K-pop idol group Stray Kids’ new record-setting album “5-STAR” debuted on top of the Billboard 200 chart.
According to Billboard, “5-STAR,” which was released on June 2, took the No. 1 spot on the June 17-dated Billboard 200 chart.
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This is Stray Kids’ third album to debut at No. 1 on Billboard 200 after “Maxident” and “Oddinary,” which were both released last year.
“The new album launches with 249,500 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending June 8, according to Luminate. That marks the fourth-largest week, by units earned, for any album in 2023. Further, of its starting unit sum, album sales comprise 235,000 — the largest sales week for an album this year, and the biggest for any title since Taylor Swift’s Midnights sold 1.14 million in its first week (Nov. 5, 2022-dated chart),” Billboard reported.
Of the total for “5-STAR,” 235,000 were album sales, 14,000 were streaming equivalent albums (SEA) or 19.55 million on-demand official streams of the songs, and 500 track equivalent albums (TEA).
“As Stray Kids have seen their first three entries on the Billboard 200 all debut at No. 1, the last act also to have its first three chart entries all debut atop the list was Harry Styles, with his first three solo albums: Harry Styles (2017), Fine Line (2019) and Harry’s House (2022),” Billboard added.
It stated, “Stray Kids have yet to chart a song on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (through the most recently published list, dated June 10). The act has notched four entries on the Billboard Global 200, and seven titles on the Billboard Global 200 Excl. U.S. chart, which rank the most popular songs globally, and globally excluding the U.S., respectively.”
The Billboard 200 chart is based on data provided by Luminate.
“Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album,” Billboard stated.
In South Korea, “5-STAR” set a new record for the highest first-week sales, selling 4.61 million copies.
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