Stray Kids achieved a ‘million-seller’ with NOEASY and makes history in JYP Entertainment. STAY celebrates on social media the record of Stray Kids, the first JYP Entertainment group to cross one million copies sold with an album.
It is a success and Gaon confirms it.
Stray Kids, with a three-year career in K-pop, earned the coveted title of ‘million seller’ for their album NOEASY released on August 23.
The boyband joins longtime idols, such as EXO or BTS, who carry that nickname. On August 31 KST, the South Korean company that tracks album sales reported to local press that Stray Kids’ album completed the cumulative distribution of 1.
1 million units. This milestone marks history for the boyband’s musical career and for the agency who represents them.
NOEASY is the first album produced under JYP Entertainment to reach that record sales volume. Previously, the NOEASY album had registered 930,000 copies in presale, which already predicted a good performance in Gaon.
Similar to physical sales, Stray Kids’ comeback also stood out with good results on digital downloads and YouTube streaming.
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On the first day of the release, “Thunderous” ranked #1 on iTunes Top Songs chart for 52 countries. NOEASY’s title track was a YouTube sensation on Monday, August 23. His video clip became the trend of the day despite coinciding with other pop star releases.
With the news, the social media fandom Stay erupted with tribute tweets to Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, I.N, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, and Seungmin.
The hashtag #Stray_Kids_Million_Sellers on Twitter, the phrase ‘Congrats Stray Kids’ (congratulations Stray Kids) among other tags were among the 10 most commented topics of the moment. The fandom Stay highlighted that NOEASY’s achievement has a lot of meaning for the members of Stray Kids.
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Quite apart from the sales achieved, the idols were directly involved in the writing and composition of all the songs on the album.
