The group Seventeen(S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon, Dino)has added a song to its ‘Platinum’ certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan on the 26th, “Son Goku,” one of the double title songs from Seventeen’s 10th mini album “FML, “ surpassed 100 million cumulative streams on local music platforms as of May.

With this, SEVENTEEN has received their second ‘Platinum’ certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan.’Very NICE’ became their first ‘Platinum’ song in September of last year.The Recording Industry Association of Japan awards streaming certifications every month, categorizing them into Gold(over 50 million streams), Platinum(over 100 million streams), and Diamond(over 500 million streams).

In addition to the two songs, Seventeen also received ‘Gold’ certifications for many other songs, including ‘Fallin’ Flower(舞い落ちる花びら) ‘,’ Manse ‘,’ Ready to love ‘,’ Applause ‘,’ Darl + ing ‘,’ HOT ‘,’ HIT ‘,’ Rock with you ‘,’ Left & Right ‘,’ Pretty ‘,’ Don’t Wanna Cry ‘, and’ Fighting Haeyaji(Feat.Lee Young Ji)’by special unit Boo Seok Soon(Seungkwan, Dokyeom, Hoshi).

“Son Goku” is a song that compares SEVENTEEN to Son Goku, who grows while going through trials and frustrations.The song was on Billboard’s “Global 200” for 12 weeks when it was released in 2023, and proved its “long-run popularity” by surpassing 200 million cumulative streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music platform, last year.

SEVENTEEN’s 10th mini album ‘FML’, which includes ‘Son Oh Gong’, not only achieved sales of close to 4 million copies on the day of its release, but also sold over 6.2 million copies in about 2 months, setting a record for the highest sales for a single K -pop album.

Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN also achieved remarkable results with their fifth full-length album ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’.It recorded initial sales of 2.52 million copies, which is the highest figure for any K -pop album released so far this year.The album also entered the ‘Billboard 200’ at number 2, tying SEVENTEEN’s own highest ranking record, and remained on the chart for three consecutive weeks.


Reporter Jang Eun- eunj@donga.com

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