Seventeen, another new history in Japan… Most #1 foreign artists
SEVENTEEN continued their record for most number one albums by a foreign artist by topping the Japanese Oricon Weekly Album Rankings with their fifth full-length album ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’.Photo courtesy of Pledis Entertainment
SEVENTEEN has conquered the Japanese Oricon chart once again with their fifth full-length album.Not only did they break their own record, they also set a record for the most number one albums by a foreign artist, proving once again the presence of ‘Global SEVENTEEN’.
According to the latest ‘Weekly Album Ranking’ released by Japan’s Oricon on the 3rd, SEVENTEEN’s 5th full-length album ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’ ranked 1st with sales of approximately 457,000 copies.This is a figure calculated from May 26 to June 1, and is a record corresponding to the highest single-week sales among all foreign artists who released albums this year.
With this album, SEVENTEEN has achieved their 14th No.1 on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart.Starting with “Attacca” in 2021, SEVENTEEN has continued to top the charts with 10 consecutive albums, once again proving their solid position in Japan by breaking the record for most No.1s by a foreign artist.
This momentum continued domestically and internationally.The album sold over 2.52 million copies in its first week of release, topping Hanteo Chart’s weekly album chart.This is the highest initial sales(first week)for any K -pop album released this year.It also topped China’s QQ Music’s daily and weekly ‘Digital Best-Seller Album’ chart.
The title song ‘THUNDER’ is also showing strong performance on the music charts.It ranked at the top for three consecutive days on the Bugs Daily Chart from May 30 to June 1, and has also been ranked #1 on Melon’s ‘Top 100’ and has remained in the upper ranks ever since.
Overseas music media outlets also gave favorable reviews.Billboard in the US evaluated ‘THUNDER’ as “an explosive, captivating, and incomparable song,” and CLASH in the UK praised it, saying, “a well-made track fit for a large-scale summer festival.NME also paid attention to SEVENTEEN’s musicality and teamwork, commenting,” The chemistry between the members and the team’s charm are fully revealed.”
Reporter Jang Eun- eunj@donga.com
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