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A boy band with limitless members split into sub-units, because one group is never enough. Start with "Golden Age" or "Baggy Jeans" from 2023, then pick your favorite unit and fall down the rabbit hole.

Members

23

Debut

2016 (10 years)

Generation

3rd gen (2012 to 2017)

Label

SM

Start with: Golden Age

YouTube channel

Achievements

• More than 45 million album sales in Korea across all sub-units as of June 2024, the best-selling K-pop artist of all time
• First K-pop act to top Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (May 2018)
• NCT 2020 Resonance sold over 2.6 million copies in two months, a record for an SM act at the time
• First Daesang at the 2020 Asia Artist Awards
• Universe (2021) reached 1.7 million pre-orders and later surpassed 1.8 million sales

Timeline

1. 2016Debut of NCT U in April, NCT 127 in July and NCT Dream in August
2. 2018First full album NCT 2018 Empathy with all 18 members
3. 2019WayV debuts on January 17 as the first overseas sub-unit
4. 2020Second album NCT 2020 Resonance in two parts and first full-group concert Global Wave
5. 2021Third album Universe with "Universe (Let's Play Ball)"
6. 2023NCT DoJaeJung debuts with the EP Perfume; Golden Age released with "Baggy Jeans"
7. 2024NCT Wish debuts on February 28
8. 2026NCT JNJM debuts with the EP Both Sides

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