A20 LITE wins 'The Show' one week after debut as 'NEON' hits 6-day Melon #1 streak
A20 LITE won The Show Choice on Oct. 20, just seven days after debuting with digital single 'NEON'—no physical album in sight.
Seven days, one trophy, no physical album
A20 LITE debuted October 13 with a digital single. No physical album. Seven days later, the nine-member rookie group (영, 오아, 아윤, 아이찡, 히메키, 라다, 시리, 보라, 메르시) won The Show Choice on SBS Life's The Show with NEON.
They took the trophy without physical album sales counted in the tally—something The Show typically factors in.
Where 'NEON' charted
NEON hit #1 on Melon's Top 100 starting October 15 and held it for six straight days. The track also landed #1 on Spotify Korea and YouTube Music's music video chart. It climbed to #4 on Apple Music's global Top 100 and claimed #1 across Apple Music's top singles charts in six regions. On China's QQ Music, NEON topped the new song, popular song, and music video charts.
The opening pair choreography spawned parodies and AI-synthesized videos across social media.
What the members said
Accepting the trophy, they thanked their creative team: "Thank you Teacher Lee Soo-man and Director Yoo Young-jin. We will work hard to become artists we can be proud of going forward."
A20 LITE appears on MBC Every One's Show Champion October 21.
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