Most No.1 K-pop Album On Billboard 200 In 2024 (Record By Stray kids)

The Official Award Of A Certificate

Stray Kids’ ATE, released July 19, 2024, debuted at No. 1 on August 3 with 232,000 units, the highest for a K-pop album that year, per JYP Entertainment. Their follow-up, HOP, also hit No. 1 on December 28, marking their fifth and sixth chart-toppers since ODDINARY in 2022. BTS, starting with Tear in 2018, maintained their record with classics like Map of the Soul 7 (2020), per Billboard’s 2024 recap. ATEEZ’s GOLDEN HOUR Part.2 (November 30), TWICE’s With YOU-th (March 9), and BTS’s Jin’s Happy (November 30) each added one No. 1, but Stray Kids and BTS led the pack. Posts on X hailed Stray Kids’ ATE as 2024’s biggest K-pop album by debut units.

Feat:

In 2024, Stray Kids and BTS solidified their dominance by tying for the record of the most No. 1 K-pop albums on the Billboard 200, a milestone certified by the K-Pop Records Library on March 27, 2025. Each group secured six No. 1 albums, with Stray Kids’ ATE and HOP and BTS’s historic run, including Love Yourself: Tear, leading the charge, as reported by Billboard. This achievement underscored K-pop’s growing grip on the US charts and the fervent support of STAY and ARMY.

The K-Pop Records Library awarded Stray Kids and BTS certificates, celebrating their six No. 1s as a historic tie, with 2024’s four K-pop chart-toppers matching 2022 showing the genre’s unstoppable US momentum