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aespa's Second Full-Length Album 'LEMONADE': No. 9 on the Billboard 200

aespa's second full-length album LEMONADE entered the US Billboard 200 at number nine. Two weeks after release its cumulative album sales were counted at 1,037,190 copies, making it the group's eighth million-seller. Here is what the record is.

Published Updated 3 min readReviewed by TD Kim

What happened

aespa’s second full-length album LEMONADE came out at 1 p.m. KST on 29 May 2026. According to Money Today the pre-release song ‘WDA (Whole Different Animal)’ and ‘LEMONADE’ are its two title tracks. G-Dragon, Ty Dolla $ign and Becky G are the featured artists.

The first results arrived at home and abroad on the same day. Ilgan Sports reported that the album went to number one on the Circle Chart retail album chart and the Hanteo Chart real-time chart, and to number one on the iTunes top albums chart in 19 regions, with a top 10 placing in 38 more. According to the same report, the music video for the title track ‘LEMONADE’ passed 10 million views less than 24 hours after it went up.

The US chart result came ten days later. The Korea Herald reported that LEMONADE entered the Billboard 200, Billboard’s main albums chart, at number nine. The album earned 41,000 equivalent album units over the tracking week, 34,500 of them from album sales. The same outlet noted that this is the group’s third top 10 entry on the Billboard 200, after Girls and My World.

Sales were counted again on 11 June. The Korea Economic Daily reported that cumulative album sales passed 1,037,190 copies on the Circle Chart, making LEMONADE the eighth aespa album to pass a million copies. The same report added that the album entered the UK Official Singles Chart for the first time since the group’s debut.

Domestic sales and the overseas charts moved separately for the same record. Star News reported that LEMONADE was number one on the Circle Chart album chart for the week and number one on the Hanteo Chart world chart, and that it also reached number one on Billboard’s World Albums chart and number two on Top Album Sales.

Money Today listed further chart results the same day: number one on the United World Chart albums section, number 11 on the Billboard Artist 100 and number 13 on the SNEP top albums chart in France. One release therefore sits at a different position on a sales chart, an album chart and an artist chart.

What you need to know

  • aespa is a group under SM Entertainment, with four members: Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ningning.
  • The second full-length album LEMONADE came out at 1 p.m. KST on 29 May 2026.
  • The two title tracks are the pre-release song ‘WDA (Whole Different Animal)’ and ‘LEMONADE’.
  • The album entered the Billboard 200 at number nine with 41,000 equivalent album units for the tracking week.
  • Cumulative album sales on the Circle Chart stand at 1,037,190 copies.
  • The music video for ‘WDA (Whole Different Animal) (Feat. G-DRAGON)’ went up on YouTube’s SMTOWN channel on 11 May 2026.
  • The music video is on YouTube’s SMTOWN channel. K-Culture Radar links to the official upload rather than re-hosting it.
Official video aespa 에스파 'LEMONADE' MV · SMTOWNYouTube ↗

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Groups

aespa에스파

aespa are a four-member girl group under SM Entertainment — Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning — who debuted on 17 November 2020 with the single 'Black Mamba'. Their second full-length album LEMONADE followed on 29 May 2026, and the official fan club is called MY.

Agency
SM Entertainment
Debut
17 November 2020
Fandom
MY
Members
Karina, Giselle, Winter, Ningning

Artists

Karina카리나

Karina (카리나) is the leader of aespa, the four-member girl group under SM Entertainment. The group debuted on 17 November 2020 with the single 'Black Mamba', and Karina was introduced as its second member on 28 October 2020. Her solo songs 'UP' and 'GOOD STUFF' appeared on the SYNK special singles of 2024 and 2025.

Group
aespa
Position
Leader
Agency
SM Entertainment
Debut
17 November 2020
Brand model
Condition (HK inno.N), Gentle Monster, MARK & LONA, Chanel Beauty

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SM Entertainment

aespa are a four-member girl group under SM Entertainment — Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning — who debuted on 17 November 2020 with the single 'Black Mamba'. Their second full-length album LEMONADE followed on 29 May 2026, and the official fan club is called MY.

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