Stray Kids Score Their Biggest Sales Week as ‘This & That’ Debuts Atop Albums Chart
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- Stray Kids debuted 'This & That' at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 369,000 equivalent album units — 357,000 from traditional album sales — setting a new career-best sales week.
- Stray Kids earned their ninth No. 1 on the Billboard 200, tying the Rolling Stones for second-most No. 1s among groups in the chart's history, behind only the Beatles with 19.
- 'This & That' posted the sixth-largest album week of 2026 overall and the second-largest by traditional sales, trailing only BTS' 'Arirang' debut in March, which opened with 532,000.
- Stray Kids became the first act ever to debut their first six entries at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, a streak that began with 'Hop' in 2024 and started with their first No. 1, 'Oddinary,' in 2022.
- Ariana Grande's 'Petal' dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 in its second week with 82,000 units, while Olivia Rodrigo held at No. 3, Ella Langley sat at No. 4, and Morgan Wallen's 'I'm the Problem' slipped from No. 2 to No. 5.
- Three other albums debuted in the top 10 alongside Stray Kids: Pooh Shiesty's 'All Eyes on Shiest' at No. 7, Karol G's latest at No. 8, and Role Model's 'Chuck Timely & the Hourglass' at No. 10 with 38,500 units.
Why it matters: Stray Kids now tie the Rolling Stones for second-most No. 1s among groups in Billboard 200 history, trailing only the Beatles' 19. Their 357,000 traditional sales rank as 2026's second-biggest album-sales week, behind only BTS' 'Arirang' (532,000 in March) — the year's two largest debut-sales weeks have both come from K-pop acts.
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