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Stray Kids set new record for highest first-week K-pop album sales with '5-Star'
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Stray Kids set new record for highest first-week K-pop album sales with '5-Star'
Stray Kids set new record for highest first-week K-pop album sales with '5-Star'
Published Jun 9, 2023 03:07 am
K-pop boy band Stray Kids set a new record for the highest first-week album sales in K-pop history.
They achieved the feat through their third studio album “5-STAR,” which was released on June 2.
Stray Kids (Twitter)
Based on Korea’s Hanteo Chart data, “5-STAR” sold a total of 4,617,499 copies in the first week of release from June 2 to 8 to set a new record. With this, Stray Kids overtook the No. 1 position from K-pop boy band Seventeen whose “FML” album set the highest first-week sales with 4,550,214 copies sold from April 24 to 30 this year. In third place is BTS’ 2020 album “Map of the Soul: 7,” which recorded 3,378,633 copies in first-week sales. “5-STAR” sold 2.38 million copies on the first day of release on June 2 to rank third behind Seventeen’s “FML,” which garnered 3.99 million copies and BTS’ “Map of the Soul: 7,” which had 2.65 million copies. The first-week sales of “5-STAR” surpassed Stray Kids’ previous album “Maxident,” which sold 2,163,349 copies. Before its release, “5-STAR” achieved 4.93 million copies in pre-orders, which set the record for the highest pre-orders in K-pop history. Stray Kids, which debuted in 2017, achieved their first million in sales in 2021 with the album “NOEASY.” Top 10 highest first-week album sales in K-pop history: 1\. Stray Kids \- 5\-STAR \- 4\,617\,499 copies sold 2\. Seventeen \- FML \- 4\,550\,214 3\. BTS \- Map of the Soul: 7 \- 3\,378\,633 4\. BTS \- Proof \- 2\,752\,496 5\. BTS \- BE \- 2\,274\,882 6\. Tomorrow X Together \- The Name Chapter: Temptation \- 2\,180\,889 7\. Stray Kids \- Maxident \- 2\,163\,349 8\. BTS \- Map of the Soul: Persona \- \- 2\,130\,480 9\. Seventeen \- Face the Sun \- 2\,067\,769 10\. BTS \- Butter \- 1\,975\,363
Stray Kids (Twitter)
Based on Korea’s Hanteo Chart data, “5-STAR” sold a total of 4,617,499 copies in the first week of release from June 2 to 8 to set a new record. With this, Stray Kids overtook the No. 1 position from K-pop boy band Seventeen whose “FML” album set the highest first-week sales with 4,550,214 copies sold from April 24 to 30 this year. In third place is BTS’ 2020 album “Map of the Soul: 7,” which recorded 3,378,633 copies in first-week sales. “5-STAR” sold 2.38 million copies on the first day of release on June 2 to rank third behind Seventeen’s “FML,” which garnered 3.99 million copies and BTS’ “Map of the Soul: 7,” which had 2.65 million copies. The first-week sales of “5-STAR” surpassed Stray Kids’ previous album “Maxident,” which sold 2,163,349 copies. Before its release, “5-STAR” achieved 4.93 million copies in pre-orders, which set the record for the highest pre-orders in K-pop history. Stray Kids, which debuted in 2017, achieved their first million in sales in 2021 with the album “NOEASY.” Top 10 highest first-week album sales in K-pop history: 1\. Stray Kids \- 5\-STAR \- 4\,617\,499 copies sold 2\. Seventeen \- FML \- 4\,550\,214 3\. BTS \- Map of the Soul: 7 \- 3\,378\,633 4\. BTS \- Proof \- 2\,752\,496 5\. BTS \- BE \- 2\,274\,882 6\. Tomorrow X Together \- The Name Chapter: Temptation \- 2\,180\,889 7\. Stray Kids \- Maxident \- 2\,163\,349 8\. BTS \- Map of the Soul: Persona \- \- 2\,130\,480 9\. Seventeen \- Face the Sun \- 2\,067\,769 10\. BTS \- Butter \- 1\,975\,363