K-pop group is the 1st act to debut its first eight releases at No. 1 in Billboard history
Stray Kids landed their eighth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with their latest EP “Do It,” becoming the first K-pop act to achieve this feat.
As of Monday, the album dethroned global pop star Taylor Swift’s studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” which had been on the Billboard 200 for seven consecutive weeks.
The Billboard 200 ranks the most popular albums of the week in the US, measured by equivalent album units, which calculates overall music consumption, including physical album sales, digital track downloads and streams.
According to music data company Luminate, Stray Kids’ album earned 295,000 equivalent album units in the US as of Nov. 27. Of that total, 286,000 were from traditional album sales, highlighting the group’s strong physical album sales.
The group has now landed eight albums at No. 1 since its first chart-topper “Oddinary” in 2022. Since then, “Maxident” in 2022, “5-Star” and “Rock-Star” in 2023, “Ate” and “Hop” in 2024, and “Karma” in June 2025, have all topped the Billboard 200.
With its most recent feat, Stray Kids extended their record for the most number of albums to top the Billboard 200 by a K-pop group, followed by BTS with six albums, Ateez with two albums and Blackpink, SuperM, Tomorrow X Together, NewJeans and Twice with one each.
Notably, Stray Kids are also the only act in Billboard history to debut at No. 1 with its first eight entries on the chart.
Stray Kids now also hold the record for the most Billboard 200 No. 1 albums by any group worldwide in the 21st century. They are followed by BTS, Linkin Park and the Dave Matthews Band, each with six No. 1 albums.
The group’s sales performance places “Do It” as the seventh highest-selling album in the US this year, according to JYP Entertainment.
Besides Billboard, Stray Kids are also making waves across other major global charts.
In the UK’s Official Trending Chart, double title tracks “Do It” and “Megaverse” in the album ranked No. 5 and No. 9, respectively, as of Nov. 25.
On Australia’s Aria Top 50 Singles Chart, “Do It” ranked No. 10, the highest chart position this year for a K-pop artist.
Meanwhile, Stray Kids won Album of the Year at the 2025 Mnet Asian Music Awards for “Karma.” The group is scheduled to perform at the 40th Golden Disk Awards on Jan. 10 in Taipei, Taiwan.
lee.jungjoo@heraldcorp.com
