Stray Kids(Stray Kids) achieved firsts and best results on the U.S. Billboard year-end settlement of account charts, raising the group's standing.
According to the 2025 year-end (Year-End) charts released on the official U.S. Billboard website, Stray Kids' fourth studio album 'KARMA'(Karma) ranked fifth on 'Top Album Sales' and 'Top Current Album Sales', marking the highest position among K-pop releases.
They ranked No. 1 on 'World Albums' artist, No. 2 on 'Top Album Sales Artist', No. 7 on 'Top Artist Duo/Group', and No. 49 on 'Billboard 200 Artist', the highest ranking among K-pop artists. They were No. 4 in the 'Billboard 200 Artist duo/group' category, and the title track 'CEREMONY'(Ceremony) from the fourth studio album 'KARMA' reached No. 20 on 'Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales', making them the only Asian artist to enter each of those charts.
On the 'World Albums' chart, SKZHOP HIPTAPE(SkizHop Hip Tape) '合 (HOP)'(合 (HOP)) held No. 1 and the fourth studio album 'KARMA' sat at No. 2, dominating the top ranks. In addition, '合 (HOP)' was No. 7 on 'Top Album Sales' and No. 6 on 'Top Current Album Sales', and on the 'Billboard 200 albums' chart 'KARMA' was No. 128 and '合 (HOP)' No. 157, placing both works on the chart, and they also charted at No. 69 on 'Top Artists'. The world tour Stray Kids World Tour < dominATE >( < dominate > ) landed at No. 10 on the 'Top Tours 2025' chart, the highest rank for a K-pop artist.
This year Stray Kids set a milestone by having the fourth studio album 'KARMA' and SKZ IT TAPE(Skz It Tape) 'DO IT'(Do It) enter the Billboard main album chart 'Billboard 200' for seven consecutive and eight consecutive weeks respectively, each debuting at No. 1. With that achievement, they became the group with the third-most Billboard 200 No. 1 albums worldwide, and they set records as the first in Billboard 200 history to achieve eight consecutive No. 1s and for the most Billboard 200 No. 1s in the 2000s era.
Attention is focused on Stray Kids' powerhouse activity as they sweep not only major U.S. Billboard charts but also the year-end charts.
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