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Manila Bulletin devider Entertainment devider Celebrities devider Seventeen sets record for highest first-day album sales in K-pop history 

Seventeen sets record for highest first-day album sales in K-pop history 

Published Apr 25, 2023 01:37 am
K-pop boy band Seventeen rewrote music chart history in South Korea with their new mini-album “FML.” “FML,” their 10th mini-album, was released on April 24. For the first time since their debut, Seventeen have two main tracks in one single album: “F\*ck My Life” and “Super.” Seventeen (Pledis Entertainment)
“Our new album contains both the music we want to present and the messages we want to convey,” said leader S.Coups.  According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “FML” sold 3,998,373 copies on the first day of release on April 24 to emerge as the highest first-day sales in K-pop history based on the platform’s data.   This overtook the record set by BTS through their album “Map of the Soul: 7,” which sold 2,653,050 copies on the first day of release on Feb. 21, 2020. Seventeen’s previous album, “Sector 17,” sold 935,138 copies on the first day of release of July 18 last year.  “Sector 17” was the repackaged version of the studio album “Face the Sun,” which recorded 1,758,565 copies in sales on the first day of release on May 27 last year.  The first-day sales for “FML” also emerged as the highest first-week sales for a K-pop album for now. The previous record was held by BTS whose “Map of the Soul: 7” album sold 3.37 million copies in the first week of release.  The first-week sales period for “FML” is from April 24 to 30. Hanteo Chart will reveal the final numbers next week.  Here are the highest first-day album sales in South Korea, according to blog Korean Sales: 1\. SEVENTEEN — FML \(2023\) 3\,998\,373 copies \[NEW\] 2\. BTS — MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 \(2020\) 2\,653\,050 copies 3\. BTS — Proof \(2022\) 2\,155\,363 copies 4\. BTS — BE \(2020\) 1\,950\,106 copies 5\. TXT — The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION \(2023\) 1\,868\,919 copies 6\. SEVENTEEN — Face the Sun \(2022\) 1\,758\,565 copies 7\. BTS — Butter \(2021\) 1\,711\,870 copies 8\. BTS — MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA \(2019\) 1\,479\,930 copies 9\. Stray Kids — MAXIDENT \(2022\) 1\,308\,971 copies 10\. Agust D — D\-DAY \(2023\) 1\,072\,311 copies

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