Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Stray Kids and Jimin make history on the Billboard 200 this week with their respective projects “Ate” and “Muse” debuting at Nos.
1 and 2, marking the first time that K-pop acts have held the top two positions. Stray Kids make further history with “Ate,” becoming the first-ever group to debut at No.
1 with their first five charting albums. The sole other artist to accomplish the same five-streak feat was DMX. “Ate” earns 232,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate, marking the biggest week for a K-pop album in 2024 and the sixth biggest debut for an album released this year. “Ate” got a boost from its 11 CD variants, and had the second-largest sales week of any album this year behind Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department.” BTS member Jimin bows at No.
2 with “Muse,” marking his second solo album to land in that spot following last year’s “Face.” “Muse,” which had nine CD variants, arrives with 96,000 equivalent album units, and is led by the singles “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” featuring Loco and “Who.” “Twisters: The Album” also has a notable entry on the Billboard 200 this week, bowing at No.
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