Yeonjun 'NO LABELS: PART 02' Hits 738K First Week — K-Pop's Biggest Solo Record of 2026

TXT's Yeonjun just broke his own record with a second solo EP — here's what the numbers say about it.

What the album is

TXT (Tomorrow X Together) member Yeonjun released his second solo mini album, 'NO LABELS: PART 02,' at 1 p.m. KST on July 10, 2026. The six-track EP is led by the title song "Ice Cream," a bright, high-energy summer single. Yeonjun's solo career began in earnest with his first mini album, 'NO LABELS: PART 01' (title track "Talk To You"), in November 2025, making this release its direct follow-up. The album landed on major domestic and international charts the moment it dropped.

The numbers

According to Hanteo Chart, 'NO LABELS: PART 02' sold 661,924 copies on release day and 738,072 copies in its first week — the highest first-day and first-week sales of any Korean soloist in 2026. Circle Chart's weekly albums chart, meanwhile, tallied 581,091 copies for the same period, also enough for a No. 1 debut. The gap reflects methodology, not a discrepancy: Hanteo's count includes overseas distribution volume, while Circle Chart tracks domestic physical sales more narrowly — both charts agree on the No. 1 result.

Overseas, the results were just as clear. The album topped Japan's Oricon daily albums chart — Yeonjun's second consecutive No. 1 there following his debut EP (37,392 points among Oricon-affiliated retailers). By 10 a.m. KST the day after release, 'NO LABELS: PART 02' had hit No. 1 on iTunes' Top Albums chart in at least 11 regions, including Japan, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia, while title track "Ice Cream" topped iTunes' Top Songs chart in 10 regions. On Hanteo's global rankings, the album claimed a "double crown" — No. 1 in both the U.S. and Japan — and reached No. 3 on Billboard's China albums chart. The "Ice Cream" music video passed 10 million YouTube views within three days of release. One caveat: the iTunes Top Albums No. 1 count (at least 11 regions) trails the 15 regions reported for 'PART 01' — likely a difference in reporting timing rather than a real decline, so it's worth reading with some caution rather than as a clean drop.

What drove the numbers

The most notable thing about this comeback is that domestic physical sales and overseas digital metrics moved together, evenly. Idol solo albums often ride group fandom to a strong first week domestically while lagging on overseas streaming and downloads. Yeonjun instead held No. 1 on both Hanteo and Circle Chart at home while simultaneously topping Oricon, iTunes, and Billboard abroad — evidence that a distinct "solo artist" fan base has taken hold, separate from group popularity.

The music itself shifted, too. Where the debut leaned into a mid-tempo, emotionally weighty growth narrative, "Ice Cream" takes a lighter, more infectious, summer-ready direction. That shift plausibly helped pull in listeners beyond the existing fandom, though this reading rests on qualitative signals like streaming trends and social reaction rather than hard sales data, so it shouldn't be stated with the same confidence as the sales numbers.

Records and what they mean

With this comeback, Yeonjun now holds both the day-one and first-week sales records among all Korean solo artist albums released in 2026. His day-one sales have climbed across three straight solo releases — from 95,970 copies for his first solo project, 'GGUM,' to 542,660 for 'PART 01' and 661,924 for 'PART 02.' Back-to-back No. 1s on Oricon's daily albums chart also show that both his debut and follow-up EPs landed strongly in Japan — suggesting his overseas solo reach is becoming a repeatable outcome rather than a one-off.

What's next

Where Yeonjun goes from here depends on the promotional cycle around this album and on when TXT's own group activities resume. If this first-week and overseas chart performance isn't a one-time spike, similar or stronger numbers could follow at his next solo comeback. The longer-term question is whether more frequent solo releases start to strain the balance with group scheduling, or spread fandom resources thin.

This is nuloq's own analysis based on the public charts, reporting, and official data listed under Sources, written with the help of AI. It is an interpretation of public data for information only — not a definitive judgment of any artist or agency — and chart figures reflect the time of writing. We correct the text if errors are found.