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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Promotional photo for K-pop group SEVENTEEN&#x27;s &#x27;FML.&#x27; Photo: @pledis_17/X" src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20240227160240/9588d4168e5ce3365d9b116a72ce214a1de8303a67ceab54f5fd9d4b6b456c5d.jpg" class="fr-fil fr-dib"/><figcaption>Promotional photo for K-pop group SEVENTEEN&#x27;s &#x27;FML.&#x27; <em>Photo: @pledis_17/X</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>K-pop boy band SEVENTEEN&#x27;s &quot;FML&quot; emerged as last year&#x27;s biggest-selling album globally, an industry body announced late Tuesday.</p><p>&quot;FML&quot; topped the Global Album Chart of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organization that represents the recording industry worldwide.</p><p>Released in April, &quot;FML&quot; is also the most pre-ordered album in K-pop history, topping charts in South Korea and Japan while also making it into the top five in the United States and France, the IFPI said in a statement.</p><p>South Korean acts accounted for five of the 10 best-selling albums in 2023, with another entry from SEVENTEEN — &quot;Seventeenth Heaven&quot; — making it to No. 8. </p><p>The IFPI noted that last year&#x27;s rankings represented &quot;the best ever Global Charts performance for K-Pop.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/2/22/4-k-pop-acts-among-best-selling-artists-in-2023-ifpi-1209">4 K-pop acts among best-selling artists in 2023: industry group</a></li></ul><p><br/>&quot;The global appeal of K-pop continues to extend and S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino continue to push the boundaries with their concepts, performances and talent,&quot; said Lewis Morrison, director of the IFPI&#x27;s global charts and certifications, naming SEVENTEEN&#x27;s members.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The 2023 Global Album Chart by the IFPI. Photo from the IFPI&#x27;s website" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2024/entertainment/02/27/20240227-17b.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><figcaption>The 2023 Global Album Chart by the IFPI. <em>Photo from the IFPI&#x27;s website</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Stray Kids, another K-pop boy band, landed on the second and ninth spot with &quot;5-STAR&quot; and &quot;ROCK-STAR,&quot; respectively, while NCT Dream&#x27;s &quot;ISTJ&quot; ranked sixth.</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/20/23/stray-kids-rock-star-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200">K-pop group Stray Kids&#x27; &#x27;Rock-Star&#x27; debuts atop Billboard 200</a></li><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/17/23/nct-dream-drops-mbti-inspired-album-istj">K-pop group NCT Dream drops MBTI-inspired album &#x27;ISTJ&#x27;</a></li></ul><p><br/>The other albums in the top 10 are: &quot;One Thing At A Time&quot; by American country singer Morgan Wallen (No. 3), &quot;Midnights&quot; (No. 4) and &quot;1989 (Taylor&#x27;s Version)&quot; (No. 5) by Taylor Swift, &quot;SOS&quot; by SZA (No. 7), and &quot;Utopia&quot; by Travis Scott (No. 10).</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The IFPI&#x27;s list of the 20 best-selling albums globally in 2023. Photo from the IFPI&#x27;s website" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2024/entertainment/02/27/20240227-17a.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><figcaption>The IFPI&#x27;s list of the 20 best-selling albums globally in 2023. <em>Photo from the IFPI&#x27;s website</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The other K-pop albums that entered the top 20, meanwhile, include BTS member Jungkook&#x27;s &quot;Golden&quot; (No. 14), ZEROBASEONE&#x27;s &quot;Youth in the Shade&quot; (No. 18), and IVE&#x27;s &quot;I&#x27;ve IVE&quot; (No. 20).</p><p>The IFPI&#x27;s ranking is based on worldwide album sales across streaming, download and physical formats.</p><p>For more news and features on K-pop, K-drama, and K-stars, visit the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/kcontents" target="_blank">Hallyu Corner</a> microsite.  </p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2873713"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script>

<p>K-pop boy band SEVENTEEN's 'FML' emerged as last year's biggest-selling album globally, an industry body announced late Tuesday.</p>

K-pop boy band SEVENTEEN's 'FML' emerged as last year's biggest-selling album globally, an industry body announced late Tuesday.

K-pop group SEVENTEEN's 'FML' is biggest-selling album of 2023: IFPI

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K-pop group SEVENTEEN's 'FML' is biggest-selling album of 2023: IFPI

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published Feb 28, 2024 12:46 AM PHT

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Updated Feb 28, 2024 02:09 PM PHT

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