Stray Kids' 'THIS & THAT' Holds the Billboard 200 Top 10 for a Third Week
Stray Kids' mini album 'THIS & THAT' placed No. 8 on the Billboard 200 dated 5 September 2026, holding the top 10 for a third straight week. Etoday and Tenasia traced the run back to the No. 1 debut on the chart dated 22 August and named 3RACHA, the group's own production team, behind the record.
What happened
Stray Kids’ mini album ‘THIS & THAT’, released on 7 August 2026, placed number eight on the Billboard 200, the main US albums chart, on the listing dated 5 September 2026. Etoday reported that the album had been inside the top 10 for three consecutive weeks. Tenasia wrote that it had entered the same chart at number one on the listing dated 22 August and held the top 10 through its third week.
Why is it trending?
What this chart measures is not the entry but how long the album has stayed. Tenasia wrote that “Stray Kids are the first artist to send nine releases in a row to the summit beginning with the album that first entered the ‘Billboard 200’”, and Etoday reported that the group has taken nine consecutive number ones since ‘ODDINARY’, the 2022 mini album that went straight to the top of the chart. Both outlets pointed to the same background: the group has carried self-written songs on every album since before its debut.
What you need to know
- The chart is dated 5 September 2026 and the position is number eight. Etoday and Tenasia both reported a third consecutive week in the top 10.
- The album was released on 7 August 2026 and entered the Billboard 200 at number one on the listing dated 22 August.
- The group’s own production team, 3RACHA, is Bang Chan, Changbin and Han.
- Etoday reported that as of 26 August the Korea Music Copyright Association listed 243 songs registered to Bang Chan, 207 to Changbin and 204 to Han.
- Etoday wrote that the group played two solo nights at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 29 and 30 August 2026, drawing 140,000 people over the two days.
- The dates that follow are Vantelin Dome Nagoya on 5 and 6 September, Kyocera Dome Osaka on 19 and 20 September, Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka on 24 October and Tokyo Dome on 6, 7 and 8 November.
- Etoday reported that the group opens its own festival, STRAYCITY, across three Latin American cities on 9 September 2026 and takes the stage at Rock in Rio on 11 September.
Profiles
Groups
Stray Kids스트레이 키즈
Stray Kids are an eight-member boy group under JYP Entertainment whose official site dates their founding to 25 March 2018. Their in-house unit 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin and Han) writes and produces their albums; all nine of their Billboard 200 entries have debuted at No. 1, the latest THIS & THAT in August 2026.
Artists
Bang Chan방찬
Bang Chan is the leader of Stray Kids, the eight-member group under JYP Entertainment. The official profile gives his birthday as 3 October 1997, and with Changbin and Han he forms 3RACHA, the in-house unit that writes and produces the group's albums. Fendi named him a brand ambassador in January 2025.
- Group
- Stray Kids
- Position
- Leader
- Agency
- JYP Entertainment
- Debut
- 25 March 2018
- Brand model
- Fendi
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Stray Kids
JYP Entertainment
Stray Kids are an eight-member boy group under JYP Entertainment whose official site dates their founding to 25 March 2018. Their in-house unit 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin and Han) writes and produces their albums; all nine of their Billboard 200 entries have debuted at No. 1, the latest THIS & THAT in August 2026.
ODDINARY
THIS & THAT
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