Bad Guy (album) explained

Bad Man
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rain
Cover:	Rain Bad Guy.jpg
Recorded:	2001–2002
Genre:	K-pop R&B
Length:	38:38
Label:	JYP Entertainment
Producer:	Park Jin-young Bang Si-hyuk Bae Jin-ryeol (JR Groove)
Next Title:	How To Avoid The Sun
Next Year:	2003

Bad Man, alternately titled N001, is the debut studio album by South Korean pop and R&B singer Rain, released via JYP Entertainment on May 13, 2002. The album was the 45th best-selling album of the year with over 138,000 copies sold. It won Rain various newcomer awards including at the MAMA Awards, Golden Disc Awards and Seoul Music Awards.

Commercial performance

Commercially, Bad Man achieved moderate levels of success in South Korea in terms of sales, where it debuted at number 19 on the monthly album chart for May 2002 with 20,800 copies sold.^[1] It rose to a peak of number 9 in August, with total sales of 68,445 copies since its release. On the year-end chart issue for 2002, Bad Guy ranked as the 45th best-selling album of the year with 138,125 copies in sales. The figure rose to 143,414 copies by January of the following year.^[2]

Accolades

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Ceremony	Category	Result
2002	Golden Disc Awards	Best New Artist	^[3]
	Mnet Music Video Festival	Best New Artist – Male Solo	^[4]
	Seoul Music Awards	Rookie of the Year	^[5]

Program! width="140"
Date
"Instead of Saying Goodbye"	SBS's Inkigayo	October 6, 2002

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

Web site: http://www.riak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200205.htm . ko:2002.05월 – 가요 음반 판매량 . Recording Industry Association of Korea . https://web.archive.org/web/20041016084116/http://www.riak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200205.htm . October 16, 2004 . May 2002.
Web site: ko:2003.01월 – 가요 음반 판매량 . 2003.01 – Sales volume . http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200301.htm . Music Industry Association of Korea . ko . May 16, 2021 . November 19, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051119135015/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200301.htm.
Web site: Golden Disc Awards – Winners History . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220508042745/https://www.goldendisc.co.kr/en/history . May 8, 2022 . March 7, 2022 . Golden Disc Awards.
Web site: 2002-12-01 . 보아，NO.1 뮤직비디오 인기상 . BoA, No. 1 wins Music Video Popularity Award . 2022-12-13 . Kookmin Ilbo . ko . Naver.
Web site: 2002-12-06 . 서울가요대상 최고 영예에 보아 . BoA received the highest honor at the Seoul Music Awards . 2022-12-13 . . ko . Naver.
Web site: http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200208.htm. ko:2002.08월 – 가요 음반 판매량. 2002.08 – Sales volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. May 16, 2021. September 27, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927031244/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200208.htm. ko.
Web site: http://www.riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2002&hit_month=12. ko:2002년 가요음반판매량. 2002 Album Sales Figures. Recording Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20180501094225/http://www.riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2002&hit_month=12. May 1, 2018. dead. October 24, 2020.