The group Stray Kids has set a record of selling over 30 million copies of their Korean and Japanese albums.

Stray Kids has sold a total of 25 albums in Korea and Japan, reaching a cumulative shipment of 31,182,158 copies as of December 31, 2024.

From their pre-debut album ‘Mixtape’ in January 2018 to SKZHOP HIPTAPE ‘合 (HOP)’ in December of last year, their 17 domestic albums have sold a cumulative 27,723,267 copies based on the Circle Chart, and from their first best album ‘SKZ2020’ in March 2020 to their second Japanese album ‘GIANT’ in November of last year, they have sold over 8 Japanese albums. The album recorded 3,458,891 copies.

They surpassed 10 million cumulative shipments with 18 albums released in Korea and Japan in October 2022. Since then, Stray Kids, who have released 7 new albums, have boasted a rapid rise in popularity and powerful album power by exceeding 30 million copies.

In particular, their third full-length album ‘★★★★★ (5-STAR)’ (Five Star) released in June 2023 set a new K-pop record at the time with 5.13 million pre-orders and 4,617,499 copies in the first week (album sales for a week from the release date), and in August, two months after its release, they became ‘JYP Entertainment‘s first Penta Million Seller’ with cumulative sales of over 5 million copies according to the Circle Chart. The album was also ranked as the best-selling K-pop album of 2023 in the United States.

Riding on the wave of global popularity, Stray Kids has successfully entered the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for six consecutive times since their debut at No. 1 for the first time in the chart’s 69-year history. Starting with ‘ODDINARY’ in March 2022, they have topped the charts with ‘MAXIDENT’, ‘★★★★★ (5-STAR)’ and ‘樂-STAR’ in 2023, and ‘ATE’ and ‘合 (HOP)’ in 2024. Recently, in the ‘2024 Year-End Music Report’, released by music and entertainment data aggregation media Luminate, they were ranked in the top 10 of the US Top CD Album Sales category with ‘ATE’ and ‘合 (HOP)’, adding to their unrivaled presence as the only artist to have two albums charted in that category for three consecutive years.

Stray Kids will continue to be active in 2025. They announced the resumption of their world tour ‘’ in Hong Kong on the 18th and 19th, and starting in March, they will meet audiences around the world by holding a large-scale stadium tour in all 20 regions of Latin America, North America, and Europe. Prior to this, the fifth official fan meeting ‘SKZ 5’CLOCK‘ will be held at Incheon Inspire Arena for three days from February 14th to 16th.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com Reporter jhj@donga.com
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