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TW LW WOC Title Artist ( Peak )

1 New 1 Hop ‒ Stray Kids ( 1 ) (187,000 (176,000 sales))

2 2 4 GNX ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) (100,000)

3 1 35 The Tortured Poets Department ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (85,000)

4 5 17 Short n' Sweet ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 1 ) (69,000)

5 7 124 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 ) (68,000)

6 8 7 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Bing Crosby ( 6 ) (65,000)

7 6 4 Wicked: The Soundtrack ‒ Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande & Various Artists ( 2 ) (65,000)

8 9 31 Hit Me Hard And Soft ‒ Billie Eilish ( 2 ) (62,000)

9 11 39 The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess ‒ Chappell Roan ( 2 ) (56,000)

10 14 131 Merry Christmas ‒ Mariah Carey ( 3 ) (56,000)

11 13 87 The Christmas Song ‒ Nat King Cole ( 4 )

12 18 122 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 6 )

13 15 26 The Secret Of Us ‒ Gracie Abrams ( 2 )

14 12 8 CHROMAKOPIA ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

15 17 106 SOS ‒ SZA ( 1 )

16 22 44 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector ‒ Various Artists ( 7 )

17 23 51 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 12 )

18 19 94 One Thing At A Time ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 )

19 27 37 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings ‒ Brenda Lee ( 16 )

20 New 1 Missionary ‒ Snoop Dogg ( 20 )

21 3 2 Rosie ‒ ROSE ( 3 )

22 21 108 Stick Season ‒ Noah Kahan ( 2 )

23 25 42 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 7 )

24 26 41 The Andy Williams Christmas Album ‒ Andy Williams ( 14 )

25 33 34 Last Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ George Michael & Wham! ( 23 )

26 36 371 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )

27 34 66 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ‒ Burl Ives ( 15 )

28 39 5 A Bobby Helms Christmas (EP) ‒ Bobby Helms ( 28 )

29 31 28 Brat ‒ Charli xcx ( 3 )

30 24 5 Cosa Nuestra ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 6 )

31 45 42 The Dean Martin Christmas Album ‒ Dean Martin ( 27 )

32 47 39 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics ‒ Gene Autry ( 21 )

33 30 206 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 )

34 29 10 Last Lap ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )

35 42 113 Midnights ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

36 New 1 Dlow Curry ‒ BossMan Dlow ( 36 )

37 44 60 1989 (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

38 40 230 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

39 20 3 The Party Never Ends ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

40 38 10 Beautifully Broken ‒ Jelly Roll ( 1 )

41 37 18 F-1 Trillion ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

42 10 4 Fruitcake (EP) ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 10 )

43 50 73 Wrapped In Red ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 3 )

44 43 278 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

45 32 17 Incomodo ‒ Tito Double P ( 11 )

46 54 64 The Classic Christmas Album ‒ Elvis Presley ( 26 )

47 51 612 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )

48 48 69 Zach Bryan ‒ Zach Bryan ( 1 )

49 28 4 Arcane League Of Legends: Season Two ‒ Soundtrack ( 24 )

50 41 10 Glorious ‒ GloRilla ( 5 )

51 49 25 The Great American Bar Scene ‒ Zach Bryan ( 2 )

52 57 271 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

53 60 634 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )

54 46 10 Take Care ‒ BigXthaPlug ( 8 )

55 63 393 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )

56 4 2 Strategy: 14th Mini Album (EP) ‒ TWICE ( 4 )

57 53 135 American Heartbreak ‒ Zach Bryan ( 5 )

58 65 17 Greatest Christmas Songs ‒ Perry Como ( 32 )

59 52 63 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I) ‒ Teddy Swims ( 17 )

60 56 67 Guts ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

61 58 413 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )

62 55 29 Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going ‒ Shaboozey ( 5 )

63 64 401 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

64 66 187 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

65 59 344 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

66 62 37 Fireworks & Rollerblades ‒ Benson Boone ( 6 )

67 68 715 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

68 35 24 Unreal Unearth ‒ Hozier ( 3 )

69 72 616 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )

70 81 22 When Christmas Comes Around... ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 22 )

71 71 73 Utopia ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

72 67 210 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

73 61 41 Eternal Sunshine ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

74 83 217 Flower Boy ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 2 )

75 73 326 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

76 97 31 Everyday Is Christmas ‒ Sia ( 27 )

77 16 524 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

78 70 39 We Don't Trust You ‒ Future & Metro Boomin ( 1 )

79 74 162 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

80 69 26 Exodo ‒ Peso Pluma ( 5 )

81 88 7 Restless Mind ‒ Sam Barber ( 58 )

82 86 349 Hozier ‒ Hozier ( 2 )

83 91 626 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )

84 85 725 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )

85 77 56 The Diamond Collection ‒ Post Malone ( 11 )

86 79 18 Cold Beer & Country Music ‒ Zach Top ( 56 )

87 ReEntry 31 Discovery ‒ Daft Punk ( 23 )

88 75 63 For All The Dogs ‒ Drake ( 1 )

89 76 32 One Of Wun ‒ Gunna ( 2 )

90 ReEntry 195 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 )

91 114 30 Feliz Navidad ‒ Jose Feliciano ( 38 )

92 96 299 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

93 80 25 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album ‒ Jackson 5 ( 36 )

94 98 334 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )

95 94 176 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

96 101 567 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )

97 116 657 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )

98 78 76 Speak Now (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

99 87 10 +-=÷x (Tour Collection) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 28 )

100 90 394 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

101 106 124 Greatest Hits ‒ Creed ( 15 )

102 89 5 From Zero ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 )

103 108 3 A Very Laufey Holiday: The Santa Baby Edition (EP) ‒ Laufey ( 103 )

104 84 137 Un Verano Sin Ti ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

105 120 701 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )

106 112 484 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )

107 129 866 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )

108 93 27 Hardstone Psycho ‒ Don Toliver ( 3 )

109 ReEntry 25 Golden ‒ Jung Kook ( 2 )

110 141 20 Berry Christmas (EP) ‒ Chuck Berry ( 60 )

111 92 78 Genesis ‒ Peso Pluma ( 3 )

112 95 14 Submarine ‒ The Marias ( 17 )

113 82 3 Alligator Bites Never Heal ‒ Doechii ( 82 )

114 99 209 Channel Orange ‒ Frank Ocean ( 2 )

115 105 333 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

116 102 23 The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

117 132 73 Under The Mistletoe ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

118 100 359 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

119 104 251 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

120 143 23 Am I Okay? ‒ Megan Moroney ( 9 )

121 125 449 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )

122 119 353 [Hybrid Theory] ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 )

123 137 13 Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas ‒ Ella Fitzgerald ( 88 )

124 113 219 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 )

125 148 6 Icon: Dino's Christmas ‒ Dean Martin ( 89 )

126 146 707 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )

127 133 3 It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album ‒ Dan + Shay ( 127 )

128 127 836 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 )

129 135 43 Bewitched ‒ Laufey ( 18 )

130 124 402 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )

131 110 482 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )

132 109 372 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

133 115 138 I Never Liked You ‒ Future ( 1 )

134 103 13 Mixtape Pluto ‒ Future ( 1 )

135 123 172 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 )

136 128 22 Muse ‒ Jimin ( 2 )

137 107 49 Leather ‒ Cody Johnson ( 18 )

138 136 11 The Greatest Christmas Hits ‒ Pentatonix ( 10 )

139 152 22 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album ‒ The Beach Boys ( 66 )

140 126 235 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

141 111 63 $ad Boyz 4 Life II ‒ Junior H ( 14 )

142 131 42 A Great Chaos ‒ Ken Carson ( 11 )

143 140 553 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )

144 121 107 Heroes & Villains ‒ Metro Boomin ( 1 )

145 122 22 Twisters: The Album ‒ Soundtrack ( 7 )

146 139 174 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

147 118 54 Think Later ‒ Tate McRae ( 4 )

148 179 494 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

149 176 3 Platinum & Gold Collection ‒ Eartha Kitt ( 127 )

150 153 174 Meteora ‒ Linkin Park ( 1 )

151 144 132 Freudian ‒ Daniel Caesar ( 25 )

152 156 133 Call Me If You Get Lost ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

153 186 321 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 )

154 169 12 A Very Trainor Christmas ‒ Meghan Trainor ( 89 )

155 165 18 A Drummer Boy Christmas ‒ for KING & COUNTRY ( 50 )

156 174 121 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

157 150 171 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

158 117 65 Emails I Can't Send ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 23 )

159 134 23 Megan ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 3 )

160 149 451 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )

161 138 61 Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada ‒ Fuerza Regida ( 14 )

162 181 157 To Pimp A Butterfly ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

163 178 6 Home Alone ‒ Soundtrack ( 163 )

164 151 91 Gettin' Old ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

165 ReEntry 114 Noel ‒ Josh Groban ( 1 )

166 171 58 Higher ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

167 155 66 Nostalgia ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

168 162 338 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )

169 173 17 Romance : Untold ‒ ENHYPEN ( 2 )

170 180 597 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )

171 ReEntry 18 The Best Of Stevie Wonder: 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection ‒ Stevie Wonder ( 74 )

172 147 276 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

173 ReEntry 2 Holiday Seasoning ‒ Jimmy Fallon ( 84 )

174 ReEntry 356 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )

175 187 123 The Black Parade ‒ My Chemical Romance ( 2 )

176 161 13 Hungover ‒ Ella Langley ( 49 )

177 142 218 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

178 191 32 You Make It Feel Like Christmas ‒ Gwen Stefani ( 16 )

179 ReEntry 37 McCartney II ‒ Paul McCartney ( 3 )

180 New 1 This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway ‒ Lola Young ( 180 )

181 ReEntry 180 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 )

182 189 124 Toxicity ‒ System Of A Down ( 1 )

183 ReEntry 768 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 )

184 163 330 Beauty Behind The Madness ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

185 157 34 PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4) ‒ PARTYNEXTDOOR ( 10 )

186 ReEntry 33 A Legendary Christmas ‒ John Legend ( 22 )

187 ReEntry 10 Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! ‒ Soundtrack ( 105 )

188 154 400 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 )

189 177 9 Don't Mind If I Do ‒ Riley Green ( 25 )

190 ReEntry 627 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 )

191 164 272 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )

192 196 81 Christmas Eve And Other Stories ‒ Trans-Siberian Orchestra ( 48 )

193 188 396 The Fame ‒ Lady Gaga ( 2 )

194 158 29 The First Time ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 24 )

195 167 62 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

196 ReEntry 240 Unorthodox Jukebox ‒ Bruno Mars ( 1 )

197 ReEntry 102 The Best Of Sade ‒ Sade ( 9 )

198 193 261 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 )

199 166 325 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )

200 170 348 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )

Stray Kids Score Sixth No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ‘HOP’

By Keith Caulfield | 12/22/2024

 

Stray Kids score their sixth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart as HOP debuts atop the list dated Dec. 28. It’s the sixth leader for the group, making the pop ensemble the first act to debut at No. 1 with its first six chart entries in the nearly 69-year history of the chart. The Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956.

 

Stray Kids previously opened atop the chart with ODDINARY and MAXIDENT (both in 2022), ROCK-STAR and 5-STAR (both in 2023) and ATE (earlier in 2024).

 

Further, with a sixth No. 1, Stray Kids tie BTS, Linkin Park and Dave Matthews Band for the most No. 1s among groups on the Billboard 200 in this century (since 2000).

 

HOP arrives with 187,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 19, according to Luminate, largely driven by traditional album sales.

 

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas jingles back to the top 10 for a seventh consecutive holiday season, as the 1994 release climbs 14-10. The set, which contains the Billboard Hot 100-topping “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” peaked at No. 3 in 1994.

 

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.

 

Of HOP’s 187,000 first-week equivalent album units, album sales comprise 176,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart), SEA units comprise 10,000 (equaling 14.83 million on-demand official streams of the sets songs) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

 

HOP’s album sales were bolstered by its availability across seven different CD variants, all containing collectible items such as photocards, posters, stickers and trading cards (including some randomized items), with variants exclusive to Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart and the act’s official webstore. Of the album’s 176,000 album sales, CD sales comprise 171,000, while digital download albums comprise 5,000.

 

Previously, Stray Kids were tied with late rapper DMX as the only acts to see their first five chart entries debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. DMX did it in 1998-2003 with It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998), Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood (1999), …And Then There Was X (2000), The Great Depression (2001) and Grand Champ (2003).

 

As HOP is mostly in the Korean language, it is the 27th mostly non-English-language album to hit No. 1, and the fourth of 2024. Three other mostly-Korean-language sets topped the chart earlier this year, all by also debuting at No. 1: On the Nov. 30-dated list, ATEEZ landed its second leader with Golden Hour: Part.2; on the Aug. 3 chart, Stray Kids’ ATE arrived; and on the March 9 chart, TWICE notched its first leader in With YOU-th. Of the 27 mostly non-English-language albums to reach No. 1, 18 are mostly Korean, five mostly (or all) Spanish, one mostly Italian, one entirely French and two mostly a blend of Spanish, Italian and French. Of the 27 mostly non-English-language albums to reach No. 1, 23 have topped the chart since 2018 (the year that K-pop superstars BTS scored their first of six No. 1s, the chart’s first Korean-language leaders).

 

The rest of the Billboard 200’s top five comprises former No. 1s:

 

Kendrick Lamar’s GNX is a non-mover at No. 2 (100,000 equivalent album units earned; down 20%), Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department falls 1-3 (85,000; down 65%), Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet steps 5-4 (69,000; down 9%) and Michael Bublé’s Christmas climbs 7-5 (68,000; up 10%).

 

The most recently released holiday album in the top 10 is Bing Crosby’s Ultimate Christmas compilation, which ascends two spots to a new peak at No. 6 (65,000 equivalent album units; up 15%).

 

The Wicked film soundtrack falls 6-7 (nearly 65,000; down 13%), Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft rises 9-8 (62,000; up 11%) and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess climbs 11-9 (56,000; up 12%).

 

Closing out the top 10 is Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas, rising 14-10 with 56,000 equivalent album units earned (up 22% with a 10,000 unit gain — the largest unit increase on the chart). The set returns to the top 10 for a seventh consecutive holiday season. It peaked at No. 3 during its initial chart run in 1994, shortly following its release that year.