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Stray Kids’ ‘Karma’ Is No. 1 as the Group Debuts on Billboard’s Vinyl and Top Streaming Albums Charts

The release delivers first-ever placements on two new Billboard tallies, reinforcing a blockbuster opening that has lifted multiple Stray Kids titles across key rankings.

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Overview

  • Billboard reports that “Karma” opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 313,000 equivalent units, including 296,000 pure sales for the second-largest first-week sales total of 2025 in the U.S.
  • Stray Kids score their first entries on Vinyl Albums at No. 4 and on Top Streaming Albums at No. 38, marking new formats reached for the group.
  • “Karma” becomes the act’s seventh leader on the Billboard 200, World Albums, and Top Album Sales charts, extending a streak cited as the most Billboard 200 No. 1s by any group this century.
  • On Billboard’s World Albums chart for the week ending Sept. 6, “Karma” ranks No. 1 as Stray Kids place five titles on the list in total.
  • Forbes notes that The Weeknd holds the year’s top opening-week sales so far, and it reports expectations that Taylor Swift’s Oct. 3 album could reset 2025 benchmarks.