Stray Kids Crowned ‘K-pop Champions’ with Historic 7th Billboard 200 No. 1
Sep 04, 2025
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According to the U.S. Billboard on the 3rd (local time), Stray Kids was listed in a total of 16 Billboard categories on September 6 with its fourth full-length album 'Karma' and title song 'Ceremony' released on August 22.
Stray Kids topped the main album chart 'Billboards 200' for the seventh time in its career, recording a record sales of 313,000 copies in the first week of the U.S. He is the only K-pop artist to be ranked No. 1 in this year's 'Billboards 200' and was in the lead with a total of seven firsts, the most ever. In particular, it is meaningful because Stray Kids is the first country in the world to directly reach the top of seven works after entering the top of the chart in the 70-year history of 'Billboards 200' which began in March 1956.
In addition, 'ceremony' was ranked 52nd in 'Hot 100', which is evaluated as an indicator of popularity in the U.S. music market, and succeeded in being ranked fourth in a career. It also topped another main chart 'Artist 100', winning the sixth category 'Billboard 200' and 'Artist 100' after 'Odinner'Maxident'5Star'5Star'Eight'Stray Kids Hap Tape'.
On top of that, it also topped the charts in 'Top Album Sales', 'Top Current Album Sales', 'World Albums', 'World Digital Song Sales', 'Dance Digital Song Sales', 'No. 8 Billboard Global (excluding the U.S.)'No. 10 Billboard Global 200', and 'Top Streaming Album'K-Pop Group's first-ever chart, launched in October 2023.
Pop's Home Stray Kids, who made a new history in the U.S., will remember the glorious record given by STAY through their agency JYP Entertainment "Stay for a very long time. STAY always makes us shine even more. As much as you made us shine, we will become singers that shine more. We will share our good energy with the world as we are now, and we will continue to challenge ourselves and repay you with music and performances. Thank you from the bottom of my heart," he said.
Stray Kids also shone on the Billboard Box Score 'Top Tour' chart with the all-time world tour 'Dominate', which wrapped up its long journey in Rome in July. It ranked seventh on the June chart, where 10 stadium performances were held in eight North American regions, followed by Beyonce, The Weeknd, and Metallica, and ranked fifth, the highest in K-pop, on the July chart, which held stadium performances in all six European regions.
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