Stray Kids' '5-STAR' Enters Official Charts Germany's Top 100 Albums of 2023

On December 15, Official Charts Germany unveiled the 2023 Top 100 Albums Annual Chart dated from December 9, 2022 to December 7, 2023.

Stray Kids is the only K-pop artist to enter the chart. The 3rd studio album '5-STAR' landed at No. 26 and the mini album 'Rock-Star' at No. 91.

The band also entered Oricon's Year-End Charts in Japan at No. 4 with its first EP album 'Social Pass/Super Bowl Japanese Version'. The first Japanese studio album 'THE SOUND' was No. 9 and 'Five Star' was No. 23.

This year, Stray Kids achieved No. 1 on Billboard 200 with four consecutive albums namely 'Oddinary', 'Maxidant', 'Five Star', and 'Rock-Star'.

"Stray Kids is the only boy band in the 2000s to top the Billboard 200 four times in a row including the debut album," the agency stated. "The band has set the second-fastest record following Taylor Swift."

Meanwhile, Stray Kids will appear on NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen on December 31 in Japan.

by. Kim jiwon