Stray Kids have once again made Billboard history, as their fourth full-length album 'KARMA' debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated September 6. The album earned 313,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. during the week ending August 28, marking the group’s strongest sales week to date. Of that total, 296,000 were pure album sales, also a career high.
With this achievement, all seven of Stray Kids’ Billboard 200 entries have debuted at No. 1, beginning with 'ODDINARY' in 2022. The group now extends its record as the only act in the chart’s 69-year history to debut at No. 1 with their first seven albums.
'KARMA' also records the third-biggest week of 2025 by units across all albums, and the second-largest sales week of the year.
With their latest win, Stray Kids surpass BTS, Linkin Park, and Dave Matthews Band for the most No. 1 albums by a group on the Billboard 200 this century. In total, 'KARMA' becomes the 29th mostly non-English-language album to top the chart — and the 19th Korean-language album to do so.
This historic No. 1 adds yet another milestone to Stray Kids’ rapidly growing legacy, cementing their status as one of the most dominant K-pop groups in the world.
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