HoP debuted at the top of the list dated December 28, giving Stray Kids their sixth No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart. This is the group’s sixth time as a leader, making the pop ensemble the first artist to debut at No. 1 with their first six songs. A chart entry in the chart’s history spanning approximately 69 years. The Billboard 200 began weekly publication in March 1956.
Stray Kids has previously topped the charts with ODDINARY and MAXIDENT (both in 2022), ROCK-STAR and 5-STAR (both in 2023), and ATE (in early 2024).
Additionally, with their sixth No. 1, Stray Kids joins BTS, Linkin Park, and the Dave Matthews Band for the most No. 1s of any group on the Billboard 200 this century (since 2000). obtained.
HOP earned 187,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending Dec. 19, driven primarily by traditional album sales, according to Luminate.
The latest Billboard 200 top 10 also sees Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas” return to the top 10 for the seventh straight holiday season, with the 1994 release climbing 14-10 spots. The set included “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number three in 1994.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption measured in equivalent album units, aggregated by Luminate. Units consist of album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit is equal to 1 album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from the album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription-on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs on the album. equivalent. The new chart, dated December 28, 2024, will be posted in full on the Billboard website on Tuesday, December 24th. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.
Of HOP’s 187,000 equivalent album units in the first week, album sales were 176,000 units (debuted at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales Chart), SEA units were 10,000 units (equivalent to 14.83 million on-demand official streaming of set songs), TEA The unit consists of 1,000 units.
HOP’s album sales were facilitated by the availability of seven different CDs. These CDs include collectible items such as photocards, posters, stickers, trading cards (including some random items), and are available at Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, and official exclusives of this act. There are also versions. Web store. Of the 176,000 album sales, 171,000 were CD sales and 5,000 were digital download albums.
Previously, Stray Kids tied the late rapper DMX as the only artists to have their first five songs debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. DMX accomplished that with “It’s Dark”, “Hell Is Hot” (1998), and “Fresh” from 1998 to 2003. My Fresh Blood of My Blood (1999), And Then…And X (2000), The Great Depression (2001), and Grand Theft Champion (2003).
“HOP” is composed primarily in Korean, making it the 27th album to reach No. 1 in a language other than English, and the 4th in 2024. First appearance at #1: On the list dated November 30th, ATEEZ became the second leader in Golden Hour: Part 2. Stray Kids’ ATE appeared on the August 3rd chart. And on March 9th, TWICE topped the charts for the first time with With YOU. Of the 27 mostly non-English albums that ranked #1, 18 were mostly Korean, 5 were mostly (or all) Spanish, 1 was mostly Italian, and 1 was entirely French. , and two are mostly a mix of Spanish, Italian, and French. Of the 27 mostly non-English albums that have reached No. 1, 23 have been since 2018 (the year K-pop superstars BTS achieved their first of six No. 1s) , which topped the chart and became the chart’s first Korean-language leader.
The rest of the Billboard 200 top five is made up of former No. 1s. Kendrick Lamar’s GNX did not move up in the rankings at number 2 (100,000 album units acquired, down 20%), and Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” ranked 1-3. (85,000 copies; down 65%), Sabrina Carpenter’s Short and Sweet Steps 5-4 (69,000, down 9%), Michael Buble’s Christmas up 7-5 (68,000, up 10%).
The most recently released holiday album in the top 10 was Bing Crosby’s Ultimate Christmas compilation, which moved up two spots to a new high of #6 (65,000 equivalent album units, 15% increase). Wicked movie soundtrack down 6-7 (nearly 65,000, -13%); Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft” up 9-8 (62,000, +11%); Chapel Lawn’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” increased 11-9. (56,000; 12% increase).
Rounding out the top 10 was Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas,” which rose 14-10 and gained 56,000 equivalent album units (up 22% for an increase of 10,000 units, the highest on the chart. unit increase). The set returned to the top 10 for the seventh consecutive holiday season. Immediately after its release in 1994, it peaked at number 3 when it first appeared on the charts.
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