Stray Kids Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 For the 3rd Time with “5-STAR”, Matching BTS’s Record

Stray Kids has achieved an astonishing feat by topping the Billboard 200 chart for the third time.

On June 12th, Billboard announced in a chart preview article that Stray Kids‘ third full album, ‘★★★★★ (5-STAR)’, had entered the chart at No. 1. 

This marks Stray Kids’ third consecutive chart-topping album, following their mini-albums ‘Oddinary’ and ‘Maxident’ last year. 

Among Korean artists, only BTS and Stray Kids have achieved three or more No. 1 albums on Billboard 200.

Billboard introduced Stray Kids by saying, “The most recent artist to enter Billboard 200 with three consecutive albums at No. 1, like Stray Kids, was Harry Styles.”

With their album ‘5-STAR,’ Stray Kids set a sales record of 249,500 units on Billboard’s main album chart. This includes the first-week physical album sales and streaming combined. Out of the 249,500 copies, physical album sales accounted for 235,000 copies, earning them the title of “the album with the highest sales in a week” this year.

‘5-STAR’ received significant attention not only overseas but also domestically, as it achieved overwhelming first-week sales. It surpassed 5.13 million pre-orders and sold 4.617 million copies in the first week, setting a new record for first-week sales in K-pop history.

Stray Kids’ latest title track ‘S-Class’ is written by the group’s producing team 3RACHA, which has been responsible for all the title tracks since their debut songs. 

Stray Kids will be holding their third fan meeting, ‘Pilot: For ★★★★★,’ at KSPO Dome (Gymnastics Stadium) in Seoul on July 1st and 2nd. Tickets for the fan meeting were sold out for both days immediately upon opening.

Source: wikitree