Stray Kids have scripted history! The K-pop stars have become the first group to debut their first five charting albums at the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Stray Kids make Billboard history
On July 28, Billboard announced that Stray Kids’ new mini-album ATE had debuted at No. 1 on the BB 200 albums chart, making it the K-pop group’s fifth consecutive album to bag the top spot. With this, Stray Kids have made history as the first group to have their first five charting albums debut atop the Billboard 200 chart. The only other artist to achieve this feat was American rapper DMX, who hit this milestone over two decades ago.
Stray Kids ‘ATE’ debuts at #1 on Billboard 200! 🏆#ATE is #StrayKids‘ fifth consecutive No. 1 hit, making them the only Korean act in history to debut atop this chart with their first five charting albums!Congratulations, @Stray_Kids! pic.twitter.com/GTr72Dark9
— billboard SKZ (@billboardskz) July 28, 2024
As per Luminate, ATE earned a total of 232,000 equivalent album units during the last week. The album’s total score consisted of 218,000 traditional album sales and 13,000 streaming equivalent album SEA) units, which translates to 19.05 million on-demand audio streams. ATE also racked up 1000 track equivalent album (TEA) units in its first week post release.
Prior to ATE, Stray Kids’ ODDINARY, MAXIDENT, 5-STAR and ROCK-STAR hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
About ATE
Stray Kids made their highly awaited comeback on July 19 with their mini-album ATE. Chk Chk Boom served as the album’s title track, followed by MOUNTAINS, JJAM, I Like It, Runners, twilight, Stray Kids and Chk Chk Boom (Festival version).
About Stray Kids
Stray Kids debuted as a group under JYP Entertainment on March 25, 2018. The group consists of Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, I.N and Seungmin. All eight members, who have been together for the past six years, recently renewed their contracts with JYP Entertainment.
