11 million albums sold in 9 months this year

The 11th mini album 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN' will be released on the 23rd

An album is like a festival where fans raise a toast

Source: Pledis Entertainment

[The Fact| Reporter Jeong Byeong-geun] Becoming a millionaire is difficult, but Seventeen has sold 11 million copies, more than 10 times that number, in just 9 months this year. Through such performance, they won their first Daesang award at '2023 The Fact Music Awards'. Although great results have been achieved, this is not the end. SEVENTEEN's 11th mini album 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN' marks the peak of their activities this year.

Seventeen's performance this year is truly an 'impassable wall'. albums released in Korea from January to September sold a total of 11,043,265 copies (based on Circle Chart). The data is for 9 months, not all. The 10th mini album 'FML', released in April, has sold more than 6.27 million copies, setting a new K-pop single album record, and the 4th full album 'Face the Sun', released last year, has sold about 950,000 copies this year. In addition, the re-release of Bu Seok Sun and Kubo's single 'SECOND WIND' also contributed to achieving this desirable milestone.

Seventeen debuted in May 2015 and matured steadily, reaching its peak in the 9th year after going through the period known as the 'evil seven years' of idol groups. This was clearly demonstrated by winning the grand prize at '2023 The Fact Music Awards', which gathered all the top global K-pop groups on the 10th. After winning the grand prize, The members said: "We always try to bring the best stage and best music to CARAT (fandom name). Please look forward to it and love it in the future." That's it now. That momentum was there

Source: Intern reporter Jang Yoon Seok

Meanwhile, Seventeen has told many stories, starting from the fresh emotions of a young man, the passion and will to move forward, the spirit of confidence, the confused emotions of youth and inner understanding is intertwined between them, and these have become Seventeen's unique story. As a result, now the group is at the peak of K-pop, and Seventeen is starting a festival where they can go beyond all that and enjoy their achievements to date with their fans.

Seventeen, which has further expanded its global fandom this year and has proven its popularity, will release its 11th mini album 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN' on the 23rd. The album title has changed the expression. 'Seventh Heaven', which means 'state of extreme happiness' in English, has become SEVENTEEN's own meaning, which best represents SEVENTEEN today. As you can see from its meaning, this album is like a festival for fans. SEVENTEEN will hold a huge festival to celebrate their efforts and results to date with their fans as well as envision a new future.

As a festival, Seventeen prepared a special gift for Carat right before the album was released. First, the offline event 'SEVENTEEN STREET in Seongsu' was held in Seongsu-dong, Seoul from the 4th to the 9th, including the '17th HEAVEN' pop-up, an art wall, and a community store. work. About 100,000 people visited in six days.

'SEVENTEEN STREET in Seongsu' is a 'photo session' where you can take photos with the special 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN' frame and capture your memories of the festival, complete with a selection of colored straps with pictures illustrations of the 11th mini album and the members' names engraved on them. A custom keychain making experience is also offered. Objects related to the new album are hidden in many places in Seventeen's special space, allowing fans to search and deduce, bringing unique joy. It was truly the beginning of a festival with Seventeen and Carat.

Source: Pledis Entertainment

Seventeen's strength is that they already have three units in one group: self-production, hip-hop, performance and vocals, and they have shown their abilities in several albums. Because they have created a diverse and rich album that includes not only group songs but also single songs, and this album is also expected to show off SEVENTEEN's unique color with many variations. diversity. Although not much information has been released about the album, because SEVENTEEN has established itself as a group that 'believes and listens' and 'believes and sees', the audience has high expectations for a record-breaking album. another continent. The fact that pre-orders alone have reached 4.67 million copies as of the 11th shows the expectations of fans.