MANIAC - STRAY KIDS
STRAY KIDS ranked second on the annual album chart, proving its trending K-pop look.
According to the Korea Music Contents Association, which manages the circular ranking, STRAY KIDS‘ mini album “MAXIDENT” released on October 7 last year ranked second with 3,176,233 copies sold.
STRAY KIDS, who won the title of “JYP’s First Triple Million Seller” by surpassing 3 million cumulative sales based on the pie chart within a month of its release with “MAXIDENT”, was recorded as the second most sold among Kpop albums last year.
It was also ranked second in the 2022 annual album chart released by Hanteo Chart after BTS. Previously, he established his strong record power by achieving a “Double Million Selling” based on the Hanteo Chart (record sales for a week based on release date), ranking fourth among K-pop albums and second in terms of of artists who are classified.
They topped US Billboard’s main chart “Billboard 200” for the second time in a row with their albums “ODDINARY” and “MAXIDENT”, released in March and October 2022 respectively, and set career highs. “ODDINARY,” which gave STRAY KIDS the honor of earning No. local. Billboard also highlighted it as STRAY KIDS‘ “first No.1 album on the ‘Billboard 200′”.
STRAY KIDS, which is firmly establishing its position in the global music market with its own music, recently added a good record on the global streaming platform Spotify. All STRAY KIDS songs recorded on Spotify have exceeded 4 billion cumulative airtime as of January 3.
STRAY KIDS predicted an international performance in 2023. At first, it will continue the “Stray Kids 2nd World Tour “MANIAC”, which is performed 42 times in 18 cities. During the first half of the year, it will perform solo in Southeast Asia, Australia and the United States, including Bangkok, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, Manila, the Philippines, Atlanta and Fort Worth.
In particular, he is expected to hold a total of six encore concerts at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan from February 11-12, Kyocera Dome in Osaka from February 25-26, and Bank of California Stadium in Los Angeles on February 31. March and April 2.
Journalist: Shawn
Translator: Shawn
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