Stray Kids Ranks in Top 10 US Album Sales in 2024… Highest Ranking K-Pop Artist

Group Stray Kids has placed two albums in the Top 10 CD Sales in the US in 2024.

According to the ‘2024 Year-End Music Report’ released by music and entertainment data aggregation media Luminate on the 15th (local time), Stray Kids‘ mini-album ‘ATE’ (Eight) released in July of last year sold 442,000 copies, ranking 2nd in the US Top CD Album Sales category. Following in the footsteps of world-famous pop star Taylor Swift, they achieved the highest ranking among K-pop artists, drawing surprise.

SKZHOP HIPTAPE ‘合 (HOP)’ (합 (합)), released in December last year, ranked 5th with 248,000 copies sold. With this, Stray Kids has placed both of their albums released in 2024 at the top of the chart. It is especially meaningful as they are the only artist to have had two albums chart in the same category for three consecutive years. Previously, they ranked in the top 10 in CD sales in the US with their 2022 mini-albums ‘ODDINARY’ and ‘MAXIDENT’, and their 2023 third full-length album ‘★★★★★ (5-STAR)’ and mini-album ‘樂-STAR’.

In addition, in the Top Albums (US) category, which combines physical and digital album sales, ‘ATE’ ranked 6th, also the highest among K-pop artists. Stray Kids will successfully enter the Billboard 200 chart in 2024 at No. 1 for five consecutive weeks with ‘ATE’, and for six consecutive weeks with ‘合 (HOP)’, setting a new record in the chart’s 69-year history.

Meanwhile, Stray Kids will continue their momentum in 2025. They will hold a solo concert in Hong Kong today (the 18th) and tomorrow and resume their world tour ‘’, which boasts its ‘largest scale’. Starting in March, they will be going on a large-scale stadium tour in 20 regions across Latin America, North America, and Europe.

Stray Kids will be holding their fifth official fan meeting, ‘Stray Kids 5TH FANMEETING ’SKZ 5‘CLOCK’‘(’SKIZ Five O‘Clock‘), at Incheon Inspire Arena for three days from February 14th to 16th. On the last day, the 16th, they will simultaneously broadcast the event online through the Beyond LIVE platform.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com Reporter shine2562@donga.com
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