Stray Kids' 1st Japanese full-length album sweeps the local weekly charts at #1

Stray Kids proved their popularity by sweeping the top of the local weekly charts with their first full-length album in Japan.

Stray Kids' 1st Japanese full-length album 'THE SOUND', released on February 22, ranked first in the latest Oricon Weekly Album Ranking (02.20~02.26) announced by Oricon on its official website on March 1. In addition, with this album, the album entered the Oricon Daily Album Rankings as of February 21st at number 1 and maintained the number 1 spot for 7 consecutive days until the 27th, reaffirming its popularity in the local market.

They ranked first on three charts: Weekly Top Album Sales Chart (02.20~02.26), Hot Album Chart, and Artist 100, with sales of 450,808 copies based on Billboard Japan. It ranked highest in the comprehensive album weekly ranking (02.20~02.26) of all stores of Tower Records, the largest record shop in the country, and boasted a powerful sound recording power in Japan as well.

The new album 'THE SOUND' starts with the title song of the same name written and composed by Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han of the group's production team 3RACHA, followed by 'Battle Ground', 'Lost Me', and 'Lost Me'. , 'DLMLU', 'Novel', 'Scars', 'There', and the mini album 'MAXIDENT', which ranked #1 on the US Billboard main chart 'Billboard 200'. Daunt) It contains a total of 10 songs, including the title song 'CASE 143' (Case One for Three), the b-side song 'Cool Down', and the Japanese version of the title song 'Singer' from the 2nd full-length album 'NOEASY'.

Recently, Stray Kids successfully completed their second world tour Japan encore performance at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan on February 11th and 12th and at Kyocera Dome Osaka on February 25th and 26th. A total of 4 tickets were sold out, including the Osaka performance, which had added meaning as the first Japan dome concert since debut, and special memories were made by meeting about 130,000 spectators in person and about 250,000 fans combined online and offline.

Meanwhile, Stray Kids will continue the tour by holding a concert in Manila, Philippines for two days from March 11th to 12th. Afterwards, they moved to the United States, followed by Atlanta and Fort Worth, with encore performances at the Bank of California Stadium in Los Angeles on March 31st and April 2nd (local time), marking the finale of their second world tour with 42 concerts in 18 cities around the world. Decorate it extravagantly.

Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr