SEVENTEEN obtains ‘Gold’ streaming certification from Japan Record Association

The title song and b-side songs of the group Seventeen (S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon, Dino)'s 4th album received streaming gold certification.

According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan on the 30th, Seventeen's 4th full-length album title song 'HOT', the b-side song 'Darl+ing', and the 2nd full-length album title song 'Applause' exceeded 50 million cumulative plays as of December 2023, leading to streaming ' Received ‘Gold’ certification.

The Recording Industry Association of Japan grants certification every month based on the cumulative number of plays (streaming sector) of the song, classifying it as Gold (50 million or more), Platinum (100 million or more), and Diamond (500 million or more).

As a result, SEVENTEEN has released songs such as 'HOT', 'Darl+ing', 'Applause', 'Very NICE', 'I Don't Want to Cry', 'Pretty', 'Left & Right', 'Rock with you', 'HIT', They now have a total of 10 streaming ‘gold’ certified songs, including ‘Son Goku’.

Seventeen enjoys unrivaled popularity in Japan. They ranked 3rd with their 10th mini album 'FML' and 5th with their first best Japanese album 'ALWAYS YOURS' in the 'Album Ranking' and 'Combined Album Ranking' of 'Oricon Annual Ranking 2023' announced by Japan's Oricon last December. Ranked 7th with their 11th album ‘SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN’. Seventeen is the only artist, both domestically and internationally, to place three works in the ‘Top 10’ on each chart.

Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN will hold the encore tour 'SEVENTEEN TOUR 'FOLLOW' AGAIN' at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium on March 30-31, Osaka Yanmar Stadium Nagai on May 18-19, and Kanagawa Nissan Stadium on May 25-26. .

Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr