Seventeen just received their first win on a music show (040516 Show Champion) and all I could think of was that it was about time.
These 13 boys have worked so hard for so long and had so many obstacles:
Training with a company that was going bankrupt.
Not having a clue if/when they would ever debut.
Being away from home for so long.
Being made fun of publicly by people who thought their talents were weak.
BUT they always came back stronger.
They became the FIRST rookie group to sell over 100,000 copies in 3 months with their 2nd Mini Album “Boys Be”
Then they came back and broke the record of most sold albums sold in a week by having 80,000 with their newest release “Love & Letter”. A title that was previously held by TAEMIN who is a well respected veteran of the Kpop music industry. Sales like that are on the same level as TVXQ, Super Junior, BTS, BigBang and EXO!
They won the ‘ World Rookie Award’ at the Gaon Kpop Charts Music Awards.
They won ‘Rookie of the Year’ at the Golden Disk Awards.
They won the ‘New Artist Award’ at the Seoul Music Awards.
They won ‘Best Rookie Group’ at the SBS PopAsia Awards.
They won ‘Best Newcomer Group’ award at the Hello Asia K-Pop Award.
They won the ‘Most Appearance’ awards at the MBC Show Champion Awards.
They won the ‘Rookie of the Year Award’ at the Soompi Awards.
They won the ‘Rookie Award’ at the 7th Philippine Kpop Awards.
And now they have just had their first win (040516) on the show that all Idols crave to win the most!
Being paired against Vixx, Block B, Twice and Jeong Eun Ji and STILL winning is an amazing feat!
I cried alongside them as they struggled to keep their composure passing the microphone from hand to hand as they broke down into tears. Our boys worked so hard and sacrificed so much to succeed and they finally proved to the world that they can.
We should all be proud Carats.
We should all stay proud Carats.
We all helped in making this possible by buying albums, streaming songs, watching MV’s and blowing up Social Media.
I feel like all of us Carats were on the stage accepting the award too.
We did it guys, we all did it.
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