Stray Kids' latest album, SKZHOP HIPTAPE, topped the Billboard 200 chart dated December 28.
SKZHOP HIPTAPE marks the South Korean boy band's sixth consecutive album to debut at No. 1, becoming the first act to earn this achievement in the chart's long history.
ODDINARY and MAXIDENT in 2022, ROCK-STAR and 5-STAR in 2023 and ATE in 2024 are Stray Kids' previous chart toppers.
Until this week, DMX and Stray Kids were tied with their first five albums each making their debut at No. 1.
SKZHOP HIPTAPE in the first week earned 187,000 equivalent album units, including 10,000 streaming equivalent album (SEA) units in the U.S. for the December 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate.
The album is followed by Kendrick Lamar's GNX at No. 2, Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department at No. 3, Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet at No. 4 and Michael Bublé's Christmas at No. 5.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate.
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