On July 17, it was released nationwide, and the group held promotional fan signing events for the film's premiere release Moreover, Sechs Kies starred in the children's musical, Alibaba and the 40 Thieves, alongside singer Jinjoo. In March, Sechs Kies became the first idol group to film their own movie, titled Seventeen. After wrapping up their second album promotions in February, they began a spring nationwide tour, including concerts in Busan, Ulsan, Gwangju, and Daegu. Sechs Kies's fanbase and general popularity continued to grow rapidly in 1998. 1998: Rising popularity, Road Fighter and Special Album Sechs Kies was the first dance group to hold a concert at the center. On December 21, Sechs Kies held their first concert in Seoul at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts tickets were reportedly sold out within five hours. In December, they won the 12th Korea Visual and Records Grand Prize (later named Golden Disc Awards) Bonsang, the KMTV Korean Music Awards New Artist Award, the Seoul Music Awards Bonsang, the KBS Music Awards Bonsang, the Best 10 Artist Awards at the MBC and the SBS Music Awards. Sechs Kies quickly achieved recognition as rookies of the year and received several awards at various music award shows. They quickly began promoting the album's title track "Chivalry" (기사도) on various music programs, which gave the group their first number one spot on SBS Inkigayo on December 7. Their second album was titled Welcome to the Sechskies Land, featuring 20 tracks formatted as a tour around a fictional amusement park known as "Sechskies Land", and was released on November 1. Shortly afterwards, Sechs Kies made their much anticipated comeback in October on KMTV's Recharge 100% Show and began promotional activities for their second album release. For further information on Sechs Kies's album sales record, read Sechs Kies discography. The physical sales of Sechs Kies's albums remain unclear not only because of DSP's under-reporting but also because the official records are unavailable for albums released before September 1998. OhmyNEWS reported that over 1,800,000 copies of the album were sold. Multiple songs from School Anthem became immensely popular, including "School Anthem", "Remember Me", and "The Way This Guy Lives - Pomsaengpomsa". Their debut album School Anthem, named after the title track, was released on May 15. Sechs Kies debuted on Apon KMTV Show! Music Tank with their first single, "School Anthem" (also known as "School Byeolgok", "School Song", or "학원별곡" in Korean). 1997: Debut, School Anthem and Welcome to the Sechskies Land Accordingly, the other four members had been selected with Kang Sung-hoon's consent. Lee Ho-yeon, the DSP CEO, had persuaded Kang Sung-hoon by giving him right of veto. On June 1, 2016, while guesting on Radio Star together, Kang Sung-hoon said that he had refused to join a six-member idol group at that time. Jang Su-won was cast during an open audition, and lastly, Ko Ji-yong, a childhood friend of Kang Sung-hoon, was cast as the final member of Sechs Kies. That is how they became a Sechs Kies's member. At that time Lee Ho-yeon, Daesung Entertainment's CEO, asked him to recommend an idol group member. Lee Juno was famous as Seo Taiji and Boys' member. Kim Jae-duck and Lee Jai-jin at the time were members of a dance crew called Quicksilver in their hometown of Busan and was selected as a trainee in Lee Juno's company. The agency had originally planned to debut Eun Ji-won and Kang Sung-hoon in South Korea as a duet, but with the success of SM Entertainment's male idol group H.O.T., the agency shifted gears to debut a six-member male idol group instead. 2.9 2020-present : First EP and Three Meals For FourĮun Ji-won, who was studying abroad in Hawaii, was scouted by DSP Entertainment, along with friend Kang Sung-hoon in a nightclub.2.6 2017: A new beginning, The 20th Anniversary and Another Light.2.2 1998: Rising popularity, Road Fighter and Special Album.2.1 1997: Debut, School Anthem and Welcome to the Sechskies Land.On May 10, 2016, they signed with YG Entertainment.