2013–2016: Formation, debut and Love & Letter Between 2013 and 2015, Pledis Entertainment
trainees appeared in
Seventeen TV, an online series with regular live broadcasts detailing the label's preparation for a new boy group. The show aired for multiple seasons, in which trainees were introduced and shown practicing for performances, with some seasons culminating with concerts. Trainees came and went from the project throughout the years, and beyond the final thirteen members of the group included
Jang Do-yoon,
Samuel Kim and
Kim Min Gue. The selected trainees for Seventeen appeared in the reality show
Seventeen Project: Big Debut Plan on
MBC from May 2 to 26, 2015, which detailed the group's final preparations. Seventeen's official debut came at the end of the program, with a live showcase on May 26 hosted by labelmates
Lizzy and
Raina. Three days later, Seventeen's first extended play (EP)
17 Carat was released digitally.
17 Carat became the longest-charting K-pop album of the year in the US and was the only rookie album to appear on
Billboard "10 Best K-pop Albums of 2015" list. The EP's success earned the group awards at the
Golden Disk Awards,
Seoul Music Awards, and
Gaon Chart K-pop Awards. Seventeen became the only K-pop group on
Billboard "21 Under 21 2015: Music's Hottest Young Stars" list. Seventeen held a four-show concert series in Seoul titled "Like Seventeen – Boys Wish" from December 24 to 26 as a year-end celebration. After the concerts' success, the group held two encore concerts in the following February. Seventeen's first studio album
Love & Letter was released on April 25, 2016. In addition to success on domestic charts, the album charted on the Oricon Weekly Pop Album Chart in Japan. Seventeen received their first win on a
domestic music show with the album's lead single, "Pretty U".
Love & Letter was later re-released on July 4 with the lead single "
Very Nice". Promotions were immediately followed by
their first concert tour, which included venues in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, and Australia. On December 5, the group released their third EP,
Going Seventeen with lead single "Boom Boom" ().
2017–2020: Teen, Age, Japanese debut and An Ode Seventeen embarked on the Say The Name #Seventeen tour in Japan between February 15 and 24, 2017. The shows attracted 50,000 spectators despite the group not having officially debuted in the country. On April 1, Seventeen filmed a second season of the show
One Fine Day, detailing their stay in Japan. The second season was titled
One Fine Day in Japan and created in collaboration between South Korean broadcaster
MBC and Japanese network
Music On! TV. Seventeen's fourth EP
Al1 was released on May 22. It peaked at number one in South Korea and sold over 330,000 copies by the end of the year. The lead single "
Don't Wanna Cry" became one of the group's most popular tracks, with its music video becoming Seventeen's first to reach 200 million views on
YouTube. Later, a series of videos titled "2017 Seventeen Project" and three music videos subtitled "Chapter 0.5 Before AL1" were uploaded to the platform. The group completed the Diamond Edge tour on October 6, which visited thirteen cities across Asia and North America. On November 6, the group released their second studio album,
Teen, Age. Seventeen released a repackage of
Teen, Age on February 5, 2018, titled ''Director's Cut
, featuring lead single "Thanks". Five days later, Time'' magazine included Seventeen on their list of the six best K-pop groups to know. Seventeen officially debuted in Japan on May 30 with their first Japanese EP
We Make You. They released their fifth Korean EP
You Make My Day on July 16, with the lead single "Oh My!". The EP became the group's first to be certified platinum domestically. Promotions for the album took place in between the Ideal Cut tour concerts in Seoul and the tour concerts in other countries. Seventeen released their sixth EP
You Made My Dawn on January 21, 2019. The lead single "Home" won ten trophies on weekly music shows, including at least one win on each program. On May 29, Seventeen released their first Japanese single album, "
Happy Ending", which peaked at number one on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). On June 24, Seventeen announced the
Ode to You World Tour, with stops in Asia, North America, and Europe, although the last leg of the tour was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Seventeen released the digital single "Hit" on August 5, ahead of their third studio album
An Ode on September 16. The album sold 700,000 copies in its first week and won the group their first
daesang (grand prize) for Album of the Year. It was also named the best K-pop album of the year by
Billboard.
2020–2021: First contract renewal and "Power of Love" project On April 1, 2020, Seventeen released their second Japanese single "
Fallin' Flower", which debuted atop on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart and sold more than 400,000 copies in its first week, securing first place on the
Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart. On May 13, Seventeen released the first installment of
Hit The Road, a documentary series on their YouTube channel following the group behind the scenes of their Ode to You tour. On June 22, Seventeen released their seventh EP,
Heng:garæ. It sold one million copies in under one week, making Seventeen official "million sellers" and earning them certifications from both the Hanteo and Gaon charts. It charted at number one on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart for a second week, making Seventeen the first international male artist to do so since the
Backstreet Boys, 12 years prior. On September 9, Seventeen released their second Japanese EP,
24H, becoming the third group ever to reach number one on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart with four consecutive albums, a feat last achieved in 1977 by Scottish pop rock band
Bay City Rollers.
24H was later certified platinum by the RIAJ for selling over 250,000 copies. To promote the single, the group made their US television debut with a performance on
The Late Late Show with James Corden. On April 21, 2021, Seventeen released their third Japanese single, "
Not Alone". On May 14, the song was certified double-platinum by the RIAJ for selling over 500,000 copies. On May 18, they announced their "Power of Love" project, as well as the release of their ninth EP
Your Choice through a concept trailer video. At the same time, they signed with
Geffen Records and
Universal Music Group for US and international distribution of their music. For the first phase of the "Power of Love" project, Seventeen released a digital single performed by Wonwoo and Mingyu, titled "Bittersweet" and featuring
Lee Hi, on May 28.
Your Choice was released on June 18, alongside lead single "Ready to Love". On July 19,
Pledis Entertainment announced that all members of Seventeen had renewed their contracts. On October 22, Seventeen released their eighth EP
Attacca with lead single "
Rock with You".
Attacca sold two million copies, making it the group's first double million-selling album. On December 8, Seventeen marked the end of their "Power of Love" project by releasing a Japanese single of the same name.
2022–2023: Face the Sun, record EP sales, and expanded touring On April 15, 2022, Seventeen released an English-language digital single titled "
Darl+ing" ahead of their fourth studio album,
Face the Sun. The album was released on May 27 with the lead single "
Hot". They also released their first film,
Seventeen Power of Love: The Movie, in worldwide theaters on April 20 and 23 (excluding France and Japan, where it was released on April 21 and 29, respectively). On May 7 and 8, Seventeen held the Hanabi fan meeting at
Saitama Super Arena, their first in-person performance in Japan in two and a half years. In the same month, Pledis Entertainment announced the
Be The Sun World Tour, Seventeen's third world tour, and their first tour after COVID-19. The tour started with performances at the
Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul in June before continuing on to a North American leg, consisting of 12 shows in arenas across the US and Canada from August 10 to September 6. Additional shows in Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila, and Singapore were held from September 24 to October 13, and the Japan leg for the Be the Sun tour was confirmed in June 2022. The group performed six shows in domes across Japan including
Kyocera Dome Osaka,
Tokyo Dome, and
Vantelin Dome Nagoya in Aichi. On July 18, 2022, Seventeen released the repackaged version of their fourth studio album,
Sector 17, along with its lead single "_World". A remixed version of the song featuring English singer
Anne-Marie was later released on August 26. On November 9, Seventeen released their third Japanese EP,
Dream. The next month, the group made their first appearance at an American festival, performing on the LA3C festival's main stage at
Los Angeles State Historic Park on December 10. Two final shows were held for the Be the Sun tour in Asia—December 17 at
Philippine Arena and December 28 at
Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium—making Seventeen the first K-pop acts to hold their own concerts in the venues. On April 24, 2023, Seventeen released their eleventh Korean EP,
FML. The EP recorded 4.6 million pre-orders, and became the best-selling album in history, with 3.9 million first-day sales and 4.5 million first-week sales. The EP included two lead singles, "
Super" and "F*ck My Life". The group later re-released eight of their previous out-of-print albums on June 16.
2023–2024: Follow Tour, compilation albums, and festival appearances On July 21 and 22, 2023, Seventeen held a two-day concert at the
Gocheok Sky Dome to begin the
Follow Tour. Alongside the Japanese dates of the tour, Seventeen released a Japanese-language
best of album titled
Always Yours on August 23. The group began promotions for their twelfth EP
Seventeenth Heaven, later released on October 23, by announcing a street pop-up event called "Seventeen Street" in Seoul. The EP had over 5.2 million pre-orders, making it the most pre-ordered K-pop album in history. Upon its release, the EP's lead single "
God of Music" debuted at number one on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart, becoming Seventeen's first song to top the weekly chart. On November 29, Seventeen earned their first
MAMA Awards daesang (grand prize) for
Album of the Year. On January 6, 2024, Seventeen won three major awards in the
Golden Disc Awards. The next week, they became the first K-pop group to perform a concert at the
Philippine Sports Stadium in
Bulacan. From March to May, the group held the encore leg of their Follow Tour, with performances at stadia in
Incheon and Seoul, South Korea; and
Osaka and
Yokohama, Japan. The group released a
compilation album titled
17 Is Right Here featuring their Korean-language singles to date on April 29, supported by the new single "
Maestro". Seventeen performed on the Pyramid Stage at
Glastonbury Festival 2024, becoming the first K-pop act in history to appear at the festival, on June 28. Their set was well received by attendees and critics such as
NME, who rated the performance five stars, commenting that "what start[ed] as an introduction to a group largely unfamiliar to the crowd end[ed] in giddy jubilation, with the previously uninitiated leaving the field swept up by the boundless energy pouring off the stage."
2024–present: Happy Burstday, member hiatuses and second contract renewal On July 24, 2024, Seventeen announced the
Right Here World Tour, which began in October in Seoul. On August 12, Pledis announced that Jeonghan would
enlist in the South Korean military on September 26, ahead of the release of the group's forthcoming EP in October, and that Jun would be taking a break from group activities in South Korea in favor of acting work in China, ahead of the group's scheduled performance at
Lollapalooza Berlin on September 8. Seventeen performed at the festival's main stage, becoming the first K-pop act to headline the German edition of the festival. The set was well received by fans and critics. On November 11, the group digitally released "
Shohikigen", with a physical release on November 27. The group made their US stadium debut on November 9 at
BMO Stadium in
Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, the
LA City Council honored the group for its contribution to music and youth empowerment, with Los Angeles native Joshua accepting the award on behalf of the group. In January 2025, Seventeen were featured on the song "Bad Influence", produced by American record producer and fashion designer
Pharrell Williams, for the soundtrack of the
Louis Vuitton FW 2025 show in Paris. As a tribute to their fans on February 14, the group released "Encircled". On April 3, Wonwoo became the second member of the group to begin his enlistment period. The following day, Seventeen became the first K-pop act to perform at
Pa'l Norte in
Monterrey. Seventeen's fifth studio album,
Happy Burstday, was released on May 26, the group's tenth anniversary, including the participation of all thirteen members. The group also hinted at the announcement of a new tour and the debut of a new sub-unit. A day before the album's official release, Seventeen performed a showcase to an audience of 100,000 at the
Jamsu Bridge in Seoul, including
Happy Burstday lead single, "
Thunder". Woozi and Hoshi began their military services on September 15 and 16, respectively, following the completion of the pair's
Warning Tour. The nine remaining members of the group embarked on the group's sixth concert tour, the
New World Tour. The8, Mingyu, and Vernon were credited as Seventeen on a remix of
PinkPantheress' "
Illegal", released October 10. On October 15, Seventeen announced
Seventeen: Our Chapter, a documentary TV series on Disney+ chronicling the group's ten-year history. On April 5, 2026, S.Coups announced at a concert that all thirteen members of the group had again renewed their contracts with Pledis Entertainment. ==Members==