{"id":87827,"date":"2023-09-29T16:44:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T23:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=87827"},"modified":"2023-09-29T16:44:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T23:44:18","slug":"is-seventeen-about-to-surpass-bts-as-the-biggest-kpop-act-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/is-seventeen-about-to-surpass-bts-as-the-biggest-kpop-act-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Seventeen about to surpass BTS as the biggest Kpop act ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With some of the BTS<\/strong> being inactive due to the military service enlistment, and the other ones releasing solo projects and touring, the new releases of BTS as a group have come to a halt<\/strong> that will last for at least 2 more years, until late 2025.<\/p>\n

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BTS in a photo taken prior to the hiatus announcement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With fans starving for new releases, music and content, they have had to turn their attention to other groups<\/strong> to get the entertainment that BTS is no longer providing, and Seventeen,<\/strong> another monster group, with all the gained attention, seems to be benefiting from their hiatus so much that they are now giving the Kpop kings a run for their money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Seventeen’s 13 members in a recent music release<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seventeen have been very popular for quite some time now, and have had considerable success from the very beginning, but their chart positions and sales are currently at an all-time high<\/strong>, with no signs of slowing down. Their latest EP, titled \u2018FML\u2019<\/strong>, managed to sell 3.99 million copies<\/strong> on it\u2019s first 24 hours, surpassing \u2018Map of The Soul: 7\u2019<\/strong>, the BTS EP that previously held the record with 3.6 million copies sold.<\/p>\n

Seventeen\u2019s album sales did not stop after the release week, and with more than 6.2 million copies sold in total, \u2018FML\u2019 eventually became the highest selling album by a Kpop group in history<\/strong>, surpassing \u2018Map of The Soul: 7\u2019, which held the record with 5.1 million sales and is now the second-best selling album in the category.<\/p>\n

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Seventeen’s ‘FML’ EP cover (left), BTS’ ‘Map of the Soul: 7’ EP cover (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This feat was no surprise, after that opening week, it was expected that Seventeen\u2019s album would skyrocket to the top of the list, however, it\u2019s actually surprising since the group was not pulling those numbers with prior releases.<\/strong> Previous Seventeen albums and EPs have managed to sell 2 million copies in total, so the almost 4 million opening week, and the 6 million total sales were quite a shock for most Kpop fans that suggest that they might be on their way to surpass BTS as the best selling, most popular group to ever emerge from the genre.<\/strong><\/p>\n