Stray Kids Billboard Domination: 'Hop' Hits No. 1, 'Walkin' on Water' Top 5 | K-pop Achievements 2024

Stray Kids Achieve Historic Milestone with "Hop" Album Topping Billboard 200 Chart While "Walkin On Water" Climbs to No 5 on Digital Sales

Stray Kids continues their musical rise with their new album "Hop" debuting at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart their second album this year to do so while the group's single "Walkin on Water" earns a spot at Number 5 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales Chart. These achievements showcase the group's growing influence and power on the American music charts. The South Korean boy group continues to gain enormous success.

Stray Kids "Hop" Album Achieves a Number One Debut on Billboard 200 Making K-pop History

Stray Kids’ new album titled Hop has dominated Billboard 200 securing Number One position to earn Stray Kids the distinction of becoming the very first musical act to debut with all first six of their charting albums in that very high spot. This groundbreaking record from Billboard confirms their powerful influence while also surpassing previous ties with the late DMX . Stray Kids members all attended Met Gala in New York May 6 this year before launching all of their new musical project.

'Walkin on Water' Secures a Top Five Spot as Stray Kids' Second Highest Digital Song Sales Chart Hit

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Stray Kids lead single “Walkin on Water” landed at Number Five on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart which makes the tune their second largest chart success in that category to date. Though “Walkin on Water” missed reaching the Hot 100 it reached significant chart positions to show fans growth. The track “Walkin on Water” further highlights the band's growing command within the highly competitive market for individual tune sales.

'Chk Chk Boom' Remains the Top Digital Sales Track for Stray Kids Though 'Walkin on Water' Close Behind

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Stray Kids previous release “Chk Chk Boom” from Ate their EP in August peaked at Number Three on the Digital Song Sales Chart setting the current high record the single did beat out "Lose My Breath" a collaboration with Charlie Puth that peaked at Number Eight back in May earlier that year on that chart which makes “Chk Chk Boom” remain the bands biggest smash hit on Billboard's Digital Song Sales list. These accomplishments demonstrate consistent commercial appeal over time in various releases. This continues to highlight their incredible musical talent that generates multiple global fans.

Stray Kids' Global Success: 'Walkin on Water' Leads World Digital Song Sales Chart and the group has a huge increase to their Top Ten hits

“Walkin on Water” also secured Number One position on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart highlighting the group's success in the world genre category as the band continues building large fanbases across multiple countries. Stray Kids’ thirty eighth Top Ten smash hit also achieved this week while additionally gaining four other new tracks on this chart as well demonstrating considerable and widespread reach among fans . Billboard releases the World Digital Song Sales chart to show worldwide popularity that often indicates crossover success into other major markets.

K-Pop’s Increasing Impact on the Billboard 200 Continues Stray Kids' Six Number One Success

Since 2018 K-Pop has gained immense momentum with BTS' Love Yourself: Tear becoming the first K-pop album to hit Number One displacing Post Malone on Billboard 200. Stray Kids “Hop” marks 19th album to gain such high recognition on these charts and the highest showing in 2024 demonstrating incredible growth within the K-Pop genre. K-pop as a genre maintains a huge fanbase on the Billboard charts yearly seeing multiple number one releases almost every year and most specifically in 2023 when they saw five K-pop albums receive Number One status that year according to reports released by Billboard chart organizers.

Stray Kids and BTS now tie for leading position with both groups securing six Number One spots on the Billboard 200 albums chart respectively among all K-Pop groups. ATEEZ comes next with two albums holding that position with other groups such as SuperM Blackpink TOMORROW X TOGETHER NewJeans and TWICE also receiving one top spot for their respected work adding depth and competition for overall genre recognition on these various influential charts.

"Hop" Album Debuts with Strong Sales Figures Showcasing High Demand From Devoted Fans

"Hop" debuted with a remarkable 187000 equivalent album units comprised of 176000 album sales and 10000 garnered by streaming and another 1000 track equivalent units which shows immense demand from Stray Kids fan bases as they acquire copies across a mixture of multiple available formats. The impressive launch metrics are published through data by Luminate indicating high anticipation from their dedicated listeners. Luminate compiles many sales tracking metrics across various platforms in order to keep reliable and high quality records of many trends with different artists globally.

Top Performing Albums and Holiday Classics Appear High in Weekly Billboard Album Rankings

Stray Kids impressive launch did not overtake top spots from some returning champions such as Kendrick Lamar GNX who ranked Number Two with 100000 album units and also Taylor Swift with her album The Tortured Poets Department falling from the first spot to third with 85000 sold. Other rising and falling titles include Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet at Number Four plus Michael Bublé Christmas up to Number Five with 68000 and 69000 album unit respectively which shows strong movement from each album. Bing Crosby Ultimate Christmas and Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas also rose showing holiday music dominance.