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[Unpaid 사서 Moon @Moonismean]

Let’s take a deep breath and look at actual numbers together, because this narrative that SEVENTEEN was "saved from disbandment" requires a truly impressive detachment from reality.

Nobody was casually dropping 3 million sales in 2015 while "poor little SEVENTEEN was selling five albums." The physical market wasn't inflated yet.

Back then, EXO ruled physical sales with ~1.2M total, BTS was sitting around ~344K, and SEVENTEEN straight out of a notoriously broke company's green-taped basement clocked over 160,000 sales in their debut year.

Let’s track the official Gaon/Circle data step by step, nice and slow:

* 2015: Boys Be lands at #15 on the Gaon Year-End Album Chart (~122K copies). As a rookie.

* 2016: Going Seventeen hits #11 (~224K copies) and Love & Letter sits at #12 (~191K copies). Two albums practically gatekeeping the national Top 10 in year two.

* 2017: TEEN, AGE enters the Year-End Top 10 at #9 (~357K copies).

* 2018: You Make My Day holds down #8 (~390K copies).

* 2019: An Ode becomes the #2 best-selling album in all of South Korea (858K+ copies), with You Made My Dawn also sitting at #8 (475K+ copies). That is over 1.3 million Korean sales in a single year and an Album of the Year Daesang.

All of this happened before BigHit ever signed a contract with Pledis.

Now, about this imaginary "struggling group with zero live demand":

* Their 2019 HARU Tour in Japan pulled 175,250 people across 12 arena shows.

* The Ode to You tour brought in over 104,000 attendees in Japan and clocked 200,000+ globally, selling out KSPO Dome and international arenas.

* By late 2019, they had literally booked their first Tokyo Dome tour for May 2020 which was canceled by a global pandemic, not a lack of ticket buyers.

So let’s line up the timeline one more time:
* 2015: Monster rookie debut.
* 2017–2018: Consistent annual Top 10 seller.
* 2019: #2 biggest seller in Korea, Daesang winner, selling out 200k-capacity global arena tours.
* May 2020: BigHit acquires Pledis.

BigHit is a corporation, not an animal rescue shelter. In 2020, they were prepping for their massive IPO and desperately needed to fix their investor prospectus, which showed a glaring ~90% revenue dependence on one single group.

They didn't "save" Pledis out of pity; they bought out their biggest, most profitable independent rival to secure market dominance and impress Wall Street.

SEVENTEEN didn't become profitable because BigHit bought them. BigHit bought them because they were already printing money.

[:) @sounds_of_cheol]

feat.dino 🖤

[el 🫀 @haoareudear]

was not supposed to do this, but seeing a lovely friend of mine being targeted by your harsh words, i will only talk about this one time.

remember, fanfic authors are one of the main reasons why a fandom is alive.

be kind :)

[ً @ayecheol]

i love it when big brands show off scoups with his intimidating leader aura in official posts but also show off his cute and adorable usual self in other media content

[美的 @bitekicom]

💎#SEVENTEEN #JOSHUA さん🦌
初の日本ソロイベントをレポ❤️

ジョシュアさん愛用のリアルバリアの魅力を
500名のCARATの前で披露🐰
https://t.co/M2C2JcvwV1

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

Anong ginagawa niyo dito sa mga AU writers? Bakit isa isa sila umaalis? Ano yan, hanggang wala na matira?

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

Shua hyung will definitely not let them hear the end of this 😂

[🦌💎 @joshushushu_svt]

#JOSHUA #조슈아

Shua sent a food truck for Dino's 'like it' pre-recording today🥹 the words in it are so cuteeee!
On the banner: this time came shua-running to see carats (◠‿◠)
And it's like a winner interview
"JOSHUA:
I feel that 'like it' matches Dino so well. Because when you look at Dino it is impossible to not 'like' him~"

In the 2nd photo
"AWARD
Seventeen JOSHUA
The abovementioned person is always the 1st person to run towards Dino and CARATs in any situation, and is never lacking in affection and devotion, and is hence presented this award.

3 Sep 2026
Chairman of nyorong association Hong Jisoo"

Cr. Ho5hing_

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

Leche to opinion pala kailangan para magdecide sa senate hearing hindi pala facts. Bwiset

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

Huhu the veneers 😭

[hannie ☻ @minghaocheoI_]

I LOVE SEEING THEIR CUTE BIG SMILES OMGGGGG theyre so lovely pls always be happy our hanishu! 🤍

[jihanhour🪽🦌 @jihanhour]

The rating is probably 5 stars now ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

They look so happyyyy 🩷

[쿱정원 @wonubliss]

jeonghaniyoo_n ❤️📸 #정한

[ss. @scoupshot]

SCOUPS x TRUDON for Allure Korea October 2026 issue 🖤 #에스쿱스

[ja ᯓ★ @coupchuya]

I LOVE LIFE

[Allure Korea 얼루어코리아 @allurekorea]

#제작지원 #Allure_DigitalEdition 은밀하고 사적인 에스쿱스의 공간. 그리고 관능적인 향기가 어우러진 시간.

🔽🔽🔽Click‼️
https://t.co/i1JPxOd3wa

▫️<에스쿱스 with 트루동 아브 델 카데르 향초> 화보는 얼루어 코리아 10월호에서🔜
@pledis_17 #trudon #트루동 #TrudonCollection #Carmen #카르멘 #Medie #메디 #아브델카데르 #AbdElKader #SEVENTEEN #SCOUPS #세븐틴 #에스쿱스 #세븐틴에스쿱스

[쿱정원 @wonubliss]

scoups bathtub shoot 📸

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

@wonplusone_ Kaya pa naman nung gamit ko. Lumalabas yung iphone yung spare ko 😂

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

@wonplusone_ Gusto ko na mag android ulit 😂

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

@won_nox Buti hindi nasira microwave 😭

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

@sseokism Hahaha lintek. Kaya pa ba ni misis? Ang tamang sagot lang ay: Syempre naman.

[~ @DashOfPeppers]

@sseokism Ilan na ba ang latest na bilang ayon sa census? Bawal po kasi magkamali naooffend yung babies.