Stray Kids scores 6th Billboard 200 No. 1

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Stray Kids scores 6th Billboard 200 No. 1

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed its sixth No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard's main albums chart with its new album, "Hop."

The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 187,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States, Billboard said in a chart preview Sunday (U.S. time).

It marks the group's sixth No. 1 on the chart, following "Oddinary" and "Maxident" in 2022, "5-Star" and "Rock-Star" last year, and "Ate" in July.

With the achievement, Stray Kids ties BTS, as well as Linkin Park and Dave Matthews Band, for the most No. 1s among groups on the Billboard 200 since 2000.

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