Seventeen (band)
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Seventeen going to a recording of Music Bank in May 2016.
From left: Jun, Vernon, DK, Seungkwan, Hoshi, Joshua, S.Coups, Woozi, Wonwoo, Jeonghan, The8, Dino, Mingyu |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Pledis Entertainment |
| Website | seventeen-17 |
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Seventeen (Hangul: 세븐틴), also stylized as SEVENTEEN or SVT, is a South Korean boy group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2015. There are thirteen members in the group who are separated into three different sub-units with different areas of specialization: a 'hip-hop unit', 'vocal unit', and 'performance unit'. They have released one studio album and three extended plays.
The group's members are deeply involved in the composition and production of their discography and choreography, leading to the nickname "self-producing" idol group.
Starting in 2013, Seventeen appeared in regular live broadcasts of a show called Seventeen TV on the online streaming platform UStream. During broadcasts fans were invited to watch Seventeen training in their practice room. The show had multiple seasons during which the trainees were introduced to the public, with some seasons ending in Like Seventeen concerts.
Prior to their debut Seventeen also appeared in the reality TV show Seventeen Project: Big Debut Plan, broadcast on MBC between May 2–26, 2015. The show concluded with the group's debut showcase which featured songs from previous episodes, that were written and performed by the three sub-units.
Seventeen debuted on May 26 with a live showcase televised on MBC. They were the first male K-pop group to debut with a one-hour live showcase on a major broadcasting channel, with label-mates Lizzy and Raina serving as MCs. Three days later, their first EP 17 Carat was digitally released, along with the music video for the title track "Adore U". 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.17 Carat later became the longest-charting K-pop album of the year in the US and was the only rookie album to appear on Billboard's "10 Best K-pop Albums of 2015" chart.
On September 10, their second EP Boys Be was released in two versions together with the music video for the title track, "Mansae". The album later became the highest selling rookie album of 2015. The album debuted at number one on Billboard's World Albums Chart and earned the group awards at the Golden Disk Awards, Seoul Music Awards and Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards. Seventeen was the only K-pop group on Billboard's "21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars" list.
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