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EP by Seventeen
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Ep
Adore U
May 29, 2015
17 Carat is the debut extended play (EP) by South Korean boy group Seventeen. It was released on May 29, 2015, by Pledis Entertainment and distributed by LOEN Entertainment. "Adore U" serves as the lead single for the EP.
Background and release
17 Carat features five tracks written, co-written, and co-produced by Seventeen's group members. "Adore U" was chosen as the lead single for the EP and was performed on multiple music shows by the group. "Shining Diamond" was used as a pre-single on the group's reality debut show. The group stated that the tracklist was chosen to reflect Seventeen's core concept of "boys' passion".Seventeen hopes to shine like diamonds with '17 Carat' http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150526000750 The Korea Herald 26 May 2015 30 November 2016 The album has two physical versions: one with a "black" themed photo card set, and the other with a "white" themed photo card set. All copies include a CD containing the songs and a fold-up poster/lyric sheet.
Single
"Adore U" is the lead single of the extended play. It was written by Woozi, S.Coups, and Yeon Dong-geon.Adore U https://colorcodedlyrics.com/2015/05/seventeen-sebeuntin-adore-u-agginda Color Coded Lyrics 29 May 2015 29 November 2016 The Korea Herald states "'Adore U' is a funky pop song about a teenage boy trying to navigate through puppy love."Seventeen hopes to shine like diamonds with '17 Carat http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150526000750 The Korea Herald 26 May 2015 30 November 2016 It marks the beginning of the group's trilogy composed of the singles Adore U, Mansae, and Pretty U about a boy meeting, falling in love and asking out a girl. The track was composed and arranged by Woozi, Bumzu, and Yeon Dong-geon. The music video for the single was released on May 29, 2015, and was directed by Dee Shin. The dance choreography accompaniment to the song was choreographed by Hoshi and focuses on "storytelling, and on highlighting each member's strengths onstage".Seventeen hopes to shine like diamonds with '17 Carat' http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150526000750 The Korea Herald 26 May 2015 30 November 2016 The single has sold more than 38,000 digital copies and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard US World Chart.
Commercial performance
The EP has sold over 82,972 copies in South Korea.Cumulative sales of 17 Carat:
http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2015&hitYear=2015&termGbn=year ko:2015년 Album Chart
http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=12&hitYear=2016&termGbn=month ko:2016년 12월 Album Chart
http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=month&hitYear=2017&targetTime=11&nationGbn=K ko:2017년 11월 Album Chart It peaked at number 4 on the Korean Gaon Album Chart2015 Albums http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2015&hitYear=2015&termGbn=year Gaon Music Chart Korea Music Content Industry Association November 29, 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160910145520/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2015&hitYear=2015&termGbn=year September 10, 2016 and number 8 on the US World Billboard Chart.June 27, 2015 http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2015-06-27/world-digital-songs Billboard 29 November 2016The EP remained on Billboard's World Albums chart for 11 weeks.Benjamin Jeff Seventeen Score First No. 1 on World Albums With 'Boys Be' https://www.billboard.com/pro/seventeen-boys-be-no-1-world-albums-mansae/ Billboard September 22, 2015
Accolades
+Year-end lists Critic/publication List Rank Ref. Reference Billboard The 10 Best K-pop Album of 2015 Placed https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/best-k-pop-albums-2015-6828137/ The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015 Benjamin Jeff Oak Jessica December 12, 2015 Billboard October 31, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210918171751/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6828137/best-k-pop-albums-2015/ September 18, 2021 live
Track listing
Hoshi participated in the choreography of "Adore U" and "Shining Diamond", Dino choreographed "Jam Jam".박 수정 [My Name] 세븐틴 (3) 퍼포먼스팀 - 호시, 준, 디에잇, 디노 https://tenasia.hankyung.com/tv/article/2015061855044 18 July 2021 텐아시아 연예뉴스 텐아시아 The Korea Economic Daily 18 June 2015 ko Track credits adapted from the liner notes of 17 Carat album.
Official track listhttp://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=548445 SEVENTEEN 1st Mini Album '17 CARAT' Arrangement 16:48 Shining Diamond Woozi S.Coups Vernon Kim Min-jung Woozi MasterKey Rishi MasterKey Rishi 3:24 Adore U no ^아낀다 yes Woozi S.Coups Vernon Bumzu Woozi Bumzu Yeom Dong-gun Woozi Bumzu Yeom Dong-gun 3:07 Ah Yeah by Hip-Hop Team S.Coups Mingyu Wonwoo Vernon Woozi Rishi Rishi 3:29 Jam Jam by Performance Team + Vernon Woozi Hoshi Dino Vernon Woozi Cream Donuts Cream Donuts 3:25 20 by Vocal Team Woozi Woozi Won Young-heon Dong Ne-hyeong Won Young-heon Dong Ne-hyeong 3:23
Personnel
Credits adapted from Dork and the liner notes of 17 Carat.
SEVENTEEN
S.Coups – vocals (1-3)
Jeonghan – vocals (1, 2, 5)
Joshua – vocals (1, 2, 5)
Jun – vocals (1, 2, 4)
Hoshi – vocals (1, 2, 4), choreography
Wonwoo – vocals (1-3)
Woozi – vocals (1, 2, 5), chorus vocals (1, 4, 5), music producer
DK – vocals (1, 2, 5)
Mingyu – vocals (1-3)
The8 – vocals (1, 2, 4)
Seungkwan – vocals (1, 2, 5)
Vernon – vocals (1-4)
Dino – vocals (1, 2, 4)
Additional musicians
LISHBEATS (Rishi) – synthesizer, drums (1); bass, keyboards, drums (3)
Lee Tae-wook – guitar (1)
In Young-hoon – electric piano (2)
Park Ki-tae – guitar (2)
Lee Dong-hyeok – bass (2)
Geumbungeo – drum programming (4)
Dong Ne-hyeong – keyboards, piano, bass, drums (5)
Won Young-heon – keyboards, piano, bass, drums (5)
Jung Soo-wan (Sean Soowan Chung) of Serengeti – guitar (5)
Production and engineering
Han Sung-soo – producer
Kim Young-soo – executive producer
Bumzu – chorus vocals (1, 2, 5), recording at 4420 AZIT (2, 5), vocal direction (2)
MasterKey – keyboards, drums (1), mixing at MasterPiece SoundLab (1, 3-5), mastering at MasterPiece SoundLab
Rhymer (rapper) ko 라이머 Rhymer – music producer
Kim Dae-young – recording at Pledis Studio
Shin Yong-sik of StayTuned – mixing at Velvet Studio (2)
Additional personnel
Choi Young-jun – choreography
No Ji-won – brand strategy and production
Ahn Shin-gyu – brand strategy and production
Charts
Weekly charts
+ Weekly chart performance for 17 Carat Chart (2015–2023) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon)週間 アルバムランキング 2023年07月10日付 Weekly album ranking as of July 10, 2023 https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2023-07-10/p/5/ Oricon News ja February 18, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20230705031559/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2023-07-10/p/5/ July 5, 2023 46 South Korean Albums (Gaon)ko:2015년 27주차 Album Chart http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=27&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week Gaon Chart ko February 18, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807113148/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=27&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week August 7, 2016 4BillboardWorld 8 Seventeen February 17, 2024 true
Year-end charts
+ Year-end chart performance for 17 Carat Chart (2015) Peakposition South Korean Albums (Gaon)ko:2015년 Album Chart http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2015&hitYear=2015&termGbn=year Gaon Chart ko February 17, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20170507173505/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2015&hitYear=2015&termGbn=year May 7, 2017 47
References
Category:2015 debut EPs
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Category:Kakao M EPs
Category:Seventeen (South Korean band) EPs
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