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Stray Kids스트레이 키즈

Stray Kids (스트레이 키즈), often shortened to SKZ, is a South Korean boy group formed by JYP Entertainment. Its eight members are Bang Chan (방찬), the leader, Lee Know (리노), Changbin (창빈), Hyunjin (현진), Han (한), Felix (필릭스), Seungmin (승민) and I.N (아이엔). Bang Chan picked each member from JYP's trainees before a 2017 reality show of the same name, and the group debuted on March 25, 2018, with the EP I Am Not; a ninth member, Woojin, left in 2019. The group mostly produces its own music, led by 3Racha, the songwriting team of Bang Chan, Changbin and Han.1

In the US, all nine of their Billboard 200 entries, from Oddinary (2022) to This & That (2026), have debuted at number one, making Stray Kids the first act in the chart's history to open with nine number-one debuts. Their nine chart-toppers tie the Rolling Stones for the second-most by a group, behind the Beatles.24 The title track of This & That entered the Hot 100 at number 38, their highest peak there.4

This & That sold about 3.28 million copies in its first week on the Hanteo Chart, ahead of the 3.04 million for their 2025 album Karma.3 The Korea Music Content Association certified their 2023 album 5-Star for five million sales, and as of May 2026 the group had sold more than 40 million albums across its Korean and Japanese releases. The IFPI, the global recording-industry body, ranked them the second best-selling artist in the world in 2025, behind Taylor Swift.1 Karma won Album of the Year, one of the daesang (대상) or grand prizes, at the 2025 MAMA Awards, as DabPop's MAMA Awards archive records.5

Their dominATE world tour (2024–25) played Asia, Australia, Latin America, North America and Europe, and ended with two encore concerts at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in October 2025.1 JYP credited it for the company's record concert revenue in 2025, and it ranked No. 10 on Billboard's Top Tours of 2025, as DabPop's agency comparison sets out.6 Three members hold luxury ambassador roles in DabPop's ambassador list: Hyunjin for Versace, Felix for Louis Vuitton and Lee Know for Gucci.7

Stray Kids in the official music video for "Ceremony"
Pictured: Stray Kids in the music video for "Ceremony", the lead single of Karma, Album of the Year at the 2025 MAMA Awards.

Key facts

Korean name스트레이 키즈1
DebutMarch 25, 2018, with the EP I Am Not1
Agency and labelsJYP Entertainment; Republic Records in the US; Epic Records Japan1
MembersBang Chan (leader), Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, I.N1
In-house producers3Racha: Bang Chan, Changbin, Han1
Billboard 200 number onesNine, every entry from Oddinary (2022) to This & That (2026)24
Highest Billboard Hot 100 peak"This & That", number 38 (2026)4
Biggest first weekThis & That (2026), about 3.28 million copies on the Hanteo Chart3
Albums soldMore than 40 million, Korean and Japanese releases (as of May 2026)1
DaesangMAMA Awards Album of the Year 2025 (Karma)5

Appears in DabPop rankings

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Stray Kids, retrieved 2026-10-11.
  2. The Korea Herald, Stray Kids make Billboard history with 9th straight No. 1, August 2026, retrieved 2026-10-11.
  3. The Korea Herald, Stray Kids' latest EP clocks up 3.28m first-week sales, August 14, 2026, retrieved 2026-10-11.
  4. Billboard, Stray Kids chart history: Billboard 200 and Hot 100, retrieved 2026-10-11.
  5. DabPop, MAMA Awards: Every Daesang Winner (data as of October 11, 2026), retrieved 2026-10-11.
  6. DabPop, HYBE vs SM vs JYP vs YG: By the Numbers (data as of October 11, 2026), retrieved 2026-10-11.
  7. DabPop, K-Pop Idols Who Are Luxury Brand Ambassadors (data as of October 11, 2026), retrieved 2026-10-11.