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(The following article was translated into English by artificial intelligence.)
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- SEVENTEEN's tenth mini-album, 'FML', has been recorded as the best-selling album worldwide last year.
According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), in their '2023 Global Album Chart' announced on the 27th (local time), this album surpassed competitive works such as American country star Morgan Wallen's 'One Thing At A Time' (3rd place) and Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' (4th place) to claim the top spot.
SEVENTEEN, who entered the top 10 of this chart for the first time with their regular 4th album 'Face the Sun' (7th place) in 2022, climbed to the top after a year. SEVENTEEN also reached 8th place last year with 'Seventeen's Heaven' on the 'Global Album Chart'.
IFPI, with over 8,000 member record companies worldwide, announces a list summarizing trends in the music industry every year.
Among these, the 'Global Album Chart' is considered one of the objective indicators measuring the albums that sold the most in the music market for the year by combining physical album sales, digital song downloads, and audio-video streaming figures.
Last year, SEVENTEEN surpassed annual album sales of 16 million copies with 'FML' and their eleventh mini-album, 'Seventeen's Heaven'. 'FML' recorded cumulative sales of 6.27 million copies, setting a record for the highest single-album sales in K-pop history. 'Seventeen's Heaven' surpassed 5 million copies in first-week sales, the first in K-pop history.
Louis Morrison, Director of IFPI Global Charts, commented, "We are delighted to award this year's IFPI 'Global Album Award' to 'FML', which has achieved unbelievable results worldwide." He praised SEVENTEEN for continuously breaking boundaries in their concept, performance, and talent aspects.
In addition to SEVENTEEN, other names in the top 10 of the 'Global Album Chart' include Stray Kids' '★★★★★' (Five Star - 2nd place) · 'Rockstar' (9th place), and NCT Dream's 'ISTJ' (6th place).
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