Stray Kids broke their own Initial Chodong record and entered the UK official charts, proving the K-pop trend by taking another career high.
Stray Kids' new mini-album 'Ordinary' released on the 18th recorded 853,021 copies in the Initial Chodong (album sales for a week as of the release date) based on the album counting site Hanteo Chart. This is an increase of more than 210,000 copies from the initial release of 641,589 copies of the 2nd regular album 'Nosy', released in August last year, and set a new record for its own best performance.
As of the morning of the 16th, two days before its release, this album exceeded 1.3 million pre-orders, raising expectations for a new record. Compared to the 2nd regular album 'NOIY', which surpassed 930,000 copies of pre-orders on the day of its release, nearly 400,000 copies rose sharply. As a fourth-generation strongman, he showed a definite momentum. Stray Kids, who became 'JYP's first million-selling artist' with their 2nd full-length album, are about to become a new million-seller in about 7 months.
Stray Kids' new album and title song 'Maniac' have been making good results on various charts and are gaining strong global popularity. In particular, it is drawing attention as it first entered the UK Official Chart, which is considered one of the world's top three music charts. According to the official website announcement on the 25th (local time), the new album ranked 95th on the latest 'Official Album Chart Top 100', and the title song 'Maniac' was 'Official Single Chart Top 100'.
The album topped the world-wide iTunes album chart for three days from the 18th to the 20th, the day of its release, and topped the iTunes album charts in 56 overseas regions, including the United States, Australia, and Japan, on a cumulative basis until the 21st. The new song 'Maniac' also swept first place on the world-wide iTunes song chart and European iTunes song chart on the 19th, as well as the iTunes song chart in 35 overseas regions on a cumulative basis. On the 24th, it also took first place on the Hallyu chart of QQ Music, China's largest music site.
The global music streaming platform Spotify also added a new record. 'Maniac' entered the global Top 200 chart at #25 on the 18th, set a new record, and succeeded in charting all albums for the third time in the history of a K-pop group. Here, on the latest Spotify chart (202.03.18 ~ 2022.03.20) announced on the 22nd, Stray Kids top 10 songs debut global 1st, top 10 album debut global 2nd, top 10 album debut USA 3rd, top 10 songs Debut USA was ranked 6th and ranked at the top of each ranking, showing off a unique presence.
The music video for 'Maniac' attracted views thanks to the members' mature charisma, impeccable performance, and spectacular visual effects. It has surpassed 47 million views. 'K-Pop 4th Generation Male Group' with a total of five music videos including 'New Menu', 'Back Door', 'Maze', 'My Pace' and 'Singer'
In addition, Stray Kids took first place in the 4th week of March on KBS2's 'Music Bank', which aired on the 25th. On the day of their 4th anniversary of their debut, they won the 1st place trophy on a music show and brought double joy to stays (fandom names) around the world. Fans sent hashtags such as 'Maniac First Win' and 'Skids_Maniac_1st Place_Congratulations' on Twitter's world-wide real-time trend and congratulated them generously.
Starting with the final victory of Mnet's 'Kingdom: Legendary War' last year, Stray Kids achieved great results and made a rapid rise, establishing themselves perfectly as 'the 4th generation representative of K-pop'. Attention is paid to the story of their limitless growth, who are writing the best records in various indicators at home and abroad with the mini-album released after about 2 years and 3 months since 'Clé: Levanter' in December 2019.