The group Seventeen showed off their power as the ‘best K -pop group’ by rising to the top of the album charts in the first half of the year.

According to the Circle Chart 2025 first half chart released on the 11th, SEVENTEEN’s 5th full-length album ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’ took first place on the album chart.

SEVENTEEN recorded sales of over 2.53 million copies of the regular version of their fifth regular album alone.Including the Kit version(47th)and Weverse version(52nd), the total sales surpassed 2.92 million copies, raising expectations for the birth of the first triple million seller this year.

Special unit Boo Seok-soon and Hoshi X Woozi also performed well.Boo Seok-soon’s second single “TELEPARTY” ranked 22nd in the regular version, 67th in the Weverse version, and 95th in the Kit version.The cumulative sales of this album in the first half of the year exceeded 686,000 copies.The regular version of Hoshi X Woozi’s first single “BEAM” also charted at 31st place.

If you include their 11th mini-album ‘SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN’ (93rd)released in 2023 and their 4th full-length album ‘Face the Sun’ (99th)released in 2022, 9 out of the top 100 albums are by SEVENTEEN.

After topping Circle Chart’s annual album chart for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024, SEVENTEEN once again proved their status as the ‘album powerhouse’ by topping the album chart in the first half of this year.

SEVENTEEN’s presence can also be confirmed on the music charts.They entered the Circle Chart 2025 first half global K -pop chart with five songs, including the title song “THUNDER” from their fifth full album, and four songs on the digital chart.On the download chart, a total of 19 songs were ranked, including the 16 songs from their fifth full album as well as Boo Seok-soon’s “Jeongbajil,” Hoshi X Woozi’s “Dong-A-Nae-Ne,” and Jeonghan’s “Better Half(feat.Omoinotake)”.


Reporter Yang Ju- juyeon@donga.com

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