# Soridata Artist Profile - Aespa

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> **Aespa** (에스파) is a South Korean Girl Group that debuted in 2020. They consist of 4 members: Karina, Giselle, Ningning and Winter. 

They hold the 16th most Music Show Awards among all artists in Korea. They are the 6th most streamed artist in Korea. 

Created as SM Entertainment's first new girl group after Red Velvet, the initial trainee concept leaned toward a "cute" or dance-focused style. However, according to members Karina and Winter, a few months before their debut, the concept drastically changed to a more mature "girl crush" and hip-hop futuristic style.

SM aimed to create a group that could integrate easily with the "metaverse" (online platforms) and came up with the "Avatar X Experience" (æ) concept. The group was presented as an eight-member unit: four real-world members and their four virtual counterparts, known as æ-members, such as æ-Karina or æ-Winter. A core lore called the SM Culture Universe (SMCU) created a backstory for the group, complete with villains they would fight in the virtual world (starting with the Black Mamba, an entity trying to sever the connection between the real and virtual worlds).

This virtual/metaverse approach was met with mixed reception and was often criticized for poor execution, causing confusion and debate about its true meaning. Despite this, the immense hype surrounding SM's first new girl group in years, coupled with their unique concept, generated enough of a buzz for the group to prosper, setting several debut records at the time.

Eventually, SM scaled back the complex metaworld concept, opting to focus on a more grounded presentation of the group. Commercially, Aespa achieved major success, securing consecutive top-charting hits and cementing their status as a K-Pop powerhouse.

# General Information

- Soridata ID: 707
- Group Gender: Female
- Stage Name: Aespa (에스파)
- Aliases: æspa
- Fanclub Name: My
- Original Company: SM Entertainment
- Active Since: 2020
- Debut Day: 2020-11-17
- Current Status: Active

# Metrics and Achievements

- Success Rating: 5.0
*_Success is a star rating that goes from 0 (min) to 5 (max), each star represents one of the following: Sales up to 500000, Streaming score up to 700, Awards up to 5, Youtube Views up to 250 million, Yearly awards up to 7. Example: An artist with 250000 sales (0.5 stars), 900 streaming score (1 star), 8 awards (1 stars), 200 million Youtube views (0.8 stars) and 6 yearly awards (0.85 stars) would be rated ~4.16._*
- Time to Success: 61 days
*_Time to Success measures the duration from debut until an artist reaches their first major milestone: reaching #1 on the Circle Chart Weekly, achieving cumulative sales of 100000 units, or winning a music show award (whichever occurs first)._*
- Last Release: 2026-08-04
- Perfect All-Kills (PAKs): 2 (7° in regards to all artists)
- Music Show Awards: 53 (16° in regards to all artists)
- Most Awarded Song: [Rich Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oQVTnq-UKk)
- End of year Awards: 48 (4° in regards to all artists)
- Streaming Weekly data (from Circle Chart Digital, available since 2010):
    - Score: 59336 (6° in regards to all artists)
    - First Places: 11
    - Times Charted: 856
    - Times Charted on top 10: 196
    - Songs charted: 27
    - Songs charted on top 10 (popular songs): 13
- Billboard Global 200 weekly data (available since 2020, counting only Korean acts):
    - Score: 12858 (9° in regards to all artists)
    - Times Charted: 133
    - Best place: 5
- Physical Sales (Circle Chart Album, published since 2010): 12,039,378+ units
- Total Youtube Views (from official videos): 3,800,078,958+

# Members of the group

- [Karina (카리나)](https://soridata.com/artists/Karina.md): Yu Jimin (Date of Birth: 2000-04-11 - 26 years) from South Korea as Leader, Vocal, Rapper, Dancer, Face
- [Giselle (지젤)](https://soridata.com/artists/Giselle.md): Uchinaga Aeri (Date of Birth: 2000-10-30 - 25 years) from South Korea as Vocal, Rapper
- [Ningning (닝닝)](https://soridata.com/artists/Ningning.md): Ning Yizhuo (Date of Birth: 2002-10-23 - 23 years) from China as Vocal, Maknae
- [Winter (윈터)](https://soridata.com/artists/Winter.md): Kim Minjeong (Date of Birth: 2001-01-01 - 25 years) from South Korea as Vocal, Dancer

# Links and references

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/aespa_official/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/aespa.official/)
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@aespa_official)
- [Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9GtSLeksfK4yuJ_g1lgQbg)
- [Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/timeline.htm?artistId=2899555)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aespa_(group))
- [Namu.wiki](https://namu.wiki/w/aespa)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/artist/aespa/1540251304)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YVMFz59CuY7ngCxTxjpxE)