Billboard 200: Stray Kids 'ROCK STAR' Dethrones Taylor Swift '1989 (Taylor's Version)' Atop

Stray Kids has dethroned Taylor Swift's "1989 (Taylor's Version)" with the arrival of "ROCK STAR" at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

This is now officially the Korean supergroup's fourth chart-topper since they debuted at the Billboard 200 chart in 2022.

Stray Kids 'ROCK STAR' Billboard 200

According to Billboard and Luminate, Stray Kids' "ROCK STAR" debuted with 224,00 album equivalent units.

213,000 units among them are physical album sales. The huge sale is primarily attributed to their 11 different collectible CD editions, with alternative packaging, and randomized merchandise inside, 11,000 units only account for Streaming, which equals 15.68 million official streams from the project's eight songs.

The publication pointed out that they are the first act in so long to have debuted all their first four albums at the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart since Alicia Keys.

In 2022, their album, "ODDINARY," arrived at the top in April of that year, followed by "MAXIDENT" which arrived in October 2022.

"5-STAR" only launched in June 2023, and "ROCK STAR," their second album this 2023, arrives at No. 1 too.

"ROCK STAR" is also deemed the 22nd mostly non-English language album to hit No. 1 in chart history, following the likes of Karol G's "Mañana Será Bonito," Bad Bunny's "Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana" and even TOMORROW X TOGETHER's "The Name Chapter: Temptation," among many others.

Billboard also noted that the group has the fastest accumulation of four No. 1s on the genre-blending album chart since Taylor Swift did it within 16 months - she had "Folklore," "Evermore," "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" and "Red (Taylor's Version)" between August of 2020 and November of 2021.

Billboard 200 Chart

Taylor Swift's "1989 (Taylor's Version)" fell to No. 2 after two weeks. Chris Stapleton's "Higher" bowed down at No. 3, making it his fifth consecutive top three-charting album. The project earned 90,500 equivalent album units in its first week. (via Billboard)

Drake's "For All The Dogs" dropped to No. 4, Morgan Wallen's Billboard Music Award-winning album, "One Thing At A Time" fell to No. 5, Jung Kook's "Golden" descended to No. 6. Grammy-nominated "Midnights" was rose to No. 7 while Bad Bunny's "Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana" slid to No. 8. Chris Brown's "11:11" only debuted at No. 9. It raked in 45,000 equivalent album units while Zach Bryan's self-titled country-rock album rounded the No. 10 spot.

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