When label mates thrive
SM Entertainment’s Super Junior and NCT127 did well on the region’s iTunes chart
Boy groups Super Junior and NCT 127 have a huge fan following in the UAE and it showed when their new music charted high on the local iTunes chart. K-Pop powerhouse Super Junior took the No 1 spot on the iTunes chart in the UAE last Monday with Latin-pop dance infused track, One More Time (Otra Vez) featuring Mexican group Reik and the five-track mini-album of the same name.
Last week, Super Junior’s highly-anticipated mini-album also dominated the iTunes Top Albums chart in 25 different countries such as Oman, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Their label mates Seoul-based boy group NCT 127 and Apple Music’s first-ever K-Pop ‘Up Next’ artist may have been making waves in the US, but they also hit UAE’s shores with their first full-length album NCT #127 Regular-Irregular.
On Friday, the album debuted at No 7 on the local iTunes albums chart but rose to No 3 the following day.
Fronted by Latin-inspired pop track Regular, the 10-member act’s album also went on to take the No 1 spot in 22 regions on iTunes and in various Korea’s daily album charts.
Regular-Irregular is a highly-conceptualised 11-track album that follows the transition from reality to dream and features their first pre-dominantly Englishlanguage song.
Both Super Junior and NCT 127 were formed under K-Pop juggernaut SM Entertainment. Super Junior has been active in the music industry since their formation in 2005 and earned international recognition with their 2009 breakthrough song, Sorry, Sorry.