Stray Kids make Billboard history with 9th straight No. 1

Stray Kids have made Billboard 200 history, becoming the first act to debut their first nine charting albums at No. 1 with their new EP "This & That."

The boy group's 10th EP debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 369,000 equivalent album units earned in the US, including 357,000 in traditional album sales, according to a chart preview published Sunday. The figure marks the group's biggest sales week to date.

The achievement extends a streak that began with the group's 2022 EP "Oddinary." It was followed by "Maxident," "5-Star," "Rock-Star," "Ate," "Skzhop Hiptape: Hop," "Karma" and "Skz It Tape: Do It," with all nine of the group's Billboard 200 entries debuting at No. 1.

Stray Kids had already become the first act in the Billboard 200's nearly 69-year history to debut its first six charting albums at No. 1 with "Hop." The group subsequently extended the record to seven and eight before reaching nine — a first in the chart's 70-year history — with its latest mini album.

The latest No. 1 also gives Stray Kids nine chart-topping albums, tying the Rolling Stones for the second-most among groups in Billboard 200 history. The Beatles hold the record with 19.

Stray Kids also remain the group with the most Billboard 200 No. 1 albums among K-pop groups and acts that debuted after 2000.