Stray Kids have made Billboard 200 history once again. The group’s latest mini album, THIS & THAT, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 369,000 equivalent album units, delivering the biggest opening week of their career and extending one of the chart’s most remarkable streaks.
Of the album’s 369,000-unit debut, an impressive 357,000 came from traditional album sales, marking Stray Kids’ strongest pure sales week to date. The total also surpasses the opening of 2025’s DO IT, which launched with 295,000 units, making THIS & THAT the group’s largest Billboard 200 debut ever.
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With the achievement, Stray Kids become the first act in Billboard history to see their first nine charting albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. No artist from any genre has previously opened their first nine entries atop the chart, further extending the record they established with DO IT last year.
The latest chart-topper also strengthens the group’s lead among K-pop acts with the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200. Stray Kids now own nine chart-topping releases, continuing to build on a streak that began with ODDINARY in 2022 and continued through MAXIDENT, (5-STAR), 樂-STAR (ROCK-STAR), ATE, HOP, Karma, DO IT, and now THIS & THAT.
The chart success follows another dominant performance on streaming platforms. Upon release, THIS & THAT generated more than 12.8 million Spotify streams on its first day, making it the biggest opening for a fourth-generation K-pop act in 2026. Across all Korean releases this year, only BTS’ ARIRANG and BLACKPINK’s DEADLINE recorded larger first-day totals.
Momentum continued throughout the week as the project finished with approximately 46 million Spotify streams globally. That stands as the biggest debut week for any fourth-generation K-pop act in 2026 and gives Stray Kids eight different albums that have each surpassed 40 million first-week Spotify streams, the second-highest total among all Korean acts in the platform’s history.
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