Stray Kids’ “ODDINARY” Debuts As No. 1 On The Billboard 200 Chart – Here’s Why Even The Date Is Meaningful To Fans
Stray Kids‘ latest comeback with mini album ODDINARY is sweeping charts and breaking records as fans are loving everything about the new era from the incredible music, the cinematic music videos, and fantastic styling.
And now Stray Kids have broken another record with ODDINARY as they make their debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
.@Stray_Kids' 'Oddinary' officially debuts at No. 1 on this week's #Billboard200.
It earns the group its first career No. 1 album and first entry on the chart.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) March 28, 2022
ODDINARY also is No. 1 on Billboard’s top-selling albums of the week.
This week's top-selling albums:
1. @Stray_Kids Oddinary
2. @charli_xcx Crash
3. @PearlJam rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003
4. @JuiceWorlddd Fighting Demons
5. @thebandGHOST Impera— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) March 29, 2022
And has received other No. 1 spots on different Billboard charts.
#StrayKids on Billboard Charts [1/2]
Billboard 200
#1 ODDINARYArtist 100
#1 Stray KidsWorld Albums
#1 ODDINARYTop Album Sales
#1 ODDINARYTop Current Album Sales
#1 ODDINARYTastemaker Albums
#2 ODDINARY @Stray_Kids #MANIAC_SKZ pic.twitter.com/G9CK9GVR3E— billboard SKZ ☻︎ (@billboardskz) March 29, 2022
Fans of the group love that the album has received so many accolades on the latest Billboard charts, truly showing off the group’s success.
just checked billboard's site and… skz all over :") this isn't even all of their achievements today pic.twitter.com/XSZEmkBpKd
— 꿀 ✦⋆͛ (@seorecord) March 29, 2022
🎶 I like the view right now @Stray_Kids #StrayKids #MANIAC_SKZ pic.twitter.com/uhNjb3GzSG
— billboard SKZ ☻︎ (@billboardskz) March 29, 2022
And not only did Stray Kids make their debut as No. 1, but the timing couldn’t have been more perfect.
Recently Stray Kids received their first music show win on KBS‘s Music Bank on the same day as Stray Kids’ four-year anniversary.
🏆 Music Bank #1 ㅡ "MANIAC"
0325 WIN FOR SKZ#MANIAC1stWin#StrayKids12thWin#스키즈_매니악_1위_축하해@Stray_Kids #MANIAC_SKZ pic.twitter.com/6Jv5FnCIEV
— Stray Kids Chart Data ☻︎ (@skzchartdata) March 25, 2022
And now, their debut on the Billboard 200 chart happened on the same day as Stray Kids’ debut stage of “District 9” four years ago.
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Debut Stage Billboard Debut, #1 pic.twitter.com/AlBbiiO2MX— SKZ #1 ON BB200 🔩 (@skznewsupdates) March 29, 2022
Fans are joking that the universe must be a fan for these milestones to occur on such special days for Stray Kids and their fans.
the universe is a stay omg 4 years ago was skz debut stage and today 4 years later #1 on billboard 200
— 🔩 (@24HJlSUNG) March 28, 2022
And while, of course, the achievements are meaningful to fans, Stray Kids haven’t hidden that their new achievements are also incredibly meaningful to them as well.
Fans noticed that Stray Kids’ Twitter account retweeted all of Billboard’s tweets about their accomplishments.
just noticed how SKZki retweeted all of Billboard’s tweets about skz topping the charts 🥺❤️
— tala (@havenskz) March 29, 2022
And within hours, Stray Kids even released a celebratory video to their YouTube channel, showing footage compiled over Stray Kids’ four years as artists, showing them going from their debut to their achievements now.
Fans of the group are even remembering how Stray Kids’ Lee Know at one point thought that his fans had “made up” Billboard as a way to cheer on the group. And are feeling sentimental over how he went from not even knowing Billboard was real to having a No. 1 debut.
Remember when Lee Know thought stays just made up Billboard and now they just debuted straight to #1 on BB200 with Oddinary 😭
— SKZ #1 ON BB200 🔩 (@skznewsupdates) March 29, 2022
There is no question that Stray Kids have given their all to their music, even always being involved heavily in the production of their songs, and fans are truly grateful that they were finally able to achieve this level of recognition.
the most beautiful thing about skz’s growth is that they never stopped trying even when they didn’t get the results they wanted. despite all that, they kept making the music THEY wanted to, and in turn they gained fans who appreciate them as the talented artists that they are
— SKZ #1 ON BILLBOARD (@oddinaryprint) March 29, 2022
Congratulations to Stray Kids!
You can watch the music video for “MANIAC” here.
You can watch Stray Kids’ debut stage of “District 9” from four years ago here.