Stray Kids Lead Billboard’s World Albums Chart as K-pop Releases Stay Strong

Stray Kids remain at No. 1 on Billboard’s World Albums chart for the week ending 29 August with their mini album THIS & THAT.

The release has now led the chart for two consecutive weeks. It also marks another Billboard 200 milestone for the group, becoming their first album to spend more than one week inside that chart’s top three.

Elsewhere, CORTIS hold No. 2 with GREENGREEN, while ATEEZ stay at No. 3 with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5. CORTIS’ debut EP COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES also returns to the top 10 at No. 6.

BTS place four titles on the ranking: Proof is No. 7, Love Yourself: Answer re-enters at No. 10, Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~ takes No. 12 and Love Yourself: Tear lands at No. 22.

Further down the chart, LE SSERAFIM’s PUREFLOW ranks No. 8, Yeonjun’s NO LABELS: PART 02 is No. 11, and aespa’s LEMONADE sits at No. 13. ILLIT, NewJeans and BOYNEXTDOOR also appear in the latest top 25.

For European K-pop fans, the results underline the sustained global demand for both new releases and established catalogue albums across physical and digital formats.