Stray Kids, 3rd place in IFPI 2023 ‘Global Artist Chart’

Stray Kids ranked 3rd in the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)'s 2023 'Global Artist Chart'.

According to the International Music Industry Association's announcement on the 21st (local time) through its official website and SNS channels, Stray Kids ranked 3rd on the 'Global Artist Chart' in 2023. They first entered the chart at number 7 in 2022 and achieved their highest score by rising to the top 3 within a year.

The 'Global Artist Chart' ranks based on annual physical album sales, digital music downloads, and streaming figures around the world. Stray Kids was the only 4th generation K-pop group to rank in the top 10 on last year's chart, and this year also achieved the highest ranking among 4th generation K-pop groups.

Stray Kids' 'global trend' continues. Recently, they won the 'Group of the Year' award at the '2024 People's Choice Awards' held at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA. At the '2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards' held on April 1, they were nominated in two categories, 'K-Pop Artist of the Year' and 'K-Pop Song of the Year'.

On July 12th and 14th, the festival 'I-Days' will be held at IPPODROMO SNAI in Milan, Italy, and the world-class music festival 'BST Hyde Park' will be held at Hyde Park in London, England (British Summer Time). Hyde Park) as the first K-pop boy group to appear on stage as a headliner.

Meanwhile, Stray Kids will hold its fourth official fan meeting 'Stray Kids 4TH FANMEETING 'SKZ'S MAGIC SCHOOL'' at KSPO DOME, Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul for three days from March 29th to 31st. From March 14th to 31st, a pop-up store with the same concept as the fan meeting will be operated at Seongsu AP AGAIN and Soundwave Hapjeong branch.

Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr