Kapanlagi.com - NCT released their second album titled RESONANCE Pt.1 with a total of 23 members. Make A Wish (Birthday Song) which is one of the two title tracks of this album has been released with its music video yesterday, along with the physical and digital album (12/10/2020).
Through this new album, NCT achieved a series of new records. They broke records of their own group as well as those of senior artists from SM Entertainment. As known, NCT, which consists of the units NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, and NCT U, is the youngest boyband of SM Entertainment.
1. Pre-order Record
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RESONANCE Pt.1 successfully topped the list of SM Entertainment artists with the highest number of album pre-orders. NCT recorded a successful pre-order of 1.12 million copies of the album, making them the artist with the highest pre-order album in SM.
2. Most Viewers in 24 Hours
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The MV Make A Wish (Birthday Song) also made a new history among SM Entertainment artists. NCT U with the formation of Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Lucas, Xiaojun, Jaemin, and Shotaro performed a pop dance song with a hip hop beat that was colored with an interesting whistle riff and of course presented through a cool and unique MV concept that immediately caught attention.
Not only breaking the record for the most viewers on Youtube among all NCT units, Make A Wish (Birthday Song) officially reached 20 million viewers in less than 24 hours. NCT officially became the SM Entertainment artist with the most viewers in a single day.
Update: Officially, the MV Make A Wish has been watched 25.3 million times in the first 24 hours after its release!
3. Debut on MelOn 24Hits
Make A Wish (Birthday Song) is also recorded as NCT's first song to debut on MelOn 24 Hits. This MelOn chart has a new counting system, where the song is counted every 24 hours and one user is counted as a listener (not the number of times listened).
4. High Sales on the First Day
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In addition to opening pre-order numbers reaching 1.12 million, the sales of the RESONANCE Pt.1 album on the first day were also successful. It is recorded that this new album sold up to 315,328 copies. RESONANCE Pt.1 also ranked second among all NCT groups.
The highest album sales on the first day among NCT units are held by NCT Dream with the album RELOAD, with sales of 374,165 copies.
5. Entering the Million Seller 2020 Lineup!
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NCT - RESONANCE Pt.1, which was only released in two album versions, officially entered the ranks of Korean star albums that sold millions of copies in 2020.
In 2020, a series of Korean artists who became million sellers were BTS with Map of the Soul: 7, Seventeen with HENG:GARAE, NCT 127 with NEOZONE, BLACKPINK with THE ALBUM, and now also NCT - RESONANCE Pt.1.
6. Dominating iTunes Charts in 32 Countries
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NCT - The 2nd Album RESONANCE Pt.1, which was just released on October 12, 2020, successfully topped the iTunes Top Album chart in 32 countries, such as Indonesia, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, New Zealand, Poland, Finland, Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Australia, India, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Laos, Oman, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Peru, and Ukraine.
7. Top of Various Charts
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Not only that, this album also managed to occupy the top position for the physical album category on Hanteo Chart, Synnara Record, and Kyobo Book Centre, occupying the top position on the 'Album Top 100' Line Music Japan, as well as occupying the top position on the 'Real-time Song Chart' Rakuten Music Japan.
This album also managed to occupy the top position in Digital Album Sales on the largest music site in China, QQ Music, and received the Platinum Album predicate because this album achieved sales of 1 million yuan on QQ Music within 1 hour and 42 minutes after the album was released, proving global interest in NCT.
Congratulations to NCT and NCTzen!
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