Stray Kids have done it again — and this time, they’ve shattered a 70-year record once thought impossible.
With the explosive success of SKZ IT TAPE: DO IT, Stray Kids have officially topped the Billboard 200 for the eighth consecutive time, becoming the first artists in the world — not just in K-pop — to have all eight of their charting albums debut at No. 1.
Not since the Billboard 200 began its weekly publication in March 1956 has any act achieved this feat. Yet here come eight self-producing twenty-somethings from JYP Entertainment, rewriting global music history like it's nothing but another Tuesday.
According to Billboard’s preview report, DO IT earned 295,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week — with a staggering 286,000 in pure sales. The album sold across seven physical versions and dominated both digital and physical formats.
With this, Stray Kids extend two monumental achievements:
Most No. 1 albums by any group in the 21st century
The only act ever to debut at No. 1 with their first eight entries
Every release since ODDINARY (2022) has shot straight to the top. No pauses. No dips. No flukes. Eight releases. Eight No. 1s.
Stray Kids aren’t just competing in K-pop — they are now competing with, and surpassing, global pop titans.
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| Stray Kids finally claim what they deserved — the Grand Prize: Album of the Year at MAMA 2025 Photo Credit - MAMA |
Impressively, DO IT lands among 2025’s top-selling first-week albums, placing just behind heavyweights like Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, The Weeknd, and Sabrina Carpenter. It outranks most Western acts in sales and proves that Korean-language albums dominate the U.S. market in a way no one predicted a decade ago.
Following Swift’s seven-week reign at No. 1, Stray Kids come crashing in with another explosive entry that industry insiders are calling “the most consistent global phenomenon of the decade.”
Dominating the UK, Australia, Spotify, and Everywhere Else
Stray Kids didn't stop at Billboard. Across global charts, the numbers speak for themselves:
🇬🇧 UK Official Charts (Trending):
— Do It debuts at No. 35 on the Singles Chart
— Both title tracks hit Top 10 on the Trending Chart
— Their seventh career entry on the UK Singles Chart
🇦🇺 Australia’s ARIA:
— Do It hits No. 10, the highest K-pop ranking of 2025
🎧 Spotify:
— Global Daily Chart: No. 11
— U.S. Daily Chart: No. 13
— Weekly Global: No. 42 (surpassing CEREMONY)
Meanwhile, their MAMA-premiered track 신선놀음 (Sinseng Noleum) is exploding worldwide, becoming the No. 1 most trending music video across multiple countries for three consecutive days.
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The Power of a Self-Produced Group
Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han — the producing trio 3RACHA — continue to craft, produce, and shape the group’s sound from the ground up. In an industry often powered by external producers, Stray Kids’ success is built on their own sweat, ideas, late-night studio sessions, and uncompromising creative vision.
They never changed their sound to chase charts. The world simply caught up.
They have stayed raw. Loud. Experimental. Emotional. Honest.
And for that, they’ve been rewarded with one of the most powerful global fanbases and a list of achievements that no other group — K-pop or otherwise — can touch.
A Year of Crowning Achievements — And It’s Not Even Over
From breaking Billboard’s 70-year record twice in one year, to picking up major awards including “daesangs” across shows, to setting new streaming milestones, Stray Kids are closing out 2025 as the undeniable leaders of the global music scene.
And yet…
It still feels like they’re just getting started.
Stray Kids have become the blueprint for what a modern pop group can be:
self-made, self-produced, fearless, and impossible to ignore.
