SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy group Seventeen has set a new record for first-week album sales in K-pop history with its latest album selling 4.62 million copies, the band’s agency said Friday. Pledis Entertainment said the group’s 11th EP, “Seventeenth Heaven,” had sold 4,629,479 units as of Thursday, citing data from Hanteo Chart, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Seventeen will make a speech at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and perform songs, becoming the first K-pop act to do so, the group’s agency said Friday. The 13-piece group will “address the 13th UNESCO Youth Forum at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen released its 11th EP, “Seventeenth Heaven,” on Monday, the group’s management agency said. “Seventeenth Heaven” is an adaptation of the English expression “seventh heaven,” which means “a state of extreme happiness,” according to Pledis Entertainment. “We have always said we will be the best,” member [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen will put out its 11th EP, “Seventeenth Heaven,” next month, the group’s agency, Pledis Entertainment, said Wednesday. The group also announced the album will be released on Oct. 23 in a teaser video uploaded on social media. The band’s last release was “FML,” its 10th [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen kicked off the largest Japanese dome tour since its debut to a strong start, drawing 100,000 fans to its two concerts at Tokyo Dome earlier this week, the group’s agency said Friday. The group heated up the shows with various hit songs, including “Super,” known [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A unique pop-up store dedicated to the popular K-pop group Seventeen will run until September 10 at Shinsegae Department Store Gangnam, as announced by the leading department store chain on Sunday. This event marks a significant milestone as it will be the very first K-pop artist pop-up to grace “The [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy group Seventeen’s 10th EP, “FML,” has sold 6.2 million copies, making it the biggest-selling K-pop album of all time, the group’s agency said Wednesday. This also marks the first time that a K-pop album has surpassed 6 million copies in sales. Released April 24,”FML” set a new record [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen has ranked No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with its 10th EP, “FML,” its highest ranking ever on the chart. Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week’s chart that the South Korean album came after U.S. country singer Morgan [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — “FML,” boy group Seventeen’s 10th EP, has set a new record for first-week sales by a K-pop album, as it sold 4.55 million copies in the debut week, according to the band’s agency Monday. Pledis Entertainment said “FML” sold about 4,550,214 copies in the first seven days after its [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “FML,” boy group Seventeen’s 10th EP, has set a new record for first-week sales by a K-pop album, as it sold nearly 4 million copies on the first day alone, according to music industry sources Tuesday. The sources said “FML” sold about 3,998,300 copies less than 24 hours after [...]