Billboard has just announced the World Albums chart for the end week, recording the presence of many Kpop artists, in which Stray Kids, Cortis, Ateez and BTS hold notable positions.
Stray Kids continues to lead with the mini album "This & That". The product holds the No. 1 position in World Albums for the second consecutive week.
This & That" also became Stray Kids' first album to be in the Top 3 Billboard 200 for many weeks, marking another achievement for the group in the US market.
Another Stray Kids product is "Karma", released in 2025, ranked 25th in its 52nd week appearing on World Albums.
Following Stray Kids was Cortis. The EP "Greengreen" held 2nd place in its 16th week. The product also became the group's first album to appear on the Billboard 200 for 15 weeks.
Cortis's debut EP "Color Outside the Lines" also rose back to 6th place on World Albums, marking its 50th week on the chart.
Ateez holds 3rd place with “Golden Hour: Part.5”. The album spent 8 weeks on World Albums.
BTS has 4 albums featuring together
BTS attracted attention for their endurance when up to 4 albums appeared together on World Albums this week, many of which were released many years ago.
The compilation album "Proof" ranked 7th in its 219th week. "Love Yourself: Answer", released in 2018, reappeared in 10th place and raised its total frequency to 202 non-consecutive weeks.
The Japanese album “Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~” ranked 12th in its 42nd week, while “Love Yourself: Tear” ranked 22nd and has spent a total of 221 weeks on the chart.
In the female artists group, Le Sserafim ranked 8th with “Pureflow” in week 13. Aespa ranked 13th with “Lemonade”, and Illit followed at 14th with “Mamihlapinatapai”.
NewJeans continued to show their endurance with the EP "Get Up" released in 2023. The product ranked 17th and had 154 weeks of appearance on World Albums.
In the solo category, TXT's Yeonjun ranked 11th with the mini album "No Labels: Part 02" in the 6th week.
BoyNextDoor also participated with its debut studio album "Home", ranking 24th in the 10th week.
This week's World Albums results show that new products from Stray Kids, Cortis and Ateez are competing in the top group, while old albums from BTS and NewJeans continue to maintain their appeal after a long time of release.
