SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) — K-pop boy band Seventeen’s fourth studio album “Face the Sun” has landed seventh on the major U.S. album chart, Billboard 200, the highest chart the group has achieved. , the promotion agency Pledis Entertainment reported on Tuesday.
According to the Billboard report, the album sold around 44,000 copies. The Billboard 200 takes into account sales of physical albums and the conversion of streams and downloads into the number of albums sold. The album also topped the Top Album Sales chart, according to Pledis Entertainment.
The 13-member group held No. 15 and 13 on this chart with their mini albums “Your Choice” and “Attacca,” respectively, last year.
Launched in 2015, Seventeen is now one of the leading groups in K-pop, whose recent albums have sold over one million copies.
