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Stray Kids in a teaser photo for their album 'Karma.' Photo from Stray Kids' X account

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Stray Kids 'honored, grateful' for 7th No. 1 on Billboard 200

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1756699090035STRAY KIDS.jfif" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Stray Kids in a teaser photo for their album &#x27;Karma.&#x27; <em>Photo from Stray Kids&#x27; X account</em></span></span></span></div><p>K-pop boy band Stray Kids thanked their fans Monday after their latest release, &quot;Karma,&quot; debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking the group&#x27;s seventh consecutive album to top the chart.</p><p>&quot;Karma&quot; claimed the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart dated September 6, racking up 313,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the week ending August 28, the music publication reported early Monday.</p><p>The Billboard 200 ranks the most popular albums in the US each week, based on multi-metric consumption measured in equivalent album units. The units are composed of album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums.</p><p>With this development, Stray Kids have become the first artist in the 69-year history of the Billboard 200 to have all seven of their first entries debut at No. 1, Billboard reported.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/music/2024/12/23/stray-kids-claims-6th-no-1-on-billboard-200-1249"><strong>READ: K-pop group Stray Kids claims 6th No. 1 on Billboard 200<br/></strong></a></div><p>Stray Kids have also surpassed BTS, Linkin Park and Dave Matthews Band for the most No. 1s among groups on the main albums chart in this century or since 2000, Billboard noted.</p><p>The group — composed of Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N — took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the milestone.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1962318869919580407&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-09-01T04%3A32%3A32.571362%3A241a2ef2-d5ef-42f2-8d2e-c2d4ebb025e9%26action%3Dedit%26popup&amp;sessionId=6375ac81ddcb0ac72b10a8832d0c7a198690a3b6&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:723px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1962318869919580407"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;We are very, very, very honored and grateful for all the love and support we have received from [our fans called] STAYs all around the world,&quot; leader Bang Chan said in a short video posted on X.</p><p>&quot;Because of STAY, this incredible achievement was possible and we just want to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts,&quot; Felix said.</p><p>Seungmin added that the group would &quot;keep working hard to build up our good karma.&quot;</p><p>&quot;So please stay tuned on our journey,&quot; he said.</p><p>Released on August 22, &quot;Karma&quot; is Stray Kids&#x27; fourth Korean-language studio album, composed of 11 tracks and led by the single &quot;Ceremony.&quot;</p><p>Stray Kids last went to the country in November 2024, performing at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan for their &quot;dominATE&quot; tour.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/music/2024/11/25/stray-kids-ignite-ph-arena-with-explosive-dominate-concert-1840"><strong>READ: Stray Kids ignite PH Arena with explosive ‘dominATE’ concert</strong></a></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Qu13UUF5HU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><strong></strong><br/></div>

<p>K-pop boy band Stray Kids thanked their fans Monday after their latest release, "Karma," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking the group's seventh consecutive album to top the chart.</p>

K-pop boy band Stray Kids thanked their fans Monday after their latest release, "Karma," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking the group's seventh consecutive album to top the chart.