STRAY KIDS
STRAY KIDS has surpassed 10 billion cumulative streams on Spotify, becoming the third act in K-pop history to achieve this milestone.
STRAY KIDS recently surpassed a total of 10 billion global streams on Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform, across all of their group releases. This achievement makes them the first 4th-generation K-pop artist and only the third K-pop act overall to reach this milestone, further solidifying their global popularity.
As a result, STRAY KIDS ranked third on the “Spotify Global Top K-pop Artists of 2024” chart, which lists the most-streamed K-pop acts on the platform for the year. Achieving this 10 billion-stream milestone is a testament to their growing impact. Since debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200—Billboard’s main album chart—and hitting No. 1 with six consecutive albums, the group has continued to shine as one of K-pop’s top self-produced groups.
On May 26 (local time), major news was announced at the 2025 American Music Awards, one of the biggest music award shows in the U.S. The original soundtrack album for Season 2 of the Netflix animated series “ARCANE”, which includes STRAY KIDS’ song “Come play” released in October 2024, won in the category of Favorite Soundtrack. This marks the group’s second appearance at the AMAs as performers, and following their nomination this year, it’s further proof of their growing global influence.
Amid this momentum, a concert in North America has been announced as part of the “Stray Kids World Tour <dominATE>.” The tour kicked off with a sold-out show at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park on May 24. A total of 13 concerts are scheduled across 10 regions in North America, including a stop in San Francisco on May 28. The world tour is expected to draw 2.2 million attendees, setting a new record for the largest K-pop tour audience ever.
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