Stray Kids' Album '5-STAR' Debuts on Billboard 200's #1 + Becomes First K-pop Artist to Chart 3 Entries at Top Spot
Stray Kids' third full-length album "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" has debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 1. They are also the first K-pop artist to land three entries at the top spot.
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Stray Kids' Full-Length Album '★★★★★ (5-STAR)' Enters Billboard 200, Group Becomes First K-pop Artist to Chart 3 Releases at #1
On June 11, local time, Stray Kids' third full-length album "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" debuted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums, placing at the No. 1 spot.
The Top 200 Albums chart is known for ranking the most popular albums in the United States. Stray Kids has now made their third entry to dominate the chart's rankings, following their previous releases "ODDINARY" and "MAXIDENT."
Apart from achieving the feat as the first-ever K-pop act, Stray Kids has also become the first-ever artist since Harry Styles to attain the accomplishment. They have also now trailed BTS as the second K-pop act to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 more than once.
Luminate's data stated that "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" has garnered 249,500 equivalent album units throughout the week for June 8.
It also collected a total of 235,000 traditional album sales, which marked the highest sales week in the United States since album "Midnights" by singer songwriter Taylor Swift.
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"★★★★★ (5-STAR)" has also gathered 14,000 streaming equivalent album (SEA) units, which led to 19.55 million on-demand audio streams. On its first week, Stray Kids managed to amass 500 track equivalent album (TEA) units with "★★★★★ (5-STAR)."
Stray Kids' '(5-STAR)' Achieves Highest 1st-Week Hanteo Sales, Becomes Most Pre-Ordered K-pop Album in History
Apart from their Billboard accomplishment, Stray Kids also made history with their first week sales in Hanteo on June 9. The music chart revealed that "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" broke the record for first-week sales with a total of 4,617,499 copies from June 2 to June 8.
This feat has led them to break their own personal record of 2,163,349 album copies, which was gathered by "MAXIDENT." Stray Kids' album have also surpassed SEVENTEEN's 10th mini album "FML," which garnered 4,500,214 copies from April 24 to 30.
"★★★★★ (5-STAR)" also became the most pre-ordered K-pop album in history on May 30, when Stray Kids exceeded 4.93 million stock pre-orders three days ahead of the album's release. They have also surpassed SEVENTEEN's record of 4.64 million pre-orders with "FML."
Meanwhile on Circle Chart, Stray Kids was also included in the rankings of physical album, digital, streaming, global K-pop, download and social charts.
On June 9, the group earned their double crown for its weekly charts, where they dominated on both physical and digital download chart with "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" and its title track "S-Class."
Congratulations to Stray Kids for this achievement!
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