Stray Kids’ 'Oddinary' ranks on Billboard 200 chart for 5th week

Stray Kids [JYP ENTERTAINMENT]

Boy band Stray Kids’ single “Oddinary,” released last month, has remained on the Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks, according to its agency JYP Entertainment Wednesday.

The single became the third song by a K-pop artist to top the chart. This week, “Oddinary” was ranked No. 117, 16 places higher than last week when it landed at No. 131. The band also ranked No. 60 on Billboard’s Artist 100 chart, No. 1 on the World Albums chart, No. 6 on the Top Current Album Sales chart and No. 10 on the World Digital Song Sales chart.

The song was produced by 3RACHA, the band’s songwriting subunit which consists of members Bangchan, Changbin and Han. It surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify in the 37 days since its release on Monday.

The band is set to kick off its world tour titled “Maniac,” starting from Seoul on Saturday, and then moving on to other cities across the globe such as Kobe, Tokyo, Newark, Chicago, Atlanta, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle.

Stray Kids debuted in 2018 and consists of members Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N. The band has had hits such as “My Pace” (2018), “Miroh” (2019), “God's Menu” (2020), “Back Door” (2020) and “Thunderous” (2021).

BY LEE JAE-LIM [lee.jaelim@joongang.co.kr]