TWICE Nayeon Makes History in Billboard 200 by Becoming First Female K-Pop Soloist to Achieve This Milestone

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On June 14, Nayeon made her highly-anticipated comeback with the release of her second mini album “NA”and its title track music video, “ABCD.”This marks Nayeon’s first solo comeback in her career and also makes her the first member of TWICE to have a solo comeback.

Korean news outlets announced on June 25 that Nayeon’s album “NA”and main track “ABCD”had entered the Billboard charts. Sources revealed that the comeback gained attention on Billboard for the week ending on June 29.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUZttxRcPZw

The album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, which tracks the most popular albums in the US on a weekly basis.

Nayeon’s latest achievement has equaled her previous success with her solo debut album “IM NAYEON,”which was the first solo album in the history of K-pop to reach the Top 10 on the chart.

Consequently, with the addition of “NA,”Nayeon also achieved the distinction of being the first female solo artist in the K-pop industry to have two albums in the Top 10 of Billboard 200. Additionally, Luminate, a platform, published a detailed analysis of the album’s performance and sales data.

The report revealed that “NA”had accumulated 47,000 equivalent album units during the period of June 20. Out of the total, 43,000 were from traditional album sales while the remaining 4,000 were from streaming equivalent album units, which equates to 5.41 million on-demand streams.

“NA”not only claimed the top spot on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart as the best-selling album in the United States for the week, but it also secured positions on other charts. It also achieved a remarkable debut at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, and World Albums charts.

At the same time, ABCD ranked at No. 2, No. 34, and No. 54 on the World Digital Song Sales, Global Excl. U.S, and Global 200 charts, respectively.

ONCEs celebrated Nayeon’s historic accomplishments on social media, following her congratulatory post.

  • “Congratulations, Nayeon! We’re so proud of you. Thank you for working hard.”
  • “Let’s give a round of applause to our lovely Nayeon!”
  • “Congrats Nayeon! You’ve worked so hard and you deserve the world.”
  • “So proud of you, Im Nayeon. To many more in the future.”
  • “Congratulations Nayeon! Proud of you!”
  • “Queen Nayeon indeed!”
  • “Congratulations queen! You deserve this.”
  • “Oh yeah, best soloist.”

Great job to Nayeon on her latest accomplishments!

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