SEVENTEEN
Group SEVENTEEN (S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, Dokyeom, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino) ranked first among K-pop artists in the annual Oricon rankings according to the annual Billboard Japan ranking.
According to the “Oricon Annual Ranking 2023” (December 26, 2022 to December 18, 2023, counting period) released by Oricon in Japan on December 20, the 10th mini album “FML” ranked third in the “Album Ranking ” and “Joint Album Ranking”, the first Japanese Best Album “ALWAY YOURS” ranked fifth and the 11th mini album “SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN” ranked seventh, placing the three albums released by SEVENTEEN in the top 10 this year. SEVENTEEN is the only artist in Japan and abroad to have three works in the “Top 10” of the “Album Chart” and “Common Album Chart”.
SEVENTEEN proved its immense popularity in Japan, ranking fourth with total sales of 8.1 billion yen (approximately 7.3 billion won) in “Sales by Artist”, ranking among K-pop artists the highest of all rankings.
SEVENTEEN recently successfully completed its largest five-dome tour in Japan since its debut. The “SEVENTEEN TOUR ‘FOLLOW’ TO JAPAN” was held 12 times in five Japanese cities, including Tokyo, Saitama, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka, with a total of 515,000 spectators.
SEVENTEEN will participate in the “74th Hong-baek Song Contest” which will take place on December 31. “Hong-baek Song Contest” is the largest publicly broadcast music festival in Japan and a representative year-end special program broadcast on NHK every year on December 31, and all the most beloved singers in Japan during the year will appear there.
Journalist: Shawn
Translator: Shawn
Source: Pledis Entertainment
