Stray Kids Score One Of The Biggest Hits Of Their Career In America

Stray Kids rule the Billboard 200 for the second time this year as their new project Hop debuts at No. 1. The set, which is marketed as a mixtape, easily conquers the list of the most-consumed albums in the U.S., and it’s a historic win for the boy band.

As Hop dominates upon its arrival, the full-length has produced one of the group’s biggest hits in the U.S. Lead single “Walkin on Water” doesn’t quite manage to reach the Hot 100, but the title does perform well enough to open in a lofty position on another important tally–and it nearly helps the superstars match their top showing.

“Walkin on Water” debuts at No. 5 on this week’s Digital Song Sales chart, Billboard’s list of the top-selling individual tunes in the U.S. The track marks the boy band’s third time reaching the top 10 on the competitive roster, and it almost returned them to their best placement ever.

Earlier this year, Stray Kids reached a new all-time high on the Digital Song Sales ranking with “Chk Chk Boom,” a single taken from their recent EP Ate. That cut debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the purchase-focused roster in August, and it still stands as their biggest smash yet on the tally.

Stray Kids have only sent one more tune into the uppermost arena on the Digital Song Sales ranking. A few months before they reset their own record with “Chk Chk Boom,” the globally-famous K-pop outfit cracked the top 10 on the tally for the first time, becoming one of a relatively small number of South Korean acts to do so. “Lose My Breath,” a collaboration with American pop musician Charlie Puth, peaked at No. 8 in May.

As it hits the Digital Song Sales list, “Walkin on Water” also lands on Billboard’s global rankings, as well as one other tally that’s based entirely on U.S. consumption. The tune opens at No. 1 on the World Digital Song Sales chart, which looks specifically at the top performers in the “world” genre.

Stray Kids have now topped the World Digital Song Sales chart with half a dozen tunes. Two of them–or one-third of all their leaders–ruled this year. “Walkin on Water” marks the band’s thirty-eighth top 10 smash on the list, a number which increased by four this week alone.