On Friday, SM Entertainment announced that pre-orders for aspeaŌĆÖs second mini-album Girls have exceeded 1,610,517. This is the highest record for pre-orders for a K-pop girl group. aespa expressed their joy, saying, ŌĆ£We were surprised and thrilled to hear that pre-orders for our second mini-album Girls have exceeded 1.61 million copies. Since youŌĆÖve waited a long time for this new album, weŌĆÖve worked really hard. And itŌĆÖs overwhelming to set such a good record from the start.ŌĆØ The girls added, ŌĆ£We sincerely thank you, and weŌĆÖll become aespa who shows better music and performance.ŌĆØ At present, aespaŌĆÖs Girls and BLACKPINKŌĆÖs THE ALBUM are the only two girl group albums ever to surpass 1 million stock pre-orders. Meanwhile, asepa will host a live broadcast ŌĆ£aespa Girls Comeback LiveŌĆØ via YouTube and TikTok on the 11th at 8 PM KST.

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