Stray Kids' 'THIS THAT' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Stray Kids have achieved a historic milestone on the Billboard 200, as their latest album, THIS THAT, debuted at No. 1, making the K-pop group the first act in the chart's history to land its first nine charting albums at the top spot. The album arrived atop the chart dated Aug. 22, 2026, earning 369,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Aug. 13, according to data from Luminate. This marks the biggest sales week of the group's career, with traditional album sales accounting for 357,000 of those units.

The chart-topping debut extends the group's remarkable record of consistently entering the Billboard 200 at No. 1, a run that began with their 2022 release ODDINARY. With this ninth consecutive chart-topper, Stray Kids have tied Taylor Swift for the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 in the 2020s. They have also set new benchmarks for K-pop groups, claiming the record for the most No. 1 albums by a group in the 21st century and extending their own record for the most chart-toppers by any K-pop act.

In the broader context of Billboard history, the group now ties The Rolling Stones for the second-most No. 1 albums by a group on the Billboard 200,...