NCT 127's 'Sticker' Becomes the Longest-Running 2021 K-pop Album on Billboard 200
NCT 127's "Sticker" has been charting on Billboard 200 since its release in September. Naturally, the album has attained the longest period to stay on the tally among the K-pop albums released in 2021.
Keep on reading to know how many weeks "Sticker" has spent on the Billboard chart.
NCT 127's "Sticker" Is Now the Longest-Charting 2021 K-pop Album on Billboard 200
On Dec. 21, Billboard released the chart rankings for the week ending on Dec. 25, including Billboard 200, which is one of the main album charts and ranks the albums that were the most popular in the United States in a week.
One of the albums released by a K-pop artist that made it to the latest Billboard 200 is "Sticker" by NCT 127, which ranked No. 82. It fell by 20 spots after placing 62nd in the past week. The album has now spent 13 consecutive weeks on the album chart since entering at No. 3 in September.
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NCT 127's "Sticker" is now the only 2021 K-pop album to stay on the Billboard chart for 13 weeks. Considering this, "Sticker" is now the longest-running album released by a Korean act this year to spend this long on the tally.
Even though TXT's "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE" also recorded 13 weeks on Billboard 200, it was non-consecutive.
Moreover, NCT 127 is now the third Korean artist in history to chart an album for 13 consecutive weeks on Billboard 200, following BTS and BLACKPINK.
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In addition to Billboard 200, NCT 127's "Sticker" entered other Billboard charts this week. It remained at No. 2 on the World Albums chart, No. 6 on the Independent Albums chart, No. 9 on the Top Current Album Sales chart, and No. 13 on the Top Album Sales chart.
Lastly, NCT 127 ranked No. 88 on this week's Billboard Artist 100.
Congratulations to NCT 127 on their impressive Billboard milestone!
NCT 127 Completes First Offline Concert in Three Years
From Dec. 17 to 19, NCT 127 conducted their second solo concert at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, called "Neo City: Seoul - The Link."
The Dec. 19 event was held online and offline at the same time, meaning that there were actual people in the audience and the concert was aired live through the Beyond LIVE platform.
This is the first time the boy group held an offline concert in Korea since their first solo concert "Neo City: Seoul - The Origin" was held nearly three years ago in January 2019. The band is also the first act to hold an in-person concert at the Gocheok Sky Dome since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
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The audience during the three-night concert were seated socially distanced from one another. Although the dome can occupy 20,000 to 30,000 people, only 4,000 people were allowed inside per night.
During their Dec. 19 concert, NCT 127 kicked off the event with their hit song "Kick It." It was followed by "Lemonade," "Earthquake," "Dreamer," "Favorite (Vampire)," "Simon Says," and more. The band members even treated the fans to spectacular solo and unit stages.
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
