Universe (NCT album)

Universe
Universe
	Digital cover
Studio album by NCT
Released	December 14, 2021
Recorded	2021
Studio	SM Studios (Seoul)
Genre	Hip hop ; R&B ; EDM ;
Length	45:49
Language	Korean; English;
Label	SM ; Dreamus;
NCT chronology
NCT studio albums chronology

Last updated November 14, 2023

*Universe* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"New Axis" (NCT U) (sung by Taeyong, Mark and Yangyang)	Taeyong Mark Rick Bridges	Jarah Lafayette Gibson (80hdmuzic) G'harah "PK" Degeddingseze (80hdmuzic)	80hdmuzic	2:11
2.	"Universe (Let's Play Ball)" (NCT U) (sung by Doyoung, Jungwoo, Mark, Xiaojun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Yangyang and Shotaro)	Kenzie Mark	Kenzie Dem Jointz Carlos Battey Ryan S. Jhun Breyan Isaac Wayne Hector Alexandru Cotoi Marcel Botezan	Kenzie Dem Jointz Breyan Stanley Isaac Alexandru Cotoi Florin Marcel Botezan	3:51
3.	"Earthquake" (NCT 127)	Park Seong-hee	Ludwig Evers (Moonshine) Jonatan Gusmark (Moonshine) Deez [ ko ] Bobii Lewis Ebenezer Olaoluwa Fabiyi	Moonshine Deez	3:28
4.	"OK!" (NCT U) (sung by Taeyong, Yuta, Ten, Mark, Hendery, Jeno and Yangyang)	Kenzie	Kenzie Maurice Moore Jeremy "Tay" Jasper Timothy "Bos" Bullock Hautboi Rich	Timothy "Bos" Bullock	3:49
5.	"Birthday Party" (NCT U) (sung by Johnny, Yuta, Jungwoo, Hendery, Jaemin, Shotaro, Chenle and Jisung)	Rick Bridges	Gamal Kosh Lewis Jason David Silber Jeremy "Tay" Jasper Adrian McKinnon	LunchMoney Lewis TheOnlyDiet Julianbeatz BRIANXWHITE Jeremy "Tay" Jasper	3:18
6.	"Know Now" (NCT U) (sung by Johnny, Doyoung, Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Jaemin, Yangyang and Sungchan)	Jo Yoon-kyung Mark	Tia Scola Marcus Lomax David Wilson	dwilly	3:48
7.	"Dreaming" (NCT Dream)	Lee Ji-yoon Rick Bridges	Tim Deal Sam Klempner Scott Quinn Rick Bridges	Sam Klempner	3:10
8.	"Round&Round" (NCT U) (sung by Taeil, Ten, Jaehyun, Xiaojun, Haechan and Sungchan)	Jeon Ji-eun (January 8th (lalala Studio)) Hwang Seon-jeong (January 8th (lalala Studio)) Kim Jeong-mi (January 8th (lalala Studio))	PRNCE (Vendors) M30 (Vendors) Fascinador (Vendors) San (Vendors) Shaquille	Vendors (Joombas)	3:23
9.	"Miracle" (WayV)	Greg Bonnick Hayden Chapman Justin Starling Jeffrey Okyere-Twumasi Adrian McKinnon	Greg Bonnick Hayden Chapman Justin Starling Jeffrey Okyere-Twumasi Adrian McKinnon	LDN Noise	3:10
10.	"Vroom" (NCT U) (sung by Kun, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Hendery, Shotaro, Chenle and Jisung)	Song Yoo (Joombas)	samUIL	samUIL	3:45
11.	"Sweet Dream" (NCT U) (sung by Taeil, Kun, Jaehyun, Haechan and Chenle)	minGtion (ADC Music) Junny	minGtion (ADC Music) Junny	minGtion	3:32
12.	"Good Night" (Korean : 별자리; RR : Byeoljari;lit. Constellation) (NCT U) (sung by Taeil, Doyoung, Xiaojun and Renjun)	Jisoo Park (Joombas)	MooF (Joombas) Jisoo Park (Joombas)	Joombas	3:58
13.	"Beautiful" (NCT 2021)	Yoo Young-jin Taeyong Mark Johnny Jeno Hendery	Yoo Han-jin [ ko ] Yoo Young-jin	Yoo Han-jin Yoo Young-jin	4:21
Total length:					45:49

Personnel

Credits adapted from Naver and QQ Music.^[11]^[12]

Rick Bridges –vocal director (track 1, 5), background vocals (track 1, 5)
GDLO –vocal director (track 2, 5)
Ju Chan-yang (Pollen) –vocal director (track 3, 10), background vocals (track 3)
G-high –vocal director (track 6)
Seo Mi-rae (Butterfly) –vocal director (track 7, 10), pro tools operator (track 7, 10)
Ju Dae-gwan –vocal director (track 8), pro tools operator (track 8)
Noday –vocal director (track 8-9), background vocals (track 10)
minGtion –vocal director (track 11), piano (track 11), bass (track 11), recording (track 11), digital editing (track 11)
Jisoo Park –vocal director (track 12), background vocals (track 12)
Yoo Young-jin –vocal director (track 13), background vocals (track 2, 13), digital editing (track 13), engineered for mix (track 13), mixing (track 13)
NCT –vocals, background vocals
- Taeil –vocals (track 3, 8, 11, 12-13), background vocals (track 8, 13)
- Johnny –vocals (track 3, 5-6, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Taeyong –vocals (track 1, 3-4, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Yuta –vocals (track 3-5, 13), background vocals (track 4, 13)
- Kun –vocals (track 9-11, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Doyoung –vocals (track 2-3, 6, 12-13), background vocals (track 13)
- Ten –vocals (track 4, 8-9, 13), background vocals (track 2, 4, 13)
- Jaehyun –vocals (track 3, 8, 10-11, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Jungwoo –vocals (track 2-3, 5, 10, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Mark –vocals (track 1-4, 6-7, 13), background vocals (track 4, 13), rap making (track 2, 6)
- Xiaojun –vocals (track 2, 8-9, 12-13), background vocals (track 2, 13)
- Hendery –vocals (track 4-5, 9-10, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Renjun –vocals (track 6-7, 12-13), background vocals (track 13)
- Jeno –vocals (track 2, 4, 6-7, 13), background vocals (track 4, 13)
- Haechan –vocals (track 2-3, 7-8, 11, 13), background vocals (track 8, 13)
- Jaemin –vocals (track 2, 5-7, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Yangyang –vocals (track 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 13), background vocals (track 1, 4, 13)
- Shotaro –vocals (track 2, 5, 10, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Sungchan –vocals (track 6, 8, 13), background vocals (track 13)
- Chenle –vocals (track 5, 7, 10-11, 13), background vocals (track 5, 13)
- Jisung –vocals (track 5, 7, 10, 13), background vocals (track 5, 13)

Junny –background vocals (track 2, 7, 11)
Ebenezer –background vocals (track 3)
Kenzie –background vocals (track 4)
Oiaisle –background vocals (track 6)
MarcLo –background vocals (track 6)
Dwilly –background vocals (track 6)
Justin Starling –background vocals (track 9)
Jeffrey Okyere-Twumasi –background vocals (track 9)
Adrian McKinnon –background vocals (track 9)
No Min-ji –recording (track 1-2, 4, 7-8, 12), digital editing(track 1-2, 4-5, 10), engineered for mix (track 10)
Kang Eun-ji –recording (track 2-3, 5, 10-12), digital editing(track 3, 6), engineered for mix(track 3-4, 6, 12)
Lee Min-gyu –recording (track 6, 12), mixing (track 6, 8, 10), engineered for mix (track 11)
Jung Yu-ra –recording (track 7, 9, 12), engineered for mix (track 8), digital editing (track 12)
Xu Tian Hong –recording (track 8-9)
On Seong-yun –recording (track 9)
Jung Ho-jin –digital editing (track 2, 5, 9)
Kwon Yu-jin –digital editing (track 7-8), recording (track 8, 10-11)
Lee Ji-hong –engineered for mix (track 5, 9), mixing (track 9, 12)
Jung Ui-seok –mixing (track 1, 3-4)
Nam Gung-jin –mixing (track 5, 7)
Kim Cheol-sun –mixing (track 2, 10)

Locations

Recording

SM Yellow Tail Studio
SM SSAM Studio
SM Big Shot Studio
SM Starlight Studio
doobdoob studio
Studio21A
sound POOL Studios
SM BOOMINGSYSTEM

Editing

SM Yellow Tail Studio
SM SSAM Studio
doobdoob Studio
sound POOL Studios
SM Starlight Studio
SM BOOMINGSYSTEM

Mixing

SM Blue Cup Studio
SM Blue Ocean Studio
SM SSAM Studio
SM Concert Hall Studio
SM Big Shot Studio
SM LVYIN Studio
SM Starlight Studio
SM BOOMINGSYSTEM

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Universe*
Chart (2021–2022)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[13]	95
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[14]	177
Croatian International Albums (HDU)^[15]	22
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[16]	41
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[17]	1
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan )^[18]	1
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[19]	1
US Billboard 200 ^[20]	20
US World Albums ( Billboard )^[21]	1

Monthly charts

Monthly chart performance for *Universe*
Chart (2021)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[22]	5
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[23]	1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Universe*
Chart (2021)	Position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[24]	5
Chart (2022)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[25]	45
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[26]	55
South Korean Albums (Circle)^[27]	68
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[28]	56

Certification and sales

Certifications and sales for *Universe*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)^[29]	Million	1,838,636^[30]
Japan	—	84,158^[31]

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[1] Adhya, Arpita (December 14, 2021). "NCT 2021 'Universe' album: Airtime, tracklist and subunits explored". HITC. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[2] Woo, Bin (November 12, 2021). "[공식] NCT, 1년 2개월 만에 뭉쳤다…12월 14일 정규 3집 발매" [[Official] NCT, reunited after 1 year and 2 months... 3rd full album release on December 14th]. Tenasia (in Korean). Retrieved December 5, 2021– via Naver.

[3] Jeon, Hyo-jin (December 3, 2021). "'2021 MAMA' NCT, '유니버스' 무대 최초 공개" ['2021 MAMA' NCT unveils 'Universe' stage for the first time]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

[4] Puah Ziwei (May 24, 2023). "Sungchan and Shotaro leave NCT, to re-debut in "new boy group"". NME.

[5] Ha, Na-young (December 14, 2021). "[오늘노래] NCT 21명의 다채로운 조합 만날 수 있는, 'UNIVERSE'". Digital Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved December 29, 2021.

[6] "NCT 'Universe' 선주문량 170만장 돌파..강력한 브랜드 파워". Newsen (in Korean). December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

[7] Ji, Min-kyung (December 26, 2021). "NCT, 오늘(26일) 'Beautiful' 퍼포먼스 스테이지 공개..희망찬 에너지" [NCT unveils 'Beautiful' performance stage today (26th)... Hopeful energy]. OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

[8] "12월 5주순위". KBS (in Korean). December 31, 2021. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021.

[9] Lee, Seung-hoon (January 7, 2022). "'뮤뱅' NCT U, 'Universe'로 1위..쪼꼬미⋅원위 컴백→하이키⋅케플러 데뷔[종합]" ['Mubang' NCT U, 1st place with 'Universe'..Jokomi・Onewe comeback→Highkey・Kepler debut [comprehensive]]. OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

[10] Brown, August; Exposito, Suzy; Roberts, Randall; Wood, Mikael (December 20, 2021). "The 100 best songs of 2021". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.

[11] "Universe - The 3rd Album". Naver Vibe. November 14, 2021. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.

[12] "Universe - The 3rd Album". QQ Music. November 14, 2021. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.

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[ac_Wallonia_NCT-14] "Ultratop.be – NCT – Universe - The 3rd Album" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

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