SEVENTEEN's 'FML' 3rd place in Japan, very nice

The group Seventeen (S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon, Dino) stood out on Billboard Japan's '2023 First Half Chart', proving their hot popularity again.

According to the '2023 first half chart (counting period from November 28, 2022 to May 28, 2023)' released by Billboard Japan on the 9th, Seventeen has reached the top spot on the comprehensive album chart 'Hot Album' with their 10th mini album 'FML'. Albums' and the album sales chart, 'Top Albums Sales'. This ranking is the highest ranking recorded by a K-pop artist on the '2023 first half chart'.

Along with this, Japan's first EP 'DREAM' also ranked 10th on 'Top Albums Sales', and Seventeen entered the chart with two albums in the top 10.

With "FML", Seventeen became the only artist to have sold more than 3 million copies on the first day of the album's release worldwide, and continued their popularity long run by charting on the US Billboard's main album chart "Billboard 200" for 5 consecutive weeks.

Meanwhile, Seventeen will release their first best album in Japan on August 23, Tokyo Dome on September 6-7, Seibu Veruna Dome on November 23-24, and Vantelin Dome Nagoya on November 30 and December 2-3. The tour 'SEVENTEEN TOUR 'FOLLOW' TO JAPAN' will be held in 5 cities in Japan, including Kyocera Dome Osaka on December 7 and 9-10 and Fukuoka PayPay Dome on December 16-17.

Reporter Ryu Ye-ji and Ten Asia ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr