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Seventeen consists of 13 members, including S.Coups, JEONGHAN, JOSHUA, MOON Junhui, Kwon Soon-young (HOSHI), Wonwoo, Lee Ji-hoon (WOOZI), Lee So-min (DK), Kim Min-kuei (MINGYU), Seo Myung-ho (THE8), Fu Sung-kwan (SEUNGKWAN), Choi Han-ho (VERNON), and Lee Chan (DINO).
Among them, there are 9 Korean members, 1 mixed-race American member, 1 Korean-American member and 2 Chinese members, divided into 3 teams: hip hop team, performance team and lead singer team.
The official debut date is May 26, 2015.
But in fact, as early as January 7, 2013, he starred in the group "SEVENTEEN TV". When they starred in the group roundup, they were basically in a small paste group state.
Fortunately, the members of the group themselves are more competitive, with their personal talents and personality charm, after the broadcast of "SEVENTEEN TV", a part of the fans were circled.
But at that time, the company Pluralis Entertainment was relatively poor, did not have a lot of publicity funds, 13 to 15 years, their group for a long time was not in the state of this group.
You must know that the Korean circle is famous for creating the idol assembly line of the star-making factory, and countless male and female idol groups have turned out to be stubble after stubble.
In appearance, everyone is handsome and beautiful, standard idol-like; In the background, the three major companies SM, YG, JYP companies have strong strength, invested more money, the existing company fan base is large, the public attention is high, and it is more dominant; Singing and dancing strength, the production line is standardized to create IDOL, the strength is basically very strong, each company combination has its own strong façade, vocal, dance responsibility, are more powerful than one.
The combination of the three major companies launched between 2013 and 2015 is shown in the following figure:
YG launched the boy idol group WINNER in 2014
SM launched the female idol group RED VEVELT in 2014
JYP launched the girl idol group TWICE in 2015
How fierce the competition is, you can imagine, so it is difficult to get famous in the circle.
After a few years of silence, on May 29, 2015, the debut mini-album "17 CARAT" was released, and the title song "Adore U" album sold more than 50,000 copies.
On September 10, the second mini album "BOYS BE" was released, the main track was "Long Live", the album sold more than 50,000, and won the number one on the Billboard World Albums Chart.
The first song of "Long Live" is very popular, and the melody of the song is more brainwashed. Now when it comes to seventeen, this song is a masterpiece.
On November 1, he was selected for 18th place in Billboard 21 Under 21, the only Asian singer to be selected.
In 2016, he won the Newcomer Award at the 25th Seoul Song Awards, the Newcomer Award in the Recording Division at the 30th Golden Disc Awards, and the 5th Gaon Chart K-POP Adwards Global Newcomer Award.
After that, it is well known to everyone, and the fire is enough to compete with the combinations launched by large companies. After the debut, seventeen was too hot, the schedule was full, there was no rest time, the members of the group were sick and injured, the fans were distressed by their own idols, and the anger of the company occasionally occurred.
Pledis is jokingly called by fans and was "raised" by SEEVENTEEN.
In fact, it was The vice president of Pledis who sold the property and gritted his teeth to send Seventeen to debut.
In the period before the official debut, it was not easy for everyone. After debuting, popularity is hot, capital money is quite normal, idol himself does not want to be angry, in the face of interests, desires and their own health, will be contradictory and entangled, do ideological struggle, but excessive exploitation is not right.
Finally, let me mention two of our excellent Chinese guys, Xu Minghao (THE8) and Wen Junhui (JUN).
Xu Minghao, born on November 7, 1997, in Haicheng, Liaoning Province. He has studied dance and martial arts since he was a child, and has won many awards with the dance troupe as a teenager. At the age of 13, he led the Dance Power Dance Company on the stage of "Every Day Upward" as the captain; At the age of 15, he led Dance Power to participate in the World Breakdancing Competition and won the quarterfinals of the global finals; In addition, Xu Minghao has also participated in various dance competitions in China and won many awards. In 2013, Xu Minghao was photographed by a star scout during a street dance class, and then passed the interview to become a trainee under South Korea's Pledis Entertainment.
Wen Junhui was born on June 10, 1996 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. Born as a child actor, he was invited by an advertising company to shoot advertisements when he was 6 months old, and his family always thought that they had encountered scammers and ignored them. The 2-year-old family took him to play in the park, and was favored by the advertising company, which invited the family to visit the company and said that they did not accept money but "sent money", which made the family believe. From 2000 to 2012, he starred in many domestic TV series.
In March 2009, Hong Kong Emperor Entertainment Group Co., Ltd. intended to sign a contract with Wen Junhui, but it was necessary to sign for 20 years, and his mother respected his wishes and gave up this opportunity. In 2012, Wen Junhui participated in the draft of South Korea's Pledis Company in Shenzhen and was selected in this competition; In October, he went to South Korea to start a two-year practice career.
In short, the whole group, everyone has a lot of personality and charm, Amway Oh ~
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