J is the debut studio album by South Korean singer Jaehyun. It was released on August 26, 2024, by SM Entertainment through Kakao Entertainment, and contained eight tracks. The album marked Jaehyun as the fourth NCT member to make an official solo debut.
Background On August 8, 2024, SM Entertainment announced the solo debut of Jaehyun through a video trailer titled "The Smoky Night", revealing that the album consists of eight tracks along with the Korean and English versions of the title track "Smoke". On the same day, the album was available for pre-order at various online and offline music stores and also announced that two singles "Roses" and "Dandelion" would be pre-released on August 12, ahead of his debut. The next day, SM posted the scheduler of the album and revealed various teaser content such as the music videos of the tracks, teaser images, and concept films.
Release and promotion J was released worldwide on August 26, 2024, by SM and Kakao.
Ahead of Jaehyun's debut, he sang the pre-release single "Dandelion" at the 2024 Seoul Jazz Festival with Lauv. On August 19, 2024, Jaehyun announced that he would be holding a listening party titled "Jaehyun Vol.1" to commemorate the release of his first solo album on the day of his solo debut and it would be divided into five parts starting from 12:00 to 18:00 (KST). In addition, it featured three flavors of drinks that Jaehyun created to match the album concept and the contents of the preparation for the listening party would be released on August 22, through NCT's YouTube channel.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for J Chart (2024) Peakposition Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) 35 Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) 8 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 7 South Korean Albums (Circle) 3 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) 11 US Top Albums Sales (Billboard) 18
Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for J Chart (2024) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 25 South Korean Albums (Circle) 4
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for J Chart (2024) Position South Korean Albums (Circle) 68
Certifications
Release history + Release history for J Region Date Format Label South Korea August 26, 2024 CD Various
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