ABOUT SEVENTEEN
Seventeen is a South Korean Boy Group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2015. The group has 13 members divided into three sub units: Vocal Unit (5 members), Hip Hop Unit (4 members) and Performance Unit (4 members). As of May 25, 2020 Big Hit Entertainment (now known as HYBE Labels) became Pledis’ major shareholder, but Pledis will continue to act as an independent label.
Seventeen has been considered a "self-producing" idol group, with the members being actively involved in the songwriting and other aspects of the group. |
Debut: May 26, 2015
Official Colors: Rose Quartz & Serenity Fandom Name: Carat Official Logo (2022):
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MEMBERS
S.COUPS
Birth Name: Choi Seungcheol Position: Team Leader, Main Rapper, Sub Vocalist Sub - Unit: Hiphop Team Leader Birthday: August 8, 1995 Nationality: Korean |
JEONGHAN
Birth Name: Yoon Jeong Han Position: Lead Vocalist, Visual Sub - Unit: Vocal Team Birthday: October 4, 1995 Nationality: Korean |
JOSHUA
Birth Name: Joshua Hong Korean Name: Hong Ji Soo Position: Lead Vocalist, Visual Sub - Unit: Vocal Team Birthday: December 30, 1995 Nationality: Korean - American |
DK / DOKYEOM
Birth Name: Lee Seok Min Position: Main Vocalist Sub - Unit: Vocal Team, BooSeokSoon Birthday: February 18, 1997 Nationality: Korean |
MINGYU
Birth Name: Kim Min Gyu Position: Lead Rapper, Sub Vocalist, Visual, Face of the Group Sub - Unit: Hip Hop Team Birthday: April 6, 1997 Nationality: Korean |
THE8
Birth Name: Xu Ming Hao Korean Name: Seo Myung Ho Position: Lead Dancer, Sub Vocalist, Sub Rapper Sub - Unit: Performance Team Birthday: November 7, 1997 Nationality: Chinese |
SEUNGKWAN
Birth Name: Boo Seung Kwan Position: Main Vocalist, Face of the Group Sub - Unit: Vocal Team, BooSeokSoon Birthday: January 16, 1998 Nationality: Korean |
VERNON
Birth Name: Hansol Vernon Chwe Korean Name: Choi Han Sol Position: Main Rapper, Sub Vocalist, Visual, Face of the Group Sub - Unit: Hip Hop Team Birthday: February 18, 1998 Nationality: Korean - American |
DINO
Birth Name: Lee Chan Position: Main Dancer, Sub Vocalist, Sub Rapper, Maknae Sub - Unit: Performance Team Birthday: February 11, 1999 Nationality: Korean |
SEVENTEEN ACHIEVEMENTS [2015 - PRESENT]
MILESTONES & AWARDS |
Some of SEVENTEEN's Big Achievements per year :
2015 - Seventeen became the first group to debut through a 1-hour live broadcast - Seventeen were the only rookie group to surpass 100k sales in 2015 2016 - Seventeen won World Rookie Award at Gaon Chart Music Awards - Seventeen became the only 2015 rookie group that made it to top 15 first week sales (on chart from 2008 to 2016.06) - Seventeen got their 1st music show win wt Pretty U 2017 - Seventeen became 2nd kpop group to debut at Billboard Social 50 chart - Seventeen won Hot Performance Artist at Gaon Chart Music Awards 2018 - Seventeen won Cho Yong Pil-special of “Immortal Songs” and got invited to open his 50th anniversary concert - Seventeen won Artist of the Year – Music at Asia Artist Awards 2019 - Seventeen became 1st korean artists to have 2 korean albums on #1 on Oricon weekly album chart at the same year - Seventeen won their 1st daesang "Album of the year" on Asia Artist Awards for "An Ode" - Seventeen were the first group to win "stage of the year" at MMA 2019. this award is based solely on judges. in previous years this award was won only by soloists with 20+ years of experience in music industry - Seventeen placed 1st on The List of Bests K-pop Albums of 2019 chosen by Billboard critics |
2020
- Seventeen was awarded the Prime Minister's Commendation at the 2020 Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards - Seventeen was 1st artist to receive Hanteo's 1M certificate with "Henggarae" - Seventeen broke 42 years old record in Japan by ranking no.1 on Oricon chart for 3 consecutive years with korean album - Seventeen became first non-japanese male artists to top Oricon weekly chart four consecutive times - Seventeen broke Backstreet Boys' 12 years old record in Japan by topping Oricon's weekly chart for 2 consecutive weeks - Seventeen became Triple Million Sellers on United World Chart as 3 of their albums surpassed 1M sales 2021 - Seventeen has been nominated for #BBMAs Top Social Artist as one of 5 nominees this year. This is the first time Seventeen received BBMAs nomination, this is also their first nomination on one of major american award shows - Seventeen has surpassed 6M copies sold on hanteo. They are the 3rd group to achieve this milestone. - Seventeen's "Your Choice" achieved #1 World Albums Sales, #1 Top Album Sales, #1 Top Current Album Sales, #5 World Digital Song Sales (Ready to Love), #15 Billboard 200, #17 Artists 100, #18 World Digital Song Sales (Heaven’s Cloud), #19 World Digital Song Sales (Anyone) - Seventeen became Quadruple Million Sellers having 4 albums to surpass 1M+ sales each (An Ode, Henggarae, Semicolon, Your Choice) - Seventeen's 'Attacca' debuted at #1 on the Top Album Sales chart. - Seventeen's 'Attacca' debuts debuts at #1 on the World Albums chart. - Seventeen's 'Attacca" became best-selling album on Hanteo this year (mini and full albums included) |
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS
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