Stray Kids Ranked No. 1 for 6th consecutive time on Billboard...Billboard's first ever milestone
Dec 23, 2024
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According to a preview article released by Billboard on the 22nd (local time), Stray Kids' album SKZHOP HIPTape 'HOP'(HOP)'(HAP) released on December 13th reached the top of the chart for the sixth time on December 28th with sales of about 187,000 copies in the U.S. in the first week of its release.
Stray Kids is the first artist in about 69 years since the chart began in March 1956 to enter the top six albums in a row since its debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. In addition, Stray Kids became the group that topped the Billboard 200 chart in the 2000s, matching BTS, Linkin Park, and Dave Matthews Band.
In December 2024, six years after its debut and two years after its debut on the Billboard 200 chart, Stray Kids achieved the feat of entering the chart '6th consecutive top spot' with its new work 'combination (HOP)'. Beyond K-pop, it has carved the group's name into the history of world music as the "first artist in the world". In particular, all of these records are written as albums of 'self-production' created by the members themselves, led by the production team 3RACHA within the group.
Stray Kids, which has repeatedly written history in the global music market and has become a 'Global Top Artist', recently achieved several favorable performances on Billboard and proved its powerful influence again. He won the Top Global K-Pop Artist category at the '2024 Billboard Music Awards' held on the 12th, raising his status by winning the top global K-pop artist category and becoming a performer for two consecutive years at the ' Billboard Music Awards', one of the top three popular music awards in the United States.
In the Billboard Year-End chart's Top Album Sales category released on the 13th, 'STAR' was ranked 4th and 9th, the highest among Korean artists, as well as 1st and 2nd place for world albums, 1st place for world album artists, and 2nd place for top album sales artists.
Stray Kids, which has been successfully carrying out the world's 32nd regional world tour 'the largest of its kind'Stray Kids World Tour
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