aespa is back in the Billboard 200’s top tier. The K-pop quartet lands its third career top 10 album on the chart this week as LEMONADE debuts at No. 9, while Drake continues his reign at No. 1 with ICEMAN for a third consecutive frame.
According to the latest Billboard 200 chart dated June 13, LEMONADE opens with 41,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States. The achievement gives aespa another major milestone in a catalog that has steadily expanded its presence on the U.S. albums chart over the past five years.
With the debut, aespa now boasts three Billboard 200 top 10 entries: Girls, which peaked at No. 3 in 2022, MY WORLD at No. 9 in 2023, and now LEMONADE at No. 9 in 2026. Beyond those projects, the group has also charted Rich Man (No. 14), SAVAGE (No. 20), Armageddon (No. 25), Drama (No. 33), and Whiplash (No. 50).
The strong Billboard debut arrives just days after LEMONADE posted massive first-day sales in South Korea. The album moved 842,131 copies on Hanteo during its opening day, securing the second-biggest first-day debut among female artists in 2026. Among female K-pop groups, the project also became one of the strongest opening-day sellers in the platform’s history.
Meanwhile, Drake remains firmly in control of the Billboard 200 summit. ICEMAN spends a third consecutive week at No. 1 with 171,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 4.
The achievement makes ICEMAN one of only five Drake albums to spend at least three weeks atop the Billboard 200. It is also his first project to remain at No. 1 for three weeks since Certified Lover Boy logged five weeks at the summit in 2021. Among his catalog, Views remains his longest-running chart-topper with 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2016.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Ella Langley’s Dandelion holds at No. 2 with 93,000 units, Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem climbs to No. 3, and Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide slips to No. 4. Paul McCartney enters at No. 5 with The Boys of Dungeon Lane, while Michael Jackson places two titles inside the top 10 with Thriller and Number Ones.
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