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Red Velvet's Seulgi, No. 1 female singer you want to invite to Coming of Age Day events

Ten Asia conducted a survey on the Top Ten Ten Asia website from May 8 to May 14 on the topic, 'Which female singer would you like to invite to the Coming of Age Day event?'
In that vote, Red Velvet's Seulgi ranked first. Red Velvet is conducting a global tour in Singapore, Japan, and the Philippines, starting in Seoul last March. In particular, this performance in the Philippines garnered a lot of attention from local fans as it was Red Velvet's first solo concert in the Philippines. Tickets were sold out as soon as they opened, demonstrating Red Velvet's strong ticket power and popularity. Red Velvet plans to continue meeting local fans with 13 global tours in 10 cities, including Seoul, Singapore, Japan, and the Philippines. This June, they will be the only K-pop group to attend the world's largest music festival 'Primavera Sound 2023' held in Spain.
Second place went to Le Seraphim’s Kim Chae-won. According to the latest chart (as of May 20) released by Billboard, an American music media outlet, on the 16th (local time), Le Seraphim's first full-length album 'UNFORGIVEN' entered the 'Billboard 200' at number 6 and ranked 1st on the 'World Album' list. It ranked 2nd in ‘Top Album Sales’ and ‘Top Current Album Sales’, 8th in ‘Tastemaker Album’, and 63rd in ‘Canadian Album’. The title song 'UNFORGIVEN (feat. Nile Rodgers)' ranked 7th in 'World Digital Song Sales', 14th in 'Billboard Global (excluding the US)', 23rd in 'Billboard Global 200', and 92nd in 'Canadian Hot 100'. In addition, Le Seraphim ranked 6th on ‘Artist 100’, breaking its own record. Their rapid growth is evident in the fact that their previous highest ranking was 39th.
In particular, Le Seraphim ranked 6th on the main album chart 'Billboard 200', setting a record of entering the 'Top 10' in the shortest period of time in the history of a K-pop girl group. Le Seraphim took their first step on the 'Billboard 200' at number 14 (as of November 15, 2022) with their 2nd mini album 'ANTIFRAGILE', entering the chart in the shortest period of time in the history of a K-pop girl group. It has been recorded.
Next, Stacie Jay ranked 3rd. STAYC will hold a solo fan meeting 'SWITH Gelato Factory' from the 19th to the 21st at Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. 'SWITH Gelato Factory' is a fan meeting held by STAYC in Korea about 9 months after their first fan meeting held in August of last year, and all tickets were sold out after opening.
Currently, on the Top Ten Ten Asia website, 'Which female singer would be a good fit as a game advertising model?', 'Which male singer would be a good fit as a game advertising model?', 'Which female trot singer would be a good fit as a game advertising model?' ', 'Which male trot singer would be a good fit as a game advertising model?' is being voted on.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr