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First-generation idol royalty who helped invent fandom culture, split at the top in 2000, then pulled off a surprise stadium reunion. Start with "School Anthem" and bring your yellow lightstick.

Members

5

Debut

1997 (29 years)

Generation

1st gen (until 2003)

Label

Independent

Start with: School Anthem

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Achievements

• School Anthem (1997) was reported to have sold over 1,800,000 copies
• Won the Seoul Music Awards Daesang in 1998 alongside H.O.T. with "Couple"
• First idol group to film their own movie, Seventeen (1998)
• "Three Words" (2016) topped all eight major domestic music charts and the Gaon Digital Chart
• Another Light (2017) entered the Billboard World Albums chart at number 10

Timeline

1. 1997Debut on April 15 with "School Anthem"; first concert at the Sejong Center in December
2. 1998Third album Road Fighter and the "Couple" hit from Special Album
3. 1999Performed at the Peace Friendship Music Concert in Pyongyang
4. 2000Disbandment announced in May, final performance at the Dream Concert on May 20
5. 2016Surprise reunion concert on Infinite Challenge at the Seoul World Cup Stadium; signing with YG
6. 201720th anniversary album and fifth album Another Light with "Something Special"
7. 2020Mini album All for You as a four-member group, and a win on M Countdown
8. 2021Digital single "Don't Look Back" written by Yoo Hee-yeol reaches number one in real time on Genie and Bugs

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