K-pop girl group NewJeans, and boy bands Seventeen and BTS won the “daesang” (grand prizes) at the 2023 MAMA Awards held on Nov. 28 and 29 at Tokyo Dome in Japan. NewJeans bagged the Artist of the Year award, one of the grand prizes previously won by BTS for seven straight years. ...
K-pop group Seventeen highlighted the importance of youth solidarity with a speech and a performance at the UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris on Nov. 14, marking the historical moment of a first ever session at the forum fully dedicated to a musical artist. “After some years of sharing the fruits...
South Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “the world’s one-and-only real time music chart,” has released the top-selling albums for the month of October. K-pop group Seventeen’s record-breaking album “Seventeenth Heaven” topped the list with 5.17 million copies sold in October or equivalent...
Boy band Seventeen added another record by being the first K-pop artist to sell five million copies of an album in the first week of release. This was according to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, which tracks song and album sales. Seventeen (X) The feat was achieved by Seventeen’s new...
K-pop idol group Seventeen member Mingyu has resumed his activities after suffering from lower back pain. Pledis Entertainment, Seventeen’s Korean agency, announced on Oct. 30 that Mingyu, 26, has recovered after visiting a hospital and getting treated. “On Thursday, October 26,...
K-pop boy band Seventeen will be speaking and performing at the 13th UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris on Nov. 14. The forum is set to take place on Nov. 14 and 15 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Seventeen (Pledis Entertainment) Pledis Entertainment On Nov. 14, Seventeen...
K-pop idol group Seventeen member Mingyu has temporarily halted activities after suffering from crippling lower back pain. On Oct. 26, Pledis Entertainment, Seventeen’s agency, announced that Mingyu needed medical treatment for his condition. Seventeen's Mingyu (Instagram) “On...
K-pop group Seventeen’s new music video “음악의 신 (God of Music)” showed a microphone floating in space and it was for real. Company Sent Into Space, the world's leading provider of commercial Near Space launches, partnered with Seventeen by sending a microphone into space for the...
K-pop group Seventeen scored another milestone when their new album sold more than three million copies on the first day of release. Seventeen dropped their 11th mini-album “Seventeenth Heaven” on Oct. 23, which set the record for the most pre-ordered album in K-pop history with more than...
K-pop idol group Seventeen’s upcoming album “Seventeenth Heaven” has set a new record in pre-order sales. “Seventeenth Heaven” will be released on Oct. 23 and will be Seventeen’s 11th mini-album since debut. Seventeen (Pledis Entertainment) Ahead of the album’s...
K-pop idol group Seventeen won the “daesang” or grand prize at the 2023 The Fact Music Awards (TMA) held in Incheon, South Korea on Oc. 10. This is the first time that Seventeen won the grand prize, the highest award, at the TMA, which was won by BTS from 2018 to 2022. Seventeen...
K-pop idol group Seventeen sold 11 million copies of their albums in the first nine months of 2023. According to Korea’s Circle Chart, Seventeen’s album sales from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30 totaled 11,043,265 copies. Seventeen (Pledis Entertainment) The total was largely attributable to...
