# SEVENTEEN

> SEVENTEEN is a 13-member South Korean group built around an unusually legible creative system: hip-hop, vocal and performance units that reunite as one team. Since debuting under PLEDIS Entertainment in 2015, the group has paired member participation in songwriting, production and choreography with a prolific release schedule, comic variety work and tightly engineered live shows. Their album FML led IFPI's 2023 global album chart with 6.4 million units, and in 2024 they became UNESCO's first Goodwill Ambassador for Youth and the first K-pop act to perform on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage.

- **Role:** Recording and performing group at PLEDIS Entertainment; UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Youth
- **Organizations:** PLEDIS Entertainment, HYBE, UNESCO
- **From:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Nationality:** South Korean
- **Known for:** FML ranked first on IFPI's 2023 Global Album Chart and Global Album Sales Chart, with 6.4 million units worldwide., SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN ranked fourth on IFPI's 2023 Global Album Sales Chart with 4.5 million units., Appointed UNESCO's first Goodwill Ambassador for Youth in June 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2014** — Prospective members appeared in the online trainee series Seventeen TV and performed in Like Seventeen showcases before debut.
- **2015** — SEVENTEEN debuted on May 26 with the EP 17 Carat and the single Adore U.
- **2018** — The group made its Japanese recording debut with the EP We Make You.
- **2020** — The EP Heng:garae passed one million first-week physical sales on Hanteo, a major commercial threshold in the group's steady rise.
- **2021** — All 13 members renewed their contracts with PLEDIS Entertainment ahead of the original expiration date.
- **2022** — SEVENTEEN won PUSH Performance of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards and Best New and Best Push at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
- **2023** — The EP FML led IFPI's Global Album Chart and Global Album Sales Chart with 6.4 million units; SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN placed fourth on the sales chart with 4.5 million.
- **2023** — The group spoke and performed at UNESCO's 13th Youth Forum in Paris.
- **2024** — UNESCO appointed SEVENTEEN its first Goodwill Ambassador for Youth on June 26.
- **2024** — On June 28, SEVENTEEN became the first K-pop act to perform on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage.
- **2025** — The fifth studio album Happy Burstday marked the tenth anniversary of the group's debut and later ranked third on IFPI's 2025 Global Album Sales Chart with 2.63 million units.
- **2026** — PLEDIS announced that all 13 members had finalized another contract renewal.

## Achievements

- FML ranked first on IFPI's 2023 Global Album Chart and Global Album Sales Chart, with 6.4 million units worldwide.
- SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN ranked fourth on IFPI's 2023 Global Album Sales Chart with 4.5 million units.
- Appointed UNESCO's first Goodwill Ambassador for Youth in June 2024.
- First K-pop act to perform on Glastonbury Festival's Pyramid Stage, in June 2024.
- Won PUSH Performance of the Year at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards and Best New and Best Push at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards.
- Happy Burstday ranked third on IFPI's 2025 Global Album Sales Chart with 2.63 million units.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — PLEDIS Entertainment announced that all 13 members had finalized another contract renewal.
- **2026-03** — The official channel released a GOING SEVENTEEN 2026 agenda special, continuing the group's self-produced variety franchise.
- **2026-02** — IFPI's 2025 year-end charts placed Happy Burstday third on the Global Album Sales Chart with 2.63 million units.
- **2025-05** — SEVENTEEN released the fifth studio album Happy Burstday on the tenth anniversary of its debut and staged a free anniversary performance at Seoul's Jamsu Bridge.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pledis.co.kr/en/artist/detail/seventeen/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/pledis_17
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/pledis17
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saythename_17/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seventeennews/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@seventeen17_official

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Last updated: 2026-09-19