The title may be a little stretch (saying it to be humble), but Seventeen/ BSS really popped off this year, it’s genuinely mind-boggling how a comeback that was meant for laughs and jokes between the artist and its fanbase received such great response overall. Hence, I decided to share their 2023 records with everyone.
SVT/ BSS’s 1st single album ‘Second Wind’ records so far (February 24th, 2023):
- Their title track ‘Fighting’ debuted straight into the Top 10 of Melon Top 100 chart to reaching a peak of #2 on Melon Top 100 and #1 on Melon Real-time chart.
- Their peak positions on the k-daily charts are also very noteworthy:
Melon Daily: #4 (is expected to rise to #4)
BUGs Daily: #4 (is expected to rise)
Genie Daily: #9 (they are the first boy group to enter the top 10 in 2023)
VIBE Daily: #10 (they are the first boy group to breech the top 10 of this chart in 2023)
- ‘Fighting’ also recorded a position of #9 on Melon Weekly chart and #5 on Circle Digital chart upon debut.
- On Melon Weekly chart is has reached a peak of #5.
- The song has surpassed over 1M unique listeners on Melon within 17 days of tracking, making them the first boy group to achieve this milestone within 2023.
- ‘Fighting’ has surpassed 260k in real-time ULs on Melon, and it is the first song by a boy group to do so since July 2022’s Yet To Come and Still Life (and is expected to keep rising).
- It has officially surpassed 270k real-time ULs. It remains as the song with the highest ULs peak by a boy group this year.
- ‘Second Wind’ has sold over 720k copies alone on the Circle Chart, setting a new record of the best selling album by a sub-unit in K-pop history.
- To add on, ‘Second Wind’ also holds the record for the highest 1st day sales with 478k copies sold, along with the highest 1st week album sales with 610k copies sold for a sub-unit.
- BSS is also the first group to get a grand slam on music shows, along with holding the title of most music show wins this year with a 2023 song.
- BSS’ ‘Fighting’ became the 1ST AND ONLY Korean song on Billboard Japan’s Top 100 to debut at #1 with no accompanying Japanese version in history!
- ‘Second Wind’ has also surpassed 200k digital sales in China, and it is the best-selling single by a K-pop act in the country.
- Lastly, do I even have to mention how popular the Fighting challenge has become amongst idols and fans alike? Like, who hasn’t done the fighting challenge at this point?
Congratulations SVT/ BSS for everything you’ve achieved and will continue to accomplish. I’m so proud of them and their consistent growth. SVT fighting!