YEONJUN's second solo release returned him to the U.S. albums chart within two weeks of its arrival. Here is what that entry says about the record — and how it compares to his first.
YEONJUN Debuts NO LABELS: PART 02 at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
NO LABELS: PART 02, the second solo mini album by TOMORROW X TOGETHER's YEONJUN, debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 dated July 25, 2026 . The EP was released on July 10, 2026 at 1 p.m. KST through BIGHIT MUSIC and runs six tracks across 16 minutes and 9 seconds, led by the title track "Ice Cream" . On the same chart week the album also reached No. 1 on Billboard's World Albums chart, YEONJUN's first solo chart-topper on that list .
Quick Answer: YEONJUN of TOMORROW X TOGETHER entered the Billboard 200 at No. 16 with NO LABELS: PART 02 on the chart dated July 25, 2026, and simultaneously hit No. 1 on World Albums. It is his second consecutive Billboard 200 entry, after PART 01 peaked at No. 10 in November 2025.
The placement is his second straight appearance on the chart as a soloist. His debut EP NO LABELS: PART 01, released November 7, 2025, peaked at No. 10 . PART 02 therefore landed six positions below that personal best, while still keeping him among the small group of Korean soloists with back-to-back top-20 entries on the U.S. albums chart.
The No. 16 figure is consistent across independent reporting: Soompi cited Billboard's chart data , while Edaily, citing Big Hit Music, and Maeil Business Newspaper carried the same position for the July 25-dated ranking . Billboard published the chart on July 21, 2026, local time, roughly eleven days after release .
The Full Billboard Chart Week, Explained
The Billboard 200 entry was one of five chart placements YEONJUN recorded on the rankings dated July 25, 2026. NO LABELS: PART 02 debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200, No. 1 on World Albums — his first solo chart-topper on that list, after PART 01 peaked at No. 2 — and No. 4 on Top Album Sales, making it the fourth best-selling album in the U.S. that week . He also re-entered the Artist 100 at No. 17, his third week charting as a soloist, while title track "Ice Cream" landed at No. 89 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. .
| Billboard chart (dated July 25, 2026) | Position | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Billboard 200 | No. 16 | Debut and peak; second solo entry |
| World Albums | No. 1 | First solo No. 1; PART 01 peaked at No. 2 |
| Top Album Sales | No. 4 | Fourth best-selling album in the U.S. that week |
| Artist 100 | No. 17 | Re-entry; third week charting as a soloist |
| Global Excl. U.S. ("Ice Cream") | No. 89 | Title track, single-song ranking |
The spread across those five rankings is more informative than any single number. A No. 4 on Top Album Sales set against a No. 89 for "Ice Cream" on Global Excl. U.S. indicates the Billboard 200 placement was carried predominantly by pure album purchases — physical CDs and digital downloads — rather than by streaming volume for the title track .
The Billboard 200 is Billboard's principal U.S. albums chart, compiled by Luminate from multi-metric consumption: traditional album sales, track-equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming-equivalent albums (SEA) . It measures U.S. consumption only, which is why Korean point-of-sale and shipment figures reported by Hanteo and Circle do not feed into the ranking, and why a release moving several hundred thousand copies domestically can debut at No. 16 rather than inside the top five. Neither Billboard's published brief nor Big Hit Music's announcement surfaced a Luminate album-equivalent unit total for the debut, so the U.S. figure behind the No. 16 should be treated as undisclosed rather than estimated from Korean sales data .
Why the No. 16 Matters — and How It Compares to PART 01
PART 02's No. 16 sits six positions below the No. 10 peak NO LABELS: PART 01 reached after its November 7, 2025 release , but the more durable data point is the repetition: two solo releases, two top-20 Billboard 200 entries. Consecutive Billboard 200 placements are rare for Korean soloists, and YEONJUN now holds a pair of them within roughly eight months . Alongside that, PART 02 improved on its predecessor where PART 01 fell short — World Albums, where PART 01 stalled at No. 2 and PART 02 took No. 1.
The Korean sales picture runs on a separate track and is considerably larger in raw volume. Per Hanteo Chart, the EP sold 661,924 copies on release day alone — clearing YEONJUN's own previous first-week total inside 24 hours — and 738,072 copies across its first week . On the Circle Album Chart, published July 16, 2026, it opened at No. 1 with 581,091 copies, his second straight solo No. 1 on that chart, then topped Circle's July monthly ranking with 687,454 copies ; cumulative Circle sales reached 808,978 units .
Those two sets of numbers do not connect. Hanteo tracks Korean point-of-sale, Circle tracks domestic shipment, and neither feeds the Billboard 200's U.S.-only consumption formula — a distinction flagged directly in both Soompi's chart report and Edaily's coverage citing Big Hit Music. Read separately, they describe two different results: a top-selling album in Korea, and a mid-teens debut in the United States built largely on physical sales rather than streaming.
Beyond the U.S.: Japan, iTunes, and Domestic Wins
Outside the Billboard 200, NO LABELS: PART 02 performed strongest in Japan, where it reached No. 2 on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart and No. 2 on Oricon Combined Albums after opening at No. 1 on the July 13 daily ranking with 37,392 points — YEONJUN's second consecutive daily chart-topper there . Japanese sales totalled 43,816 units , and the EP placed No. 4 on Billboard Japan Hot Albums and No. 11 on Oricon's monthly tally .
The digital footprint was wider but shallower. BigHit Music reported the album hit No. 1 on iTunes Top Albums in 11 regions, with "Ice Cream" reaching No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs in 10 regions . Elsewhere the title track charted modestly: No. 14 on the Circle Digital Chart, No. 30 on Billboard Japan Hot 100, and No. 34 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart . Album-side placements in Europe and Oceania stayed low — UK Album Downloads No. 84, ARIA No. 72, Ultratop Flanders No. 53, SNEP France No. 119 .
At home, the promotion cycle delivered the clearest wins. "Ice Cream" topped the Bugs weekly chart for July 13–19 and took first place on KBS2's Music Bank and MBC's Show! Music Core .
What Comes Next for YEONJUN — Live Dates Tied to the Comeback
YEONJUN's post-release schedule so far consists of three U.S. appearances, all clustered in August 2026, with no solo tour announced beyond them. He performed a solo set at KCON LA 2026 on August 15, appeared on ABC's Good Morning America Summer Concert Series in Central Park in early August — opening with "Vanilla," the EP's first track — and headlined a "One Night Only" show for 500 fans at The Troubadour in Los Angeles on August 12, co-hosted by Billboard and HYBE.
The three bookings share a shape: small-capacity or festival-slot U.S. dates that support a chart week rather than a ticketed touring cycle. The Troubadour's 500-fan cap in particular makes that show a promotional event, not a route stop, and none of the three carried an on-sale window fans outside the U.S. could plan travel around.
The concrete takeaway: as of the July 25-dated chart week, NO LABELS: PART 02 has a No. 16 Billboard 200 entry and three U.S. dates behind it — and nothing further confirmed. Fans watching for a first solo tour should treat any additional dates as unannounced until BIGHIT MUSIC posts them.
Frequently asked questions
What position did YEONJUN's NO LABELS: PART 02 debut at on the Billboard 200?
NO LABELS: PART 02 debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 chart dated July 25, 2026 . Billboard published the chart on July 21, 2026 local time, and three outlets — Soompi, Edaily citing BIGHIT MUSIC, and Maeil Business Newspaper — reported the same figure. The debut position was also the album's peak on that chart.
Is No. 16 higher or lower than YEONJUN's first solo EP?
Lower. YEONJUN's debut solo EP NO LABELS: PART 01, released November 7, 2025, peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, six positions above PART 02's No. 16 . The two entries together give him consecutive top-20 placements on the U.S. albums chart as a soloist, which few Korean solo artists have recorded (source: Wikipedia, 2026-07).
Did NO LABELS: PART 02 top any Billboard chart?
Yes. The EP reached No. 1 on Billboard's World Albums chart for the week dated July 25, 2026 — YEONJUN's first solo chart-topper on that list, after PART 01 peaked at No. 2 . In the same chart week it placed No. 4 on Top Album Sales, re-entered the Artist 100 at No. 17, and title track "Ice Cream" charted at No. 89 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S.
How do YEONJUN's Korean sales figures relate to his Billboard 200 rank?
They are separate metrics and do not feed into each other. Hanteo Chart logged 661,924 copies on release day and 738,072 in the first week , while the Circle Album Chart recorded a No. 1 debut with 581,091 copies . Those are Korean point-of-sale and shipment counts. The Billboard 200 measures U.S. consumption only — album sales, track-equivalent albums, and streaming-equivalent albums compiled by Luminate — so Korean volume does not convert into Billboard 200 units (source: Billboard).
What live shows follow the NO LABELS: PART 02 release?
Three confirmed U.S. appearances followed the July 10, 2026 release: a Good Morning America Summer Concert Series set in Central Park in early August, opening with "Vanilla"; a Billboard and HYBE "One Night Only" show for 500 fans at The Troubadour in Los Angeles on August 12, 2026; and a solo set at KCON LA 2026 on August 15, 2026 . No solo headline tour has been announced by BIGHIT MUSIC as of this writing.
Official Sources
- ibighit.com
- oricon.co.jp
- billboard-japan.com
- officialcharts.com
- weverse.io
- hanteonews.com
- music.apple.com
- shop.weverse.io
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