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Stray Kids single 'Maniac' certified gold by RIAA

Boy band Stray Kids' 2022 hit "Maniac" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), according to the band's agency JYP Entertainment on Wednesday.

2024-05-02

Stray Kids tops Billboard 200 for 4th time with 'Rock-Star'

This makes Stray Kids the second K-pop band to record No.1 four times on Billboard 200, following BTS's six times.

2023-11-20

Boy band Stray Kids' new album to debut atop Billboard 200 albums chart

Boy band Stray Kids will debut atop Billboard 200 albums chart for the third time with its latest album "★★★★★ (5-STAR)" in the chart's upcoming update this week, the U.S. music service said Sunday. This is the third time for JYP Entertainment's ...

2023-06-12

Stray Kids to hold encore concerts as part of world tour in Japan, U.S.

Boy band Stray Kids will hold encore concerts as part of its second world tour “Stray Kids 2nd World Tour 'Maniac,'" said JYP Entertainment on Tuesday. Stray Kids is set to perform encores in Japan in February, at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo ...

2022-11-08

Stray Kids: The next BTS, or just another boy band?

“Who will be the next BTS?” This question has haunted the K-pop industry for years since the boy band rose to global superstardom around 2018. Although BTS’s management HYBE had ambitious plans as it launched boy bands TXT and Enhypen, dubbed ,.

2022-10-25

Stray Kids releases digital single 'Mixtape : Time Out'

Boy band Stray Kids released its digital single “Mixtape : Time Out” on Monday. “Aug. 1 is a meaningful day, on which Stray Kids’ fandom STAY got its name [in 2018],” its agency JYP Entertainment said. “The members prepared a surprise gift to ...

2022-08-01

Fans flock to animal-themed Stray Kids pop-up stores

A total of 21,700 people visited boy band Stray Kids’ animal-themed pop-up stores, according to JYP Entertainment on Monday. From May 30 to June 15, JYP Entertainment ran two Stray Kids-inspired pop-up stores — named “Stray Kids x SKZOO Pop-up ...

2022-06-20

Stray Kids to drop new EP 'Circus' in Japan on June 22

Boy band Stray Kids will drop its new EP “Circus” in Japan on June 22, according to JYP Entertainment on Monday. The EP will include songs “Circus,” “Fairytale” and “Your Eyes,” as well as Japanese versions of its recent Korean tracks “Maniac,” ...

2022-05-16

Boy band Stray Kids sells over 1 million copies of its EP 'Oddinary'

Boy band Stray Kids sold over 1 million copies of its EP “Oddinary” (2022), according to local album sales tracker Gaon Chart. The EP was certified with the "million badge," which indicates that the album had surpassed 1 million copies in sales...

2022-05-13

Stray Kids wraps up Seoul portion of second world tour

Boy band Stray Kids concluded the three runs of its Seoul concert on Sunday at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in southern Seoul, the first round of many in its “Stray Kids 2nd World Tour ‘Maniac.’” Stray Kids performed on April 29 and 30 and May 1 for ...

2022-05-02