Stray Kids Tie One Of The Biggest Rock Bands Of All Time

Stray Kids cod a ninth No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 arsenic 'This & That' debuts. The K-pop titans are now tied pinch The Rolling Stones for the second-most leaders among groups. In this image released connected December 12, 2024, the set Stray Kids astatine the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. (Photo by JYP Entertainment/Penske Media via Getty Images)

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In the span of only a fewer years, Stray Kids has gone from a breakout enactment that helped beryllium K-pop was present to enactment successful America to 1 of the astir successful groups of each clip erstwhile looking specifically astatine the largest accumulation of No. 1 albums.

The South Korean boy set returns to the acme of the Billboard 200 this clip astir pinch yet different postulation arsenic This & That arrives. Stray Kids pulls further up of each different names successful K-pop pinch different caller champion connected the astir competitory albums roster successful America – and the singers moreover negociate to necktie a legendary stone group for a very typical spot successful the history books arsenic they motorboat astatine No. 1.

Stray Kids Debuts astatine No. 1 connected Four Charts

This & That debuts astatine No. 1 connected each Billboard floor plan it reaches this week. In summation to the Billboard 200, the task besides leads the Top Album Sales, Vinyl Albums and World Albums charts.

The short group becomes Stray Kids’s ninth No. 1 connected the Billboard 200. Shockingly, the group has ne'er missed the acme pinch immoderate collection. The set has placed 9 projects connected the ranking, and each 1 of them has spent clip astatine No. 1.

Stray Kids Ties The Rolling Stones

With 9 No. 1 albums connected the Billboard 200, Stray Kids ties for the second-most leaders among groups successful the half-century-long history of the ranking. Billboard reports that the K-pop powerhouses lucifer The Rolling Stones, arsenic some acts person now accumulated 9 champions connected the Billboard 200.

The Beatles stay acold retired successful beforehand of each non-solo artists pinch 19 No. 1 albums. Looking astatine each acts, Drake and Taylor Swift beryllium side-by-side down the legendary stone set pinch 15 leaders apiece.

Here are each of Stray Kids’s No. 1 albums connected the Billboard 200.

• 5-Star
• Ate
• Do It
• Hop
• Karma
• Maxident
• Rock-Star
• Oddinary
• This & That

Stray Kids Has Ruled Every Year Since 2022

Stray Kids first dominated the Billboard 200 successful 2022 pinch the EP Oddinary. Since then, the group has racked up 2 caller champions each twelvemonth – almost each year, that is. So far, 2026 is the first twelvemonth since that first breakthrough successful which Stray Kids has collected only 1 No. 1 album, though that could easy change. With months near earlier 2027 begins, it is wholly imaginable that the musicians whitethorn return pinch different postulation and people a milestone tenth Billboard 200 champion.

Stray Kids Could Soon Join Madonna and Elvis Presley

Whenever Stray Kids earns its adjacent No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 – it seems for illustration a judge point whenever the singers are fresh pinch different postulation – the group will move into an moreover much exclusive tier of artists. A tenth leader will bring the K-pop talents onto the aforesaid level arsenic some Elvis Presley and Madonna. The Queen of Pop earned her landmark tenth Billboard 200 No. 1 earlier this summertime erstwhile Confessions II debuted successful first place.

Only 11 acts person earned double-digit No. 1 albums connected the Billboard 200 passim the chart’s much than half-century-long history. Stray Kids now sits only 1 triumph distant from joining that very mini club.

Here are each the artists pinch 10 aliases much No. 1 albums connected the Billboard 200.

• 19 – The Beatles
• 15 – Drake, Taylor Swift
• 14 – Jay-Z
• 12 – Future
• 11 – Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Ye (formerly known arsenic Kanye West)
• 10 – Elvis Presley, Madonna

Stray Kids Scores Three More No. 1 Albums

This & That gives Stray Kids a ninth No. 1 connected not only the Billboard 200, but besides connected some the Top Album Sales and World Albums charts. The group has now placed 10 projects connected the Top Album Sales ranking, pinch each but 1 reaching the summit. On the World Albums roster, Stray Kids climb to 23 full appearances and 20 apical 10s, including 9 leaders.

This & That besides helps Stray Kids deed No. 1 connected the Vinyl Albums floor plan for the first time. The task marks the group’s 2nd quality connected the format-specific tally, and this time, it instantly launches successful the highest imaginable position.