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Stray Kids Score 9th Straight Billboard 200 No. 1 — Standing Alongside The Rolling Stones, Behind Only The Beatles

Stray Kids placed nine albums consecutively atop the US main album chart, standing shoulder to shoulder with the legends of global pop music history. They completed a record unique in the Billboard 200's 70-year history: their first nine entries all debuting at No. 1. Mini Album "THIS & THAT" Tops the Billboard 200 According to the US music outlet Billboard on the 17th (local time), Stray Kids' mini album "THIS & THAT" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the main album chart, dated the 22nd. The equivalent album units earned in its first week totaled 369,000, rewriting the group's own best weekly record. Of that, traditional album sales made up 357,000, streaming equivalent albums (SEA) 11,000, and track equivalent albums (TEA) 1,000—making the pure-sales figure the group's best ever as well. A Record Standing Alongside The Beatles and The Rolling Stones With this, Stray Kids completed the feat of sending all nine albums they've released to No. 1 since first entering the chart with "ODDINARY" in 2022. Stray Kids are the only act in the Billboard 200's 70-year history to debut their first nine entries all at No. 1. They also cemented a singular position in the all-time group rankings. Achieving their ninth No. 1 overall, Stray Kids tied Britain's legendary rock band The Rolling Stones (nine) for second place in "most No. 1s among groups in Billboard 200 history." The only group in history with more No. 1 albums than them is The Beatles, with 19. Among groups worldwide that debuted after 2000, they are by far the leader in No. 1s, and for the most No. 1s of this century (the 2020s), they stand shoulder to shoulder with pop star Taylor Swift (nine). The Culmination of Step-by-Step Growth This ninth straight No. 1 is the culmination of step-by-step growth, going beyond merely defending the chart's top spot. After partnering with the major North American label Republic Records and entering the chart with 110,000 units in their first week in 2022, Stray Kids raised their firepower more than threefold—through "5-STAR" (249,500 units) and their fourth studio album "KARMA" (313,000 units) to this 369,000 units. It carries deep meaning in that these results were achieved while competing on the same stage as the era's top pop stars who dominated the US streaming market. Physical Firepower Spanning Korea and Japan At the foundation of these achievements lies formidable physical-album firepower spanning both Korea and Japan. This new record posted 3.03 million first-week (initial) sales on Korea's Hanteo Chart, becoming 2026's second "triple million-seller" after BTS's "ARIRANG." In the US market too, led by a diversification strategy of 17 CD and vinyl (LP) variants, it swept up 357,000 in pure album sales alone in the first week (about 96.7% of the total). By 2026 weekly pure-album-sales in the US, this ranks second after BTS's "ARIRANG" (532,000 copies). Showing strength in physical records over streaming, this achievement once again confirmed Stray Kids' solid global fandom.

BTS's "ARIRANG" Re-enters Billboard 200 Top 10 at No. 9 — "NORMAL" Returns to the Hot 100

Four months after its release, BTS's fifth studio album "ARIRANG" is still showing staying power on the global charts. The album re-entered the Billboard main album chart's Top 10, and its tracks built their presence anew on charts around the world. No. 9 on the Billboard 200 — the Week's Biggest Gain On the latest chart released by Billboard on July 28 (dated August 1), "ARIRANG" rose to No. 9 on the main album chart, the Billboard 200. That's a jump of a full 17 places from the previous week — the largest gain on this week's chart. With this, "ARIRANG" has now spent a total of 13 weeks in the Billboard 200's Top 10, breaking its own record for the longest Top 10 run by any Korean artist's album. This week, "ARIRANG" sold roughly 40,000 units, up 62% from the previous week, a jump attributed to the release of a special vinyl edition adding two tracks ("Voice Message: Love Song" and "NORMAL"), which drove sales. Billboard also credited BTS's performance of "Dynamite" at the 2026 FIFA North America World Cup Final halftime show on July 19 (local time) as a positive factor in the album's rise. The globally broadcast stage drew in new listeners and prompted longtime fans to revisit the album, the outlet explained. "NORMAL" Re-enters the Hot 100, Global Charts Climb Too The album track "NORMAL" re-entered Billboard's main songs chart, the Hot 100, at No. 33. The song first entered at No. 41 on the chart dated April 4 and held on for three weeks, then re-entered on the strength of its music video and Korean-language release on July 17. "NORMAL" reached its own peak of No. 4 on the Global 200 and No. 2 on Global (Excluding U.S.). The title track "SWIM" placed at No. 10 and No. 5 on those two charts, respectively. Along with "SWIM" and "NORMAL," six "ARIRANG" tracks — including "Body to Body," "2.0," "Hooligan," and "FYA" — spent 18 consecutive weeks on the Global (Excluding U.S.) chart. The new song "Come Over" re-entered that chart at No. 133, and "Dynamite" at No. 140. The results stand out on component charts too. "NORMAL" took No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, while "ARIRANG" rose 17 places from the previous week to No. 2 on Vinyl Albums, reached No. 3 on Top Album Sales (up nine places), and No. 28 on Top Streaming Albums (up ten places). No. 3 in France, Too — the World Tour Effect Its overseas chart results continued as well. On the French Music Association (SNEP) "Top Albums" chart (week of July 24), "ARIRANG" rose 13 places from the previous week to No. 3. The result came right after the "BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN PARIS" concerts held July 17–18 at the Stade de France in Paris, showing the tour and chart performance moving in tandem. The North American Tour Continues BTS continues its world tour on August 1–2 at MetLife Stadium in New York, USA. Moving from Paris to North America, the group carries "ARIRANG" further along its global journey. With the album still showing staying power across the charts four months after release, attention turns to how it performs through a second half of the year filled with tour dates.