Seventeen's 'Face The Sun' selected as MTV's Album Of The Year

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SEOUL, December 8 (Yonhap) —Group Seventeen's fourth album, "Face the Sun," was selected as the "Album of the Year" by the U.S. music channel MTV.

According to the music industry, MTV announced through an official website article on December 6 (local time) that "Seventeen goes under the hot light and confronts fear rather than choosing comfort in the shade." "SEVENTEEN shows how stable and confident they are through their album "Face the Sun," an experimental pop genre that consists of nine songs.
 
It continued, "SEVENTEEN not only confronted the sun, but they became the sun," and added, "We are thankful that we are living inside the light they emit." It also explained the reason for the selection.
 
MTV has selected and released one "Album of the Year" every day this week, closing the year-end music market.
 
U.S. pop star Beyonce's "Renaissance" on December 5, "Face the Sun" on December 6, and Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" on December 7 were chosen this week. MTV will release a total of five albums this year.
 
The title track "Hot" of "Face the Sun" was ranked 38th on the "Best 100 Songs of the Year" list of Rolling Stone, a famous American music magazine.


(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
 
 
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