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The teen unit of NCT, started in 2016 with a graduation-at-adulthood rule that got scrapped in 2020. "Hot Sauce" and "Glitch Mode" are the easy entry points. Mark left in April 2026.

Members

6

Debut

2016 (10 years)

Generation

3rd gen (2012 to 2017)

Label

SM

Start with: Hot Sauce

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Achievements

• Hot Sauce (2021) had over 1.71 million pre-orders and was the best-selling album on the Gaon Chart in the first half of 2021
• Glitch Mode (2022) sold 2,100,339 copies in its first week and gave them their first Billboard 200 entry
• First and only Asian act on Billboard's "21 Under 21" list three years in a row (2018 to 2020)
• Bonsang Awards at the 34th Golden Disc Awards and 2020 Seoul Music Awards for We Boom
• "Best Friend Ever" topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart in its first week (2023)

Timeline

1. 2016Debut on August 25 with "Chewing Gum" as seven members
2. 2017First single album The First; first EP We Young in August
3. 2018EP We Go Up; Mark graduates from the unit on December 31
4. 2019Third EP We Boom and first tour, The Dream Show
5. 2020EP Reload as six members; the graduation system is abolished and Mark returns
6. 2021First studio album Hot Sauce released on May 10
7. 2022Second studio album Glitch Mode and world tour The Dream Show 2: In A Dream
8. 2026Mark leaves SM Entertainment and the group on April 8

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