The group Seventeen(S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, Dokyeom, Seungkwan, Vernon, Dino)is continuing its steady popularity on the U.S.Billboard main album chart.

According to the latest chart(dated as of the 28th)released by Billboard on the 24th(local time), SEVENTEEN’s 5th full-length album ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’ ranked 126th on the ‘Billboard 200’.The album previously entered the chart at #2, tying SEVENTEEN’s own highest ranking, and maintained its ranking for 3 weeks.

‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’ also performed well on the detailed charts.It ranked 3rd on ‘World Albums’ and 5th and 6th on ‘Top Current Album Sales’ and ‘Top Album Sales’, respectively.

The title song ‘THUNDER’ successfully charted for 4 consecutive weeks, ranking 62nd on the ‘Global(excluding the US)’ and 128th on the ‘Global 200’.

SEVENTEEN is enjoying ‘long-run popularity’ with their fifth full-length album released last month.’HAPPY BURSTDAY’ surpassed 2.52 million copies in initial sales(albums sold in the first week after release), setting a record for the highest number of K -pop albums released this year.The title song topped major domestic music charts such as Melon and Bugs and stayed in the upper ranks for a long time.With this momentum, SEVENTEEN showed their presence as the best K-pop group by adding a music show first place trophy even after their promotions ended.

Meanwhile, on the 25th at 9 PM, SEVENTEEN will meet fans with a new season of their own content, ‘GOING SEVENTEEN’, called the ‘Infinite Challenge of K -Pop’, through the team’s official SNS and global super fan platform Weverse.


Reporter Kim Gyul- winter@donga.com

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