Seventeen (band)

For other uses, see 17 (disambiguation).
SEVENTEEN

Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-Pop, Hip Hop
Years active 2015 (2015) – Present
Labels Pledis Entertainment
Website seventeen-17.com
Members
  • S.Coups
  • Jeonghan
  • Joshua
  • Jun
  • Hoshi
  • Wonwoo
  • Woozi
  • DK
  • Mingyu
  • The8
  • Seungkwan
  • Vernon
  • Dino

Seventeen (Hangul: 세븐틴), also stylized as SEVENTEEN or SVT is a South Korean boy group formed by Pledis Entertainment. The thirteen-member group is separated into three different units with different areas of specialization: a hip-hop unit, a vocal unit and a performance unit. The group's members are deeply involved in the evolution of their discography, including the composition and production of their tracks and the development of their choreographies.[1]

History

Pre-Debut

In 2013, Pledis Entertainment began the regular live broadcasting of a program called 17 TV on the online streaming platform UStream. During various broadcasts, fans were invited to watch Seventeen as they trained in their practice room. The show had different 'seasons' in which Pledis unveiled their trainees to the public,[2] some ending in their own Like Seventeen Concerts.

Big Debut Plan

On April 19, 2015, Pledis Entertainment began releasing teasers for Seventeen's first reality show, Seventeen Project: Big Debut Plan on a major broadcasting channel, MBC Entertainment. The first episode premiered on May 2, 2015 and the show ended on May 26 with the live debut showcase.[3]

2015: Debut,"Boys Be" and "Boys Wish"

Seventeen debuted on May 26 with a live showcase, the first male K-pop group to debut with a 1-hour live showcase on a major broadcasting channel, MBC.[4] Labelmates Lizzy and Raina from After School served as MCs.[5] Three days later the extended play 17 Carat was digitally released along with the music video for their title track "Adore U" (아낀다). The physical album was later released on June 2. Despite the group originating from a relatively small company, the album ranked ninth on the Billboard World Albums chart a week after its release and peaked at eighth, staying on the chart for a total of eleven weeks.[6][7][8] 17 Carat later ranked 9th on Billboard's list of the 10 Best K-pop Albums of 2015, the only rookie album on the list.[9]

After the release of teasers for Seventeen's second mini album, including the tracklist and two versions of album packaging, their second extended play titled Boys Be was released on September 10 together with the music video for the title track "Mansae" (만세). Pre-order sales for Boys Be surpassed 30,000 album copies,[10] with further sales confirming the group's popularity, as it became the highest selling rookie album of 2015. The album debuted at number one on Billboard's World Albums Chart.[11] The group was listed as the only K-Pop group under Billboard's 21 Under 21 chart for the most promising young artists of the year, [12] and also earned them nominations for various awards, such as the Mnet Asian Music Awards and the Golden Disk Awards.[13]

On December 4 a digital single titled "Q&A" was released by Seventeen. The single featured members S.Coups, Woozi and Vernon, who were joined by singer Ailee. The track was revealed to have been created the previous year by Woozi, long before the group's debut.[14]

Seventeen held four concerts entitled 2015 LIKE SEVENTEEN - Boys Wish from the 24th to the 26th of December as an end-of-year celebration at Yongsan Art Hall, Theatre Mir. All tickets sold out within one minute. After the concerts' success, Seventeen held two more concerts on February 13 and 14 entitled LIKE SEVENTEEN - Boys Wish Encore Concert which sold out in five minutes.[15] At the second concert the official fanclub name 'Carat' was announced.[16]

Members

Hip-Hop Unit

Vocal Unit

Performance Unit

Discography

Extended Plays

Title Album details Tracklist Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[30]		 JPN
[31]		 TW
[32]		 US World
[33]
17 Carat 4 — 17 8
Boys Be
  • Released: September 10, 2015
  • Label: Pledis Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 2 35 7 1
  • JPN: 8,415+
  • KOR: 126,574+[35]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[36]		 US
World
[37]
"아낀다 (Adore You)" 2015 — 13 17 Carat
"만세 (Mansae)" 94 5 Boys Be
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As collaborating artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[39]		 US
World
[37]
"Q&A"
(with Ailee)		 2015 58 3 Non-album single
"Chocolate"
(Vocal unit with Yoon Jong Shin)		 2016 TBA TBA
  • KOR: TBA
 Monthly Project Collaboration
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Music Videos

Year Title Director(s)
2015 Shining Diamond Woozi
Adore U Shin Dong-geul & Woozi
Mansae Im Seong-gwan
Q&A Digipedi
2016 Chocolate Gudals Kim

Movies

Year Title Member
2007 The Pye Dog[41] Jun
2010 The Legend Is Born: Ip Man[42] Jun
2013 我的母亲 My Mother[43] Jun

Television

Reality Shows

Year Network Title Member
2014 MBC Hello! Stranger Vernon
2015 MBC Big Debut Plan[4] All
Mnet Show Me The Money 4 Vernon
2016 MBC One Fine Day[4] All

Variety Shows

Year Network Title Member
2015 SBS Running Man All
2016 JTBC Two Yoo Project: Sugar Man Woozi

Dramas

Year Title Member
2015 男神执事团 Intouchable[44] Jun

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "New K-Pop Boy Band Seventeen Debut". kpopstarz.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ ":: PLEDIS ::". pledis.co.kr. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ "“Seventeen Project” Reveals Intense Preview Clip Ahead of Premiere". soompi. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 http://www.mbcplus.com/17project
  5. ↑ The Korea Herald. "Seventeen hopes to shine like diamonds with ‘17 Carat’". koreaherald.com. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "World Music: Top World Albums Chart - Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "17 Carat (EP)- SEVENTEEN". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Seventeen Score First No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ "The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ "‘괴물신인’ 세븐틴 예판 돌풍에 ‘만세’ ∙∙∙ ‘완판돌’ 등극" (in Korean). newskorea. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  11. ↑ "2015년 38주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Billboard's 21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  13. ↑ "2015 Mama Nominees Announced". Soompi. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ailee To Team Up With Seventeen Members In Collaborative Single". Soompi. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "세븐틴, 앵콜콘서트도 5분만에 전석 매진..치열". Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  16. ↑ "세븐틴, 팬클럽 명 '캐럿' 첫발표 "우릴 반짝반짝 빛나게 해"". Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  17. ↑ 든든한 리더 에스쿱스... “사실은 정 많고 다정다감해요” Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  18. ↑ 원우, 차가워 보이지만 따뜻한 20세의 이력서 Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  19. ↑ 낯가림 없는 사랑스러운 멤버 민규 Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  20. ↑ 굉장히 여유로운 랩퍼 버논의 상세이력서 Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  21. ↑ 부산에서 태어난 우지, 별명은 말랑말랑한 음식들이 많아요! Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  22. ↑ 별명이 천사인 정한 “조용해 보이죠? 사실 그렇게 조용하진 않아요” Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  23. ↑ “월드스타 되기 위해 열심히 할게요” 젠틀맨 조슈아” Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  24. ↑ 사랑이 많은 19세 도겸 “가끔 컨디션 조절이 덜 될 때가 있죠” Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  25. ↑ 에너지 넘치는 승관 “꼭 한번 뮤지컬을 해 보고 싶어요” Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  26. ↑ ‘호시탐탐’ 호시 “알고 보면 태권도 4단입니다” Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  27. ↑ 조용한 미남 준 “자기 전까지 휴대전화로 독서 해요” Kuki News. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  28. ↑ 요정같은 디에잇 “앞으로도 계속 저희 옆에 있어주세요” Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  29. ↑ 막내 디노, “아버지께서 가수가 되라고 지어주신 이름은...” Kuki News. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  31. ↑ "週間　CDアルバムランキング - 2015年10月05日付 - ボーイズ・ビー". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  32. ↑ "FIVE-MUSIC Korea-Japan Album Chart" (in Chinese). FIVE-MUSIC. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
    To access, select the indicated week and year in the bottom-left drop-down menu:
    • 17 Carat (2015): "The 23rd Week of 2015"
    • Boys Be (2015): "The 38th Week of 2015"
  33. ↑ "Top World Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  34. ↑ Cumulative sales of "17 Carat":
  35. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Boys Be":
  36. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  37. 1 2 "World Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  38. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Mansae":
  39. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  40. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Q&A":
  41. ↑ "Love HK Film:The Pye Dog Review". lovehkfilm.com. Retrieved 2007.
  42. ↑ "葉問前傳 The Legend Is Born - Ip Man (2010)". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 2010.
  43. ↑ "My Mother". tudou.com. Retrieved 2013.
  44. ↑ "SEVENTEEN’s Jun becomes a vampire for Chinese web drama Intouchable". koreaboo.com. Retrieved July 4, 2015.

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