Stray Kids rocket to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with SKZ IT TAPE “DO IT,” marking the group’s eighth consecutive album to debut atop the chart.
According to a Nov. 30 (local time) preview report from Billboard, the set―released Nov. 21―starts at No. 1 on the Dec. 6-dated Billboard 200 after moving roughly 295,000 equivalent album units in its first week in the U.S.
With their eighth No. 1 debut, Stray Kids become the only act to see its first eight entries on the Billboard 200 open at No. 1, and they now hold the most No. 1s by a group since 2000. On a chart that’s been running since March 1956, the band has already notched two new records in 2025 alone, further cementing its status as a history-making force beyond K-pop and across global pop.
Year-to-date U.S. album sales for 2025 place this debut at No. 7 overall―trailing only Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, The Weeknd, Sabrina Carpenter, Stray Kids’ own August LP “KARMA,” and Playboi Carti―and it arrives in the wake of Swift’s dominant seven-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
The group is also flexing on other major charts. On the U.K.’s Official Trending Chart, their twin title tracks “Do It” and “DIVINE” landed at Nos. 5 and 9, with b-side “Holiday” at No. 18. On the latest Official Singles Chart Top 100, “Do It” opened at No. 35―Stray Kids’ seventh career entry. In Australia, the track hit No. 10 on the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart, the highest peak for a K-pop act this year.
“Do It” arrived on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs at personal bests of No. 11 (Global) and No. 13 (U.S.), and it posted strong weekly results as well: No. 42 on the Global chart―topping the No. 60 peak of prior single “CEREMONY”―and No. 82 in the U.S.
Meanwhile, “DIVINE,” which Stray Kids premiered live at the 2025 MAMA Awards on Nov. 29, is surging worldwide. The music video, released Nov. 27 on the group’s official YouTube channel, topped YouTube’s Worldwide Trending Music list for three straight days (Nov. 28?30) and hit No. 1 on Trending in the U.S., Brazil, and France.
With two Billboard 200 records this year and major year-end wins, Stray Kids are closing out 2025 at a career high―with more still to come.
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(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)