Overview

• Billboard confirms the No. 1 bow on the Billboard 200 with 313,000 equivalent units, including 296,000 pure sales.
• On Billboard’s World Albums chart dated Sept. 6, ‘Karma’ also enters at No. 1 as Stray Kids place five titles on the list in the same week.
• Soompi reports this marks the group’s seventh consecutive Billboard 200 No. 1, giving them the most chart-topping albums by a group this century.
• Forbes notes the week’s sales context: The Weeknd holds 2025’s top pure-sales launch (359,000), and Morgan Wallen leads in first-week equivalent units (493,000 for a 2025 release).
• Forbes adds that Taylor Swift’s Oct. 3 album is widely expected to challenge this year’s opening-week sales leaders.