The group Seventeen(S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, Dokyeom, Seungkwan, Vernon, Dino)showed off their unrivaled popularity by topping music and album charts with their fifth full-length album.

SEVENTEEN’s title song “THUNDER” from their fifth full-length album “HAPPY BURSTDAY, “ released on the 26th at 6 PM, entered Melon’s “Top 100” at 7th place immediately after its release, and gradually rose through the ranks before finally reaching 1st place at midnight on the 27th.In particular, they quickly broke through this chart, which is called “concrete” due to its minimal ranking fluctuations over a long period of time, and rose to the top, demonstrating their prowess as the “best K -pop group.”

The tracks included in the album also achieved remarkable results.Including the title track, 6 songs including ‘HBD’ and ‘Bad Influence(prod.Pharrell Williams)’ entered the ‘Top 10’, and the other 10 individual songs all entered the top 30.All the tracks included in the album are also ranked in the top 30 on Genie Music and Bugs, showing that they are being loved evenly.

Album sales are also overwhelming.According to Hanteo Chart, the 5th full-length album ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’ sold 2,269,401 copies on the first day of release(the 26th), going straight to #1 on the daily album chart.

In addition, their global popularity is hot.SEVENTEEN topped the iTunes “Top Albums” chart in 15 countries and regions with “HAPPY BURSTDAY, “ topping the “Worldwide iTunes Albums” chart.The title song “THUNDER” topped the “Top Songs” chart in 13 countries and regions, entering at number 7 on the “Worldwide iTunes Songs” chart.In addition, SEVENTEEN swept the #2 spot on the “European iTunes Albums” chart, Japan’s Line Music’s “Album Top 100” chart, and China’s QQ Music’s daily “Digital Best-Seller Albums” comprehensive chart, showing off their powerful global influence.

The previous work’s ‘surprise chart reverse run’ also happened.’I’m Looking for You Now ‘, a track from SEVENTEEN’s special album ‘DIRECTOR’ S CUT ‘released in 2018, reappeared on Melon’s ‘Top 100’ at 38th place(as of midnight on the 27th)after 7 years.It seems that the performance of this song at’ B - DAY PARTY : BURST Stage@잠수교 ‘held at Jamsugyo in Seoul on the 25th led to the rise in the rankings.

Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN will meet CARAT(fandom name)with various contents.Starting with Mnet’ M Countdown ‘on the 29th, they will appear on various music shows.Before that, the second part of their own content’ Going SEVENTEEN ‘comeback special will be unveiled on the 28th, and on the 2nd of next month, the entertainment program’ Nana Inn with SEVENTEEN’ with PD Na Young-seok will be released through Weverse, tvN, and Disney+.

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