China's QQ Music Trend Peak Chart and Rapidly Rising Chart, and Japan's AWA Real-time Rapidly Rising Chart, but also made a record by sweeping the TOP 5 on the integrated K-pop chart of five music platforms under Tencent Music, with their first full-length album "Armageddon" still ranked at 4th place.

Having proven their explosive firepower once again with this surprise concert solo song, aespa released a highlight medley of their fifth mini-album 'Whiplash' through their YouTube channel and other channels at midnight today (the 11th), giving a sneak peek of the tracks from their new album and raising expectations for their comeback.

Meanwhile, aespa's new mini-album 'Whiplash' will be released with all songs on various music sites at 6 PM on October 21st, and will also be released as an album on the same day.