Inkigayo for the 2nd week was cancelled because of a baseball game (which later got cancelled bc of bad weather lol), but it got announced that Seventeen won, making it their 4th win overall for HOME;RUN and only their 2nd Inkigayo trophy! (TMI: Since Inki got cancelled, SVT went to DK's sister's wedding instead and learned about their win while eating haha And BSS performed "Just Do It" at the wedding and changed the lyrics "Without hesitation, I'll walk" to " Without hesitation, I'll kiss")
Other than the music shows, SEVENTEEN performed at the 2020 Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, where they also received the Prime Minister's Commendation. ( Omona Post)
On its first day, Semicolon sold 297,3XX copies. At the end of the first week, it sold 932,0XX copies, achieving the 3rd highest first week sales in 2020 and 5th highest first week sales overall on Hanteo. As of now, 3 weeks into the release, the album is ~39K shy of reaching 1M. Meanwhile on Gaon, the album topped the weekly album charts at its release and has since then reached ">million seller status.
Digital Charts
HOME;RUN did okay on the digital charts. Looking at the old real-time chart that doesn't count anymore it debuted #5 on Melon (Left&Right debuted at #6) and rose to #2 at 1am. For the new 24h-charts, HOME;RUN entered at #99 and rose up to #65. Their realtime peak rank was #56. Its daily charting was #71, but already fell out of the daily charts by day 2. They also reached #2 on Genie, and grabbed #7 for their daily peak rank. For Gaon Chart, the 1st week digital rank was #16, while they hit #1 on Downloads. The 2nd week digital rank was considerably lower, reaching #110 in Digital and #102 in Downloads.
On Oricon’s Weekly Album Chart (which combines phyiscal+digital), Semicolon held the #2-position for two weeks. Internationally, the album ranked first in 12 overseas iTunes charts.
Vernon does the kick up skateboard & catch the phone thing.. ALL: WOAH!! so cool Mingyu tries to do the same Cheol: DON'T DO IT! you're gonna break it!!! 😂😂😂 @pledis_17 (W Korea tiktok update with Vernon) pic.twitter.com/SsDRc2We9c - ˚* ❀mi ;💜 (@miwon17_) November 5, 2020
Seventeen will guest on 'Idol Wonderland'. Vernon very probably has a finsta. Big Hit Labels announced a yearly label concert on New Years Eve (the drama with MBC intensifies), but Pledis announced that Seventeen already have a different schedule on that day and won't participate (no, it's not Kohaku). Seventeen was also confirmed to perform at MAMA. Hoshi donated money for scholarships at his old high school. In TikTok-dance news, Hoshi did the Lovekilla challenge with Monsta X's Kihyun while Vernon did the Daisy challenge with Pentagon's Kino. Seventeen's dorm arrangement. In need of a new phone background? Hoshi is here to help. Seungkwan is an actual bear, carries around honey sticks and gifts them to people (people is Golden Child's Bomin). While his dad drives lost travelers around. People are wrapping their heads around this Wonwoo abs pic being real. Jun being shocked that there is a taobao shop model who eerily looks like him. Semicolon Thanks To. Did Hoshi just spoil sth?
The post is not 100% complete, but I haven't turned off my laptop in a week because this was sitting in my drafts, so out it goes. What were your favorite parts of this era?