Highlights
- Stray Kids has become the first act in Billboard 200 history to debut its first nine charting albums at No. 1.
- Stray Kids now ties with The Rolling Stones with nine Billboard 200 No. 1 albums.
- The EP recorded more than 3.2M first-week sales in South Korea.
Stray Kids has topped the Billboard 200 with This & That, earning the group its ninth No. 1 album and its biggest U.S. sales week. The eight-track EP recorded 369K equivalent album units in the week ending Aug 13, 2026, according to the entertainment data company, Luminate.
Traditional album sales accounted for 357K of the total, making up the vast majority of the EP’s chart performance.
Stray Kids Matches the Rolling Stones With Nine No. 1s
The result makes Stray Kids the first act in Billboard 200 history to debut its first nine chart entries at No. 1, extending a run that started with ODDINARY in 2022. HOP marked the group’s sixth consecutive No. 1 in 2024.
The nine victories also tie with The Rolling Stones for the second-most No. 1 albums among groups, behind The Beatles’ 19. It also gives Stray Kids the most group No. 1s this century. This & That produced the sixth-largest album week of 2026 and the second-biggest pure-sales week, behind BTS’ Arirang at 532K copies.
This & That Sales Reach 3.2M in Korea
The eight-track, 10th EP sold more than 1.8M copies in South Korea on its first day and surpassed 3.2M during its opening week. Hanteo’s daily and weekly charts and Circle’s daily retail, weekly retail, and album charts all placed it at No. 1.
This & That became Stray Kids’ fourth release to exceed 3M first-week sales, following 5-STAR, -Star and KARMA.
Streaming added further momentum. This & That generated more than 12.8M Spotify streams on day one, the biggest 2026 opening among fourth-generation K-pop acts, and reached 46M in its first week. Six tracks entered Spotify’s global chart, led by the title song at No. 31, while two others each approached 1.5M streams. The EP also topped worldwide iTunes albums.
Produced entirely by 3Racha, comprising Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han, the EP’s hip-hop-based title track was described by the group as having a “chill” and “cool” mood.
On the Billboard 200, Ariana Grande’s Petal is at No. 2, Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love at No. 3, and Ella Langley’s Dandelion at No. 4. Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem features at No. 5, and Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide No. 6. Pooh Shiesty, Karol G, Drake, and Role Model occupy Nos. 7 through 10. Role Model’s 38.5K-unit debut is his first top 10 and largest week.
The bigger takeaway is Stray Kids’ consistency, with This & That turning another release into a record that now stands alongside Billboard’s biggest groups.
