YEONJUN of TOMORROW X TOGETHER has landed his first solo entry on the Billboard 200―and it’s a big one.
Billboard reports that YEONJUN’s debut solo EP, "NO LABELS: PART 01," released Nov. 7, is set to open at No. 10 on the Nov. 22-dated Billboard 200. It marks the second-highest showing by a K-pop male soloist on the chart this year, following BTS’ Jin, who reached No. 3.
Arriving six years and eight months into his career, the EP makes an immediate splash, moving 27,000 in traditional album sales and 2,000 SEA (streaming-equivalent album) units.
The project is also holding strong in Japan. It placed No. 2 on Oricon’s Daily Album Ranking for Nov. 14, after topping the same chart on Nov. 10 and claiming No. 3 on the Weekly Digital Album Ranking for the week of Nov. 17 (tracking Nov. 3-9).
YEONJUN’s new music is already lighting up stages, too. As TOMORROW X TOGETHER kicked off the TOMORROW X TOGETHER WORLD TOUR <ACT : TOMORROW> IN JAPAN in Saitama on Nov. 15-16, he delivered a high-energy performance of the EP’s title track, "Talk to You," electrifying the arena and drawing roaring cheers from fans.
Meanwhile, "NO LABELS: PART 01" surpassed 600,000 first-week sales on Hanteo Chart, earning half-million-seller status and further cementing his signature “YEONJUN core” sound and performance identity with listeners worldwide.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)