The group Stray Kids maintains the first place on the Billboard Chart 200 for the sixth time.
Last year, on December 22nd, Stray Kids set a record with their album <HOP>, reaching first place on the Billboard Chart 200. The group had a similar achievement back in 2022 with their sixth mini-album <ODDINARY>, <5 Star ★★★★★> and <ATE>, this makes them one of the few groups to be listed on the Billboard Charts after BTS.
Their last album <HOP> had 187,000 equivalent units earned just in the U.S. by the week of December 19^th, according to Luminate, as <HOP> is primarily in the Korean language, this makes it the 27^th mostly non-English language album to hit No.1, and the fourth of 2024, following the third album <ATE> also from Stray Kids. This demonstrates to the world that K-pop is indeed expanding globally and will continue to grow as K-pop groups gain popularity overseas.

On the other hand, Stray Kids’s leader, Bangchan, was selected as the new ambassador for FENDI.
He has shown his versatility as a singer, rapper, composer and producer; now it is time to let him shine with his original style and flexibility through this partnership.
Bangchan’s first meeting with was back in June of 2024 at the FENDI 2025 S/S Menswear Fashion Show in Milan. Since then, Bangchan has been wearing FENDI clothes at Stray Kids’s World Tour concerts and music festivals.
He expressed, “I felt a deep bond with FENDI thanks to the creativity and pleasurable spirit. I feel is it even more special to join to the FENDI family now that they are about to celebrate their 100^th anniversary”, he said during his interview with BAZAAR KOREA (February edition).
Meanwhile, FENDI will celebrate its anniversary with a show in Milan in February, so we soon will soon have more photoshoots of Bangchan as a model.

I.N also had an interview for a famous magazine; he is featured on of the cover of Marie Claire Korea (February edition), dressed fully in Bottega Veneta, announcing that he will be part of Bottega Veneta’s Summer Show 2025. He expressed how excited he is to meet fans and celebrate Valentine’s Day with STAYs.

Stray Kids is holding a fan meeting held at INSPIRE ARENA in South Korea from February 14^th to February 16^th. The tickets sold out within one hour of the opening, making them, once more, record kings for that. They expect to see not only Korean fans but also fans from overseas as they begin their World Tour 2025, starting on May 24^th in the U.S. as their first tour country.

Congratulations to them, it is pretty sure they will gain even more popularity by the end of this year.


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