&TEAM will appear in the 77th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen for the second year in a row after a year of major global achievements.
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&TEAM has been decided to appear in the “77th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen,” which will be broadcast on New Year’s Eve, for the second consecutive year. Regarding the decision to appear for the second consecutive year, &TEAM said, “We are very honored to be able to appear again this year on the big stage that people in Japan look forward to once a year. As the theme of this year’s program, ‘Let’s go beyond, with song,’ says, for &TEAM this year has been a year in which, through song, we were able to connect from within Japan to people all over the world, beyond the boundaries of language and region, including charting in the Top 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200, as well as holding an Asia tour, music activities in the United States, and a concert tour that visited the most cities, including within Japan. We are truly happy that the important connections we have made so far and the steps we have taken little by little have borne fruit like this again this year. To conclude the year on New Year’s Eve, we will deliver a performance that will make it a wonderful night for the people of Japan,” and they expressed strong enthusiasm. &TEAM achieved a million with its 3rd EP “We on Fire,” released in April, and also recorded the feat of becoming the first Japan-origin boy group to chart on the main U.S. Billboard album chart “Billboard 200” (at No. 52). Furthermore, with the Korean 2nd mini album “Mark on Me,” released in September, they achieved a million for the fourth consecutive work. In addition, they ranked No. 20 on “Billboard 200,” greatly updating the highest ranking ever for a Japan-origin boy group, and also took first place in Billboard JAPAN’s weekly album sales. Furthermore, they completed their largest-ever Asia tour, “2026 &TEAM CONCERT TOUR ‘BLAZE THE WAY.’” They drew about 230,000 people across 14 cities and 23 performances, including encore performances at Belluna Dome and KSPO Dome, and successfully held solo dome performances at Belluna Dome and Korea’s KSPO Dome, realizing the first-ever “Japan-Korea solo dome performances” by a Japan-origin boy group. Also, in August, they carried out their first activities in the United States, and it became a year in which they evolved into a group that is world-class in both name and reality, with their special event at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles selling out immediately and their overwhelming stage at “KCON LA 2026” being highly praised by U.S. media. &TEAM, which achieved its long-awaited first appearance on the “76th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” broadcast on Wednesday, December 31 last year, in its third year since debuting in 2022. The “FIREWORK” they performed received great praise on social media, such as “You could tell they were seriously committed to the 2 minutes and 10 seconds” and “A performance that left a definite mark on the hearts of people all over Japan.” As if following this year’s program theme, expectations are rising for the performance &TEAM will present as the culmination of 2026, having connected various ties beyond borders and language barriers.
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