Stray Kids is currently on cloud nine with the tremendous success of their latest mini-album titled ODDINARY. If you haven’t heard the tracks yet, we recommend you listen to them right now! The boy group released the much-awaited album on March 18, 2022, and now it has created a new record that has made the entire K-pop world proud.
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ODDINARY’s record
ODDINARY has become the first-ever K-pop album this year to rank for six consecutive weeks on Billboard’s Top Albums chart. This particular chart includes a weekly ranking of the most popular albums in and around the United States. Now, Stray Kids’ latest album ranks at number 126 for the week ending on May 7, 2022.
Stray Kids’ record
With this album, Stray Kids becomes the eighth K-pop group to enter an album on the Billboard 200 chart for not one but six weeks straight! They are following in the footsteps of BTS, BLACKPINK, NCT, NCT 127, SuperM, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and TWICE in this regard.
Post-release records
Upon its release, Stray Kids’ ODDINARY debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart making the band the third Korean artist in history to top the same. They have joined BTS and SuperM in making this Billboard record. Well, the achievements of the mini-album do not end here. It has also debuted at number two on the Taskmaster Albums Chart after its release.
Apart from that, ODDINARY has also ranked at number one on Billboard World Albums Chart while making it maintain its rank on the chart for the sixth consecutive week. Additionally, the mini-album is also maintaining its position on the Top Current Album Sales Chart and on the Top Album Sales Chart, ranking at number 14 and 20 respectively.
About the title track
Do you know the name of the title track of Stray Kids’ latest mini-album? Well, it’s titled MANIAC and has received a humongous response from music lovers ever since its release. The song is currently ranking at number 11 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales this week. It is also ranking at number 153 on the Global Excluding US Chart.
Check out the MV below.
About Stray Kids
The South Korean boy band Stray Kids was formed in 2017 by JYP entertainment. The group has eight members including I.N, Felix, Han, Hyunjin, Changbin, Bang Chan, and Lee Know. However, the group was earlier a nine-piece band. But one of the members, Woojin, left in October 2019 due to undisclosed personal reasons.