aespa and the top g.irl groups of Gen 4 'compared' their latest comebacks

While aespa continues to maintain its temperature with a series of good achievements each time they return, the once "rival" ITZY is showing alarming signs of retreat.

aespa makes a spectacular comeback with Girls

On July 8, aespa officially had an impressive and spectacular comeback with Girls that made fans stand still. The song belongs to the dance genre with a strong melody, which is the ending part of season 1 in the group's SMCU universe.

Previously, aespa also made a strong impression when setting a record of more than 1.61 million pre-orders. This is also the album with the highest pre-orders among Kpop g.irl groups, surpassing even BLACKPINK's The Album, proving that aespa's album sales are not inferior to famous b.oy groups.

As of July 14, the group's album Girls has sold 1,126,068 million copies on Hanteo, making aespa the first K-pop g.irl group to achieve this feat. On iTunes, Girls also excelled when debuting at #1 on Worldwide iTunes Album Chart and #1 on top albums in 13 countries.

On July 17, Billboard also officially announced that aespa's mini-album "Girls" debuted at #3 on the Top 200 Albums chart in the US, becoming the 3rd g.irl group in history after BLACKPINK and TWICE to achieve this achievement. However, SM's g.irl group is the fastest g.irl group to reach the top 3 with just over 2 years of debut, showing the increasing unmistakable charm of aespa.

ITZY is gradually "regressing"

On July 15, ITZY officially joined the Kpop race with the mini-album CHECKMATE and the title song "Sneakers". However, contrary to expectations, this song is having a bad ranking, worse than the previous Loco product.

Specifically, Sneakers only reached the highest rankings of #4 and #5 for Bugs' daily chart and real-time chart, the rest all "flipped" out of the Top 50. Although it's only been released for 2 days, the music achievement has been impressive. ITZY's number is even worse than the product released 3 months ago, IVE's Love Dive or aespa's b-side song Illusion.

This is an alarming step backwards for ITZY when the JYP g.irl group used to be the g.irl group with the highest digital score in 2019 with Dalla Dalla. Even on Spotify - which is considered the group's strength, Sneakers also slipped off the global charts. The total number of listeners on the first day of this song only reached 784,901, reduced by half compared to Loco.

ITZY has been considered one of the top girlgroups of Gen 4 since their debut, often being put on the "weight table" to compare with aespa. However, now aespa is on another level, even in terms of achievements, the JYP g.irl group is still "weak" against IVE and (G)I-DLE.

After Soojin's scandal as well as the female idol's announcement that she would officially leave the group, the future of (G)I-DLE at that time was still a mystery and was always a topic that was actively discussed by the Kpop fan community. And Tomboy as an extremely strong affirmation of the CUBE girlgroup about a promising and potential future.

With a catchy, catchy melody combined with an addictive hook, Tomboy quickly won the hearts of many fans. This song has helped (G)I-DLE achieve many good achievements, including the first Realtime All-kill in the career of the CUBE g.irl group. This is also the first song of an idol group to achieve this achievement in 2022. After w.inning, (G)I-DLE continues to "green" the chart, officially achieving the Perfect All-kill certification. with Tomboy.

With an impressive digital music record, Tomboy also reached the Top 10 songs with the most hours of Perfect All-kill and is also the only representative from Gen 4 to participate in this chart. This is an admirable achievement that helps (G)I-DLE become one of the formidable names in the Kpop race.

Rookie IVE full of potential

Although not a big company, IVE is being evaluated as one of the most famous 4th generation g.irl groups today with a series of impressive achievements. After a very successful debut with Eleven, the "pet chicken" of the Starship family quickly returned with Love Dive to continue the series of admirable achievements.

With an addictive, catchy tune, Love Dive brought the first Realtime All-kill in IVE's career. Worth mentioning, at the time of this product's release, it encountered many heavyweights such as Tomboy of (G)I-DLE, Still Life of BIGBANG... but Love Dive still did its job when "greening" the chart.

Not only being successful in the country, but Love Dive also achieved high digital music rankings on foreign charts, making everyone admire, unbelievable the series of achievements that this rookie is reaping. The song debuted at the Top 10 of Apple Music Global, becoming the third group after BTS and BLACKPINK to achieve this achievement.

The group also excellently sold more than 338 thousand album copies, rising to #6 in the chart of albums with the highest first week sales of a g.irl group on Hanteo. After 5 years since senior Taeyeon's album and 7 years since SNSD's album, IVE became the next g.irl group/artist No.1 on GAON best-selling album chart of the month.

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