Stray Kids' 'Five Star' sold double million in one day
Stray Kids released a new regular album and title song 'Special' on the 2nd and made their first comeback in 2023. Along with the regular album released in about two years since the regular 2nd album 'NOEASY' in August 2021, it is achieving its own best grades in various indicators such as albums, sound sources, and music video views.
'★★★★★ (5-STAR)' posted sales of 2,392,666 copies based on Hanteo Chart, an album aggregation site on the 2nd, recording a double million seller within one day of its release. This is a mini album released in October 2022, an increase of more than 1,080,000 copies compared to the 1,308,971 copies recorded on the first day of release by the previous work, 'Maxident', and a record of 'Maxident''s first week (record sales within a week after release) , demonstrating an explosive rise. Also, on the 2nd and 3rd, it topped the Hanteo Chart Daily Physical Album Chart and the Circle Chart Daily Retail Album Chart.
As of the afternoon of May 30, they recorded 4.93 million album pre-orders, writing the history of 'the most pre-orders in K-pop history'. As of the afternoon of June 1, two days later, the album sold 5.13 million copies. In August 2021, the 2nd regular album 'NOEASY' was the first million seller in 3 years of debut, in March 2022, the mini album 'ODDINARY' was a consecutive million seller, and in October 2022, 'Maxidant' tripled. Stray Kids, who have grown significantly by achieving million-selling and topping the US Billboard main chart "Billboard 200" for two consecutive years last year, are radiating a special presence with a well-made regular album made with all their efforts. The new album topped the worldwide iTunes album chart on the 2nd and the iTunes album chart in 33 regions overseas, including Japan, Mexico and Thailand, on a cumulative basis until the 4th. The title song 'Special' ranked first on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart as of the 2nd and the iTunes Song Chart in 43 countries including Brazil, Indonesia and Chile on a cumulative basis until the 4th. In particular, it performed well on Spotify, a global music streaming platform. 'Special' broke the record for the highest number of daily streams, ranking 42nd on the Daily Top Song Global Chart on June 2 (local time), and entered the Daily Top Song US chart at 89th, its own highest ranking. In Korea, as of 9:00 pm on the 2nd, it ranked first on the Bugs real-time chart and the Vibe domestic rapid rising chart.
The music video for 'Special' captures the identity of Stray Kids, 'the most eccentric among the unusual kids, and the brightest among the special kids', with the highest scale and bright visual beauty, and is gaining worldwide popularity. On the afternoon of the 2nd, the day of release, it ranked first on YouTube's music video trending worldwide, and has been holding the top spot for the fourth day after reaching 20 million views in the shortest period as of 9:00 am on the 4th, followed by 8:00 am on the 5th. It exceeded 26.4 million views.
The new song 'Special' is a new work by Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han from the group's producing team, 3RACHA, who made all the title songs released from their debut song 'District 9' in 2018. Starting with KBS2 'Music Bank' on the 2nd and MBC 'Show! Music Core' and SBS' 'Inkigayo' on the 4th, and decorated the music room stage in the first week of their comeback. It presented a performance full of fun to watch and listen to, such as thrilling sounds that hit the ears, point choreography that draws a star by quickly crossing both hands, and a dance break that shows off the special synergy of the eight members.
Stray Kids will hold their third official fan meeting 'Stray Kids 3RD FANMEETING 'PILOT: FOR ★★★★★'' ('Pilot: Four Five Stars') at KSPO DOME, Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul on July 1-2. . As a fan meeting, he entered KSPO DOME for the first time and built unforgettable memories with more fans.
[Reporter Park Se-yeon, Star Today]
