Stray Kids Earn Seventh No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ‘KARMA’
Stray Kids' album KARMA sold 313,000 units in its debut week, marking the highest U.S. first-week sales for a K-pop album in 2025, driven by multiple album variants.
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Stray Kids earns 7th Billboard 200 No. 1
K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed its seventh No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard's main albums chart with its new album, "Karma." "Karma" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, replacing Morgan Wallen's "I'm the Problem," Billboard said in a chart preview released Sunday (U.S. time). It marks the group's seventh No. 1 on the chart, following "Oddinary" and "Maxident" in 2022, "5-Star" and "Rock-Star" in 2023, and "Ate" and "Hop" in 2024.…
The South Korean band Stey Kids debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 chart with the new album "KARMA". This is the seventh consecutive release of the band that started with the top one, a record that has no equivalent for the 69-year ranking history. According to the "Luminate", an independent information provider for the "Billboard", in the first week ending August 28, the album collected 313,000 equivalents in the United States, 296,00…
Stray Kids Set Record for Seven No. 1 Albums in 70 Years of Billboard 200 - K-POP NEWSWIRE
Stray Kids adds to their achievements by topping Billboard’s main album chart, the Billboard 200, with their newest release, “KARMA.” Released on August 22, their 4th studio album sold about 313,000 units in the US in its debut week. This achievement marks the group’s seventh consecutive No. 1 album, a feat no artist has accomplished since the chart launched. The streak started with their 2022 mini-album “ODDINARY.” They then topped the chart wi…
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