Stray Kids simultaneously occupy the top and bottom of the World Albums chart as This & That holds at No. 1 and Karma returns. In this image released on December 12, 2024, the band Stray Kids at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. (Photo by JYP Entertainment/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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This & That, the latest EP from Stray Kids, is about to turn two months old. The K-pop boy band dropped the eight-song collection on August 7, and it became another top performer and bestseller around the world, including in the United States, where the singers never miss.
Almost two months into its lifespan, This & That continues to find space on multiple rosters and even leads one tally in America. Stray Kids fills multiple spaces on only one ranking published by Billboard this time around, and the musicians manage to bookend that genre-specific list with a pair of fan favorites.
Stray Kids Bookends the World Albums Chart
This & That is steady at No. 1 on the World Albums chart again this week. As of this frame, the EP has spent six of its seven moments on the ranking at the summit.
At the same time that This & That refuses to budge, Karma returns to the World Albums roster, but only barely. The full-length sneaks back in at No. 25 – in absolute last place – helping Stray Kids simultaneously occupy both the highest and lowest spots on the rundown.
This & That Ties Oddinary’s Run at No. 1
With half a dozen frames at No. 1 on the World Albums chart, This & That ties Oddinary as Stray Kids’ sixth-longest-running champion. Karma remains the group’s sturdiest ruler and its only project to manage double-digit frames on top, with 10 weeks spent at the summit. Rock-Star follows with nine turns in that rung, and both Ate and Do It managed eight apiece. Hop commanded the World Albums roster seven times.
It’s entirely possible that in a few days, This & That will pass Oddinary and match Hop, becoming one of Stray Kids’ fifth-longest-ruling releases – and it could continue to lead the charge after that for another stint, or perhaps several.
This & That Falls From No. 1 on the Sales Chart
Last week, This & That dominated a pair of Billboard charts. The EP was once again counted as the bestselling release of any length and any style in the nation and commanded the Top Album Sales chart with more than 20,000 purchases – a huge sum for a short collection that had already been out for a month and a half.
As it ruled again, This & That became one of only a handful of multi-week leaders on the purchase-only roster and tied both Ate and the Do It EP within the K-pop outfit’s discography. This frame, though, the project falls from No. 1 to No. 5, pushed down by several exciting debuts.
This & That Lives on Three Billboard Rankings
At the moment, This & That can be found on a trio of Billboard rankings in America. As it holds at No. 1 on the World Albums chart and occupies a spot within the top 10 on the Top Album Sales tally yet again, the project declines much more dramatically on the Billboard 200.
That roster measures the most-consumed albums and EPs in the United States, employing a methodology that blends sales and streaming activity. That make-up ensures that its scope is broader than either the genre-focused World Albums list or the purchase-only Top Album Sales chart.
Last frame, This & That sat at No. 17 on the Billboard 200. This period it slips to No. 34. In another bit of coincidence, the EP ties Oddinary as Stray Kids’ seventh-longest-charting title on the competitive ranking as it reaches seven weeks on the rundown.
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