{"id":115803,"date":"2024-05-30T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=115803"},"modified":"2024-05-30T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T19:52:03","slug":"aespas-new-album-armageddon-conquers-itunes-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/aespas-new-album-armageddon-conquers-itunes-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"aespa&#8217;s new album &#8220;Armageddon&#8221; conquers iTunes in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, <strong>aespa<\/strong> lovers, time to wave your lightsticks! That&#8217;s because the group is continuing their stellar rise with their first studio album, &#8220;<em><strong>Armaggedon.<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; Released on May 27th, and supported by singles &#8220;Supernova&#8221; and &#8220;Armaggedon,&#8221; the album has achieved an explosive iTunes domination. The result? A proof of aespa&#8217;s powerful comeback!<\/p>\n<p><strong>By May 28th, the group&#8217;s album had been crowned the No.1 album on the iTunes Top Albums chart in the United States<\/strong>, marking aespa&#8217;s first-ever American chart-topper. But surprises don&#8217;t stop there! &#8220;Armaggedon&#8221; took first place in at least 25 regions worldwide, including Australia, Canada, Mexico, and across various countries in Europe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WORLDMUSICAWARD\/status\/1795470712515207284\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">aespa are back with a huge Bang, scoring the Top New entry on the Worldwide &amp; European iTunes Album charts with their amazing 1st Album &#39;Armageddon&#39;, landing at #1 &amp; #4 respectively after debuting at #1 on US iTunes &amp; 25 countries, and score the Top New Entry on the Worldwide\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x8G1sJTg4w\">pic.twitter.com\/x8G1sJTg4w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Music Awards (@WORLDMUSICAWARD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WORLDMUSICAWARD\/status\/1795470712515207284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Asia wasn&#8217;t immune to the aespa fever and the album is also leading digital sales on<strong> China<\/strong>&#8216;s QQ Music and KuGou Music and topping AWA&#8217;s real-time rising chart in <strong>Japan<\/strong>. This definitely showcases the dazzling popularity this quartet has and accounts for a loyal fanbase, which is all about loving the records and streaming the songs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aespa-album.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aespa-album.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aespa-album-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aespa-album-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aespa-album-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The album&#8217;s still being reviewed by professional music critics, yet early opinions show a generally positive reception toward &#8220;Armaggedon.&#8221; Magazines like <strong>NME<\/strong> and<strong> Forty-Five<\/strong> have received the record with open arms, praising aespa&#8217;s experimental sound with interesting sonic features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, aespa lovers, time to wave your lightsticks! That&#8217;s because the group is continuing their stellar rise with their first studio album, &#8220;Armaggedon.&#8221; Released on May 27th, and supported by singles &#8220;Supernova&#8221; and &#8220;Armaggedon,&#8221; the album has achieved an explosive iTunes domination. The result? A proof of aespa&#8217;s powerful comeback! By May 28th, the group&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":115811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1353,2264,16],"tags":[1019],"class_list":{"0":"post-115803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charts","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-aespa"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}