Stray Kids' Hop Album Dominates Billboard 200: Six Consecutive #1s! | K-pop History

Stray Kids' "Hop" Dominates Billboard Charts Becoming First Act with Six Consecutive No. 1 Debuts

Stray Kids latest album “Hop” has secured the top position on the Billboard 200 chart making the popular K-pop group the first group ever to have their first six albums enter the chart at the number one spot on December 28th 2024. The group which has eight members Changbin Seungmin I.N Felix HAN Hyunjin Lee Know and Bang Chan attended the American Music Awards on October 6 in Los Angeles and continue to dominate the music scene.

"Hop" Earns Top Spot Selling More Than Next Six Top Selling Albums Combined On Top Album Sales Chart

Stray Kids album "Hop" achieved the biggest album launch in the U.S. this week outperforming many mainstream musicians at the moment. "Hop" debuted at number one due to impressive sales of 176000 out of 187000 equivalent units in its first week . “Hop” also reached number one on the Top Album Sales chart easily outpacing The Tortured Poets Department the newest album from Taylor Swift another immensely successful musician. The album “Hop” outshined its closest competitor on sales chart three and half times over illustrating an undeniable presence in American Markets during its launch.

Taylor Swift’s "The Tortured Poets Department" still remains popular selling almost 50500 copies across America and second most purchased album of past week. “The Tortured Poets Department” is officially bestselling album of the year so far having sold more than 3.431 million copies per data published from Luminate music analytics. “The Tortured Poets Department” also sold over 1.9 million copies just in the very first week of release. Taylor Swifts album however saw a decrease in album sales from a huge 200000 previous week sales but was still second for album sales making it clear that "Hop" outperformed “The Tortured Poets Department” and next six albums on Top Album sales chart. The album also fell from number one to number three on the Billboard Top 200 indicating a big shift in purchase popularity.

Stray Kids Makes Billboard History Tying With Legendary Music Groups at Top Ranking

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Stray Kids joins BTS Linkin Park and Dave Matthews Band in the current century since the year 2000 for the most number 1 ranking album spots on Billboard Top 200 by music group acts having debuted at number one on six occasions with ODDINARY and MAXIDENT also charting in 2022 ROCK-STAR and 5-STAR and ATE charting in 2023 and 2024 respectively. The Billboard Top 200 began publishing every week starting March 1956 and since then numerous legendary and new performers have been ranked at top spots within the Billboard rating system.

"Hop" Sales Breakdown by Different Formats and Impact on Total Sales Numbers Globally

"Hop" acquired 187000 equivalent album units including 176000 albums sales plus 10000 streaming equivalent units totaling approximately 14.83 million streams and also 1000 track equivalent album sales according to Luminate data. These data points from Luminate are crucial to overall rating of album and demonstrates Stray Kids’ broad audience base in terms of sales versus streaming numbers in America. CD versions of the albums totaled 171000 sales with digital versions coming to 5000 illustrating the fans purchase preference for hard copies for many collectable purposes. The album came in seven different variations at major retail locations such as Barnes & Noble Target and Walmart plus their own online webstore which offered fans incentives like posters trading cards photocards or exclusive items adding to total sales.

"Hop" Becomes Twenty Seventh Mostly Non-English Language Album Topping Billboard Chart Since 2018

Stray Kids' "Hop" being mostly a Korean language album is the 27th non English language to rank top spot in history of Billboard Top 200 charts since 2018. Many K-Pop bands continue breaking the US top charts during 2024 with other Korean language albums by Ateez with Golden Hour Part 2, also Stray Kids' ATE plus With You-th by Twice being at the top spot as well. This new number one ranking marks eighteen non english albums on Billboard chart that are primarily korean plus five albums in Spanish and one each Italian French plus two blending those languages.

Billboard Top Five and Additional Ranking Information Among Other Pop Albums

Kendrick Lamar’s GNX remains static at second place with 100000 equivalent units Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” dropped to third with 85000 while Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n Sweet moved up to fourth with 69000 and finally Michael Buble's Christmas moves into fifth place with 68000 equivalent album units. Bing Crosby's Ultimate Christmas album compilation moved up to sixth with 65000 as well. The newest album release in top 10 comes from a holiday album titled Bing Crosby's Ultimate Christmas compilation making notable gains up two positions from previous chart rankings. The data which comes from Billboard and Luminate provides insights into different albums performing against each other in America

Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas Returns to Top Ten Chart Ranks After Many Successful Re-Releases

Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas an album from 1994 reentered top ten this holiday season at number 10 demonstrating that older released titles can experience new growth during Holiday Seasons after being initially released with 56000 units sold. "Merry Christmas" which included her hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” reached 3rd spot in 1994 illustrating that popular songs and artists will continue being popular even throughout generational changes.

Luminate's Data Reliability in Rankings and Data Points on Billboard Charts

Luminate music analytic serves as official independent source that compile music data with Billboard team for all chart related rankings such as Billboard Top 200 Top Sales chart and other chart statistics published every week in their magazine plus website updates. Data from Luminate is heavily reviewed and any unverified sources or unusual activities are excluded to create verified data. Luminate in coordination with Billboard removes inaccurate or non authentic entries in chart data which ensures ranking are correct.