Stray Kids Achieve Eighth No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ‘DO IT’

Stray Kids have reached their eighth chart-topping album on the Billboard 200 as DO IT debuts at No. 1 for the week dated December 6, 2025. The release accumulated 295,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the week ending November 27, according to Luminate, with 286,000 units from traditional album sales.

This milestone extends Stray Kids record, as all eight of their Billboard 200 entries, starting with ODDINARY in 2022, have debuted at No. 1. Earlier this year, KARMA secured their position as the first act in the charts 69-year history to debut at the top with their first eight releases. The Billboard 200 has published weekly rankings since March 1956.

Top 10 Highlights on the Latest Billboard 200

• Wicked: For Good soundtrack debuts at No. 2 with 122,000 equivalent album units, led by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
• Taylor Swifts The Life of a Showgirl falls from No. 1 to No. 3 in its eighth week, earning 86,000 units.
• Tate McRaes So Close to What rises from 21 to 6 after a deluxe edition adds five new tracks, totaling 64,000 units.
• Hazbin Hotel: Season Two soundtrack jumps from No. 70 to 8, achieving nearly 46,000 units in its first full week.
• Aerosmith and YUNGBLUD debut at No. 9 with One More Time, earning 39,000 units.
• Summer Walkers Finally Over It drops from No. 8 to 10, with 37,000 units.

DO IT Sales and Streaming Breakdown

Of DO ITs 295,000 first-week units, 286,000 come from album sales, 9,000 from streaming equivalent albums (SEA), totaling 13.98 million on-demand streams, and a negligible contribution from track equivalent albums (TEA). This marks the seventh-largest debut week in 2025 by units and the fourth-largest in traditional album sales.

The album was released in seven CD variants, including a signed edition, each containing collectible items. As a mostly Korean-language release, DO IT is the 30th primarily non-English album to reach No. 1, and the third in 2025, following Bad Bunnys DeB TiRAR MS FOToS and Stray Kids KARMA.

Additional Chart Notes

• The Wicked: For Good soundtrack is the highest-debuting soundtrack of 2025, supported by multiple vinyl and CD editions, earning 85,000 in album sales.
• Aerosmiths top 10 entry marks their first since 2012, while YUNGBLUD reaches the top 10 for the first time.
• Three soundtracksWicked: For Good, KPop Demon Hunters, and Hazbin Hotel: Season Twoare in the top 10, the first occurrence in over six years.
• The collaborative single My Only Angel from Aerosmith and YUNGBLUD reaches No. 6 on Mainstream Rock Airplay, marking a top 10 for Aerosmith on this chart since 2004.

Billboard 200 Methodology

The Billboard 200 ranks the most popular albums in the U.S. each week based on multi-metric consumption, including album sales, TEA, and SEA, as compiled by Luminate. One unit equals one album sale, 10 tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid streams from album songs. Data is reviewed and verified before final chart publication.

Author: Sophia Brooks