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Bad Man (Nappeun Namja) (2002)
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Rain's debut album started modestly: it entered the May 2002 monthly chart at number 19 and climbed to number 9 by August.
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Overview
- Bad Man (Korean: 나쁜 남자; RR: Nappeun Namja), alternately titled N001
- Debut studio album by South Korean pop and R&B singer Rain
- Released 13 May 2002 via JYP Entertainment
- Korean title: 나쁜 남자
- Marks Rain's first studio album as a solo recording artist
- Won various newcomer awards after release
Background
- Rain was a newcomer when this album came out
- JYP Entertainment released the album under its own label
- Album sales were moderate in South Korea
- Sales continued to rise for months after release
- Total sales reached 143,414 copies by January of the following year
Cover
- Debut album cover shows the artist's image as a newcomer
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | 우 (雨) | 1:44 |
| 2 | 악수 | 3:01 |
| 3 | 나쁜 남자 | 3:36 |
| 4 | 나 | 3:23 |
| 5 | 익숙치 않아서 | 4:40 |
| 6 | Baby Baby | 3:43 |
| 7 | 안녕이란 말대신 | 3:41 |
| 8 | 너처럼 | 4:17 |
| 9 | 나론 안되니 | 3:43 |
| 10 | 왜 | 3:09 |
| 11 | What's Love | 3:37 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Jung Ji-hoon, born June 25, 1982 in Seosan, South Korea, performs under the stage name Rain (Korean: 비).
- Recruited as a trainee by JYP Entertainment in December 2000 after being repeatedly rejected at auditions.
- Debuted as a member of the boy band Fanclub at age 16; the group was not commercially successful.
- Debuted as a solo singer on May 13, 2002 with the album Bad Guy.
Career
- Breakthrough with the third Korean album It's Raining (2004), which spawned the number one single of the same name and sold over a million copies across Asia.
- Released the Japanese album Eternal Rain (2006) and the Korean album Rain's World (2006).
- Held the Rainy Day Tour and Rain's Coming World Tour, including a sold-out concert at The Theater at Madison Square Garden and the first Korean artist concert at the Tokyo Dome in 2007.
- Named to Time's 100 most influential people list in 2006 and 2011.
- Acted in Full House (2004), Speed Racer (2008) and Ninja Assassin (2009), becoming the first Korean to win an MTV Movie Award.
- Revived his music career in 2020 with the viral song Gang and the trio SSAK3.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Achieved moderate levels of sales success in South Korea
- Debuted at number 19 on the monthly album chart for May 2002
- Rain received newcomer awards tied to this album's release
Reappraisal
- Critic reviews are not recorded in the source
Records
- Debuted at number 19 on the monthly album chart for May 2002 with 20,800 copies sold
- Peaked at number 9 on the monthly chart in August 2002
- Total sales of 68,445 copies at the time of the August chart
- Ranked 45th best-selling album of 2002 on the year-end chart with 138,125 copies
- Sales reached 143,414 copies by January 2003
- Over 138,000 copies sold in 2002, the 45th best-selling album of that year
- Won newcomer awards at the MAMA Awards, Golden Disc Awards and Seoul Music Awards
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- Sales grew steadily for months after the May 2002 release.
- Also titled N001 in some references.
- Rain's debut album was released through JYP Entertainment.
- Won newcomer awards at the MAMA Awards, Golden Disc Awards and Seoul Music Awards.
- Ranked among the year's best-selling albums on the 2002 year-end chart.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org