Stray Kids just turned a 2024 mini album into a chart marathon. Their ninth mini album ATE has now spent 100 consecutive weeks on Billboard’s World Albums chart, locking the project into K-pop history.
JYP Entertainment says Stray Kids are the first fourth generation K-pop boy group, and only the fourth K-pop act overall, to keep one album on World Albums for 100 straight weeks. At the same time, ATE has crossed 1 billion Spotify streams while the group prepares a new world tour and mini album.
Stray Kids ATE 100 weeks on Billboard World Albums
Released on July 19, 2024 through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records, ATE debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and at No.1 on Billboard’s World Albums on the chart dated August 3, 2024. That start made Stray Kids the first group, and second act after DMX, whose first five charting albums all entered the Billboard 200 at No.1.
Billboard’s World Albums chart tracks up to 25 mostly non English albums each week based on US sales and streaming. Staying there for 100 weeks means almost two years of steady American demand, and JYP notes that ATE held No.1 for several weeks before settling in for a long run that reached its 100 week mark in early July 2026.
- 100 consecutive weeks on Billboard World Albums since debuting there on August 3, 2024
- No.1 debut on both Billboard 200 and World Albums in the United States
- Over 1 billion streams on Spotify, one of six Stray Kids albums above that mark
Streaming power that kept ATE on the chart
JYP recently announced that both Oddinary and ATE have passed 1 billion streams on Spotify, bringing Stray Kids’ tally to six albums over the 1 billion mark. Built around self producing trio 3RACHA, the mini album’s title track Chk Chk Boom and B sides have turned into long term playlist staples instead of just first week hype.
That steady streaming has moved in parallel with the group’s live era. Across the 2024 to 2025 DominATE World Tour, which hit more than 50 shows in over 30 cities, ATE songs were setlist anchors and later headlined the concert film Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience, shot at SoFi Stadium and released in cinemas and premium formats worldwide in February 2026.
From ATE’s record to the Run It era
Stray Kids are not slowing down around this milestone. The new Stray Kids World Tour Run It kicks off with five shows at Seoul’s KSPO DOME from July 25 to August 2, then moves into major festival slots like Governors Ball in New York and Rock in Rio in Brazil.
On August 7, the group will release their next Korean mini album This and That, featuring digital single Run It, which has already topped iTunes Top Songs in 41 regions including the United States and Brazil. With ATE still on Billboard World Albums, those new tracks arrive to a global audience that has been streaming this era for nearly two years.