''Teen, Age'' (stylized in

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) is the second studio album by South Korean

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Seventeen. It was released on November 6, 2017 by

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with the

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" Clap". ''Teen, Age'' was the group's second number one on the ''Billboard'' World Album Charts. The album was later repackaged as Seventeen's first special album entitled ''Director's Cut'' on February 5, 2018, with the title track "Thanks".

Background

In May 2017, Seventeen released the EP ''

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'' as the first chapter of their "2017 Seventeen Project". Following the release of ''Al1'', Seventeen started the second chapter of the project by releasing "Change Up", a song by the group's respective hip-hop, performance, and vocal team leaders: S.Coups, Hoshi, and

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. Three additional songs, "Trauma", "Lilili Yabbay", and "Pinwheel", were released by each of the respective teams as incremental chapters. ''Teen, Age'' was then confirmed to be the third and final chapter of the project, comprising the four pre-released songs among others.

Promotion

On October 21, Seventeen released the timeline for the album teasers. The full tracklist was revealed on October 28, with the lead single "Clap", all four previously released songs, and new songs exploring different combinations of the group's members. On October 31, the group revealed they would perform "Clap" for the first time in a TV special with

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. On January 25, 2018, Seventeen announced a repackage of the album titled ''Director's Cut'', which was released on February 5. The track list was revealed on January 29, including five new songs, with the lead single "Thanks".

Commercial performance

''Teen, Age'' surpassed Seventeen's previous album sales records, recording a total of 215,669 albums sold in the first week. The album also reached number one on South Korea's weekly

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and was the group's second number one on the ''Billboard'' World Album Charts. ''Director's Cut'' similarly proved to be a commercial success, ranking first on South Korea's Hanteo Chart and again on the weekly Gaon Chart.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

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