Stray Kids’ new album is still rocking the Billboard 200!
Earlier this month, Stray Kids’ latest album “(5-Star)” topped Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, making Stray Kids the first K-pop artist in history to have all of their debut chart entries. Came at number three for the first time. 1. The following week, the album remained strong at No. 6, making it Stray Kids’ first album to spend two weeks in the top 10.
Billboard revealed that “(5-Star)” is now spending its third consecutive week at number 12 on the Billboard 200, making it Stray Kids’ first album to spend three weeks in the top 20. Notably, Stray Kids is only the third ‘K’. -The pop boy group is only the fourth K-pop artist to chart three weeks in the top 12 for any album – and only the fourth K-pop artist overall, behind BTS, Blackpink and TXT.
(5-Star)” also charted high on several other Billboard charts this week. In addition to achieving the No. 3 position on both the Top Album Sales chart and the Top Current Album Sales chart, the album achieved No. 2 on the World Albums chart and also returned to No. 5 on the Tastemaker Albums chart. ,
Meanwhile, Stray Kids debuted at number 12 on the Billboard Artist 100, their 23rd consecutive week on the chart. Lastly, the group’s latest title track “S-Class” held strong at No. 9 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart, at No. 59 on Global Exclusive. US charts, and No. 98 on the Global 200.
The group recently announced the 5-Star Dome Tour 2023, which will take place at four domes. The tour will start at Pepe Dome in Fukuoka and continue to Ventelin Dome in Nagoya, Kyocera Dome in Osaka, KSPO Dome in Seoul and Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. The S-Class singers are scheduled to perform at the KSPO Dome in Seoul on September 30 and October 1, 2023. These dates coincide with the three-day Chuseok festival that runs from September 28-30 this year. Chuseok is South Korea’s biggest festival, during which people celebrate the mid-autumn harvest season by getting together and celebrating with families.
Both Korean and international fans commented on how troubling the KSPO Dome Tour dates were. Many also shared their concerns about the singer’s busy schedule, such as her participation in the KCON LA festival, which will be held from August 18 to 20 this year.