Stray Kids have reached a new career high, scoring their seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “Karma.” With this latest triumph, the powerhouse K pop group now holds the record for the most No. 1 albums on the chart this century (surpassing industry giants like BTS, Linkin Park, and Dave Matthews Band).
The set earned 313,000 album units in the United States in the week ending Aug. 28, according to Luminate. The total is the third-biggest week, by units, of 2025 among all albums, as well as the year’s second-largest sales week.
The 11-track project was introduced by the lead single “Ceremony” and, like every track on the album, was crafted by the group’s in-house production trio, 3RACHA. Impressively, all seven of Stray Kids’ entries on the albums chart have debuted at No. 1,