K-pop music is experiencing a real boom on the Billboard 200 chart, and another beloved South Korean act just reached the top spot. Stray Kids’ latest album 5-Star debuted at No. 1 in the US, marking their third chart-topping album on the Billboard 200.
5-Star had an epic first week and easily defeated the competition with 249,500 equivalent album units earned. This is the fourth largest week for an album in 2023 overall, and the largest one when looking at pure album sales alone since they compromise for 235,000 of the album’s units.
5-Star hit the shelves on June 2, and Stray Kids used the lead single “S-Class” to promote its arrival. The success of their latest LP is quite impressive, but they’re no newcomers to the Billboard 200 chart. They previously hit No. 1 twice last year, with their EPs Oddinary and Maxident.
As for the rest of the Billboard 200 chart this week, Morgan Wallen’s former chart-topper One Thing at a Time is still going strong, and it returned to No. 2 this week. It was also a big week for the country star Jelly Roll, who scored his first No. 3 album with Whitsitt Chapel. Enhypen were a part of the K-pop takeover this week and hit No. 4 with Dark Blood.
