Stray Kids set a new milestone: 6 albums reach 1 billion streams on Spotify… No. 2 among K-pop groups

[Star Daily News = Reporter Hwang Gyu-jun] The mini albums 'ODDINARY' and 'ATE' by the idol group Stray Kids have each surpassed 1 billion cumulative streams on the global music streaming platform Spotify.

Source = JYP Entertainment

With this, Stray Kids have surpassed 1 billion Spotify streams with a total of six records, following 'IN生' (In Life), 'NOEASY', 'GO生' (Go Live), and '★★★★★ (5-STAR)'. This is the second-highest record for 1 billion-stream albums among K-pop groups.

'ODDINARY' was released in March 2022, and its title, a combination of 'Odd' and 'Ordinary', impressed the group's unique presence on fans around the world. The album 'ATE', released in July 2024, carried the ambition to 'devour the music markets at home and abroad' and received great love from fans in Korea and overseas with its high-quality music. The group's in-house producing team 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin, and HAN) directly participate in the music production.

Stray Kids will meet fans with a new mini album, 'THIS & THAT', on August 7. The new release will officially include the digital single 'RUN IT', which was released on June 24 and reached No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs charts in 41 overseas regions, including the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as of the same day. Stray Kids are a 'global top artist' who became the first artist in the world in 2025 to enter the U.S. Billboard main album chart, 'Billboard 200', at No. 1 for eight consecutive albums.

Before the release of the new album, they will kick off their world tour, 'Stray Kids World Tour '. They will hold a total of five shows at KSPO DOME in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on July 25, 26, 29, and August 1 and 2. Their festival activities will also continue. In June, they captivated an audience of more than 45,000 at 'The Governors Ball Music Festival', New York's largest outdoor music festival, and on September 11 they are scheduled to headline the Brazilian music festival 'Rock in Rio' and the new festival 'STRAYCITY', to be held in three regions across Latin America in the same month.