SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Stray Kids set a record with its latest release, “Karma,” which posted the highest first-week sales of any K-pop album this year, the group’s agency said Friday. JYP Entertainment said the group’s fourth full-length album, released on Monday, sold 3.03 million copies in its first week, citing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Boy group Stray Kids has achieved double-million-seller status with its fourth full-length album, “Karma,” on the day of release, the group’s agency said Monday. JYP Entertainment said the album logged more than 2 million sales on Friday, immediately topping Hanteo’s weekly physical album chart and Circle Chart’s weekly retail [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation Stray Kids dropped its fourth full-length album, “Karma,” on Friday, a project it says reflects on the achievements it has made through years of hard work. Speaking at a press conference in Seoul, rapper Changbin said, “We wanted to create an album that interprets ‘karma’ in a [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids will release their fourth full-length album, “Karma,” next month, JYP Entertainment said Friday. The album, set for a 1 p.m. release on Aug. 22, marks their first full-length project since the chart-topping “5-Star” in June 2023. To build anticipation, the agency unveiled a futuristic [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy group Stray Kids will put out a new single to celebrate its 7th anniversary this month. “Mixtape: dominATE” will be available on various music services on March 21, the group’s agency, JYP Entertainment, said Thursday. It marks Stray Kids’ first album of the year, released ahead of [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Stray Kids has received its ninth gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for its 2024 single album “Hop,” the group’s agency said Wednesday. According to the RIAA on Tuesday (U.S. local time), the eight-member group earned the certification after “Hop” surpassed 500,000 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “God’s Menu” by Stray Kids has garnered more than 500 million views on YouTube. Released in June 2020 as the lead track of the group’s first studio album, “God’s Menu” hit the 500 million mark Sunday night, according to the group’s agency, JYP Entertainment. It [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed its sixth No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart with its new album, “Hop.” The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 187,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States, Billboard said in a chart [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids released its new album “Hop” on Friday, the group’s agency said. The album’s title carries a dual meaning, combining the Chinese character for “harmony” and “hop” from the name of the hip-hop music genre, according to JYP Entertainment. Led by “Walkin On Water,” the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation Stray Kids will perform at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, home to English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and its star player Son Heung-min, in July next year, to become the first K-pop act to do so, the band’s agency said Tuesday. JYP Entertainment said the concert, scheduled for [...]