The Kids are alright. Stray Kids, however, are going gangbusters. In late August, the boyband landed their seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with KARMA, notching the biggest entry for the year to-date.
All seven of the pop outfit’s entries on the national albums tally have debuted at No. 1, beginning with ODDINARY in 2022. Last year, when HOP debuted atop the list, Stray Kids became the first act to debut atop the Billboard 200 with their first six entries in the 69-year history of the chart. With KARMA, their most recent release, they extended that record.
And with a seventh No. 1, Stray Kids surpassed BTS, Linkin Park and Dave Matthews Band for the most leaders among groups on the all-genre Billboard 200 this century. Among K-pop bands, BTS is in second place, with six No. 1 titles. ATEEZ is a distant third with two No. 1s on the weekly chart.
In Korea, Karma became the first K-pop album of the year to surpass 3 million copies in first-week sales.
That was August. Fast forward a couple months and the release today (Nov. 21) of Stray Kids’ new EP (or “special album”), DO IT, via JYP Entertainment.
DO IT is the first part of the SKZ IT TAPE series, a musical command to “act boldly with confidence right now,” while also exploring the story of the group as they seize the day and create their own “IT”.
On the live front, Stray Kids have also been bagging bar-setting numbers. The band played the final show of the Dominate World Tour at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on July 30, completing a 2025 run that visited Latin America, Europe and North America, setting Boxscore records for revenue and attendance in each region.
That’s after whipping up frenzies through Asia (Seoul, Tokyo, Bangkok and more) and Australia (Melbourne and Sydney) in 2024.
With the five-track DO IT, Stray Kids can, well, do it again on the Billboard 200. Stream it in full below.
