Total album sales of Stray Kids in South Korea 2018-2024

In 2024, South Korean K-pop boy band Stray Kids sold approximately 5.9 million album copies. Since debuting in March 2018, the group has sold a total of almost 27 million album copies, with 2023 being their best year.

Pioneers of the Next Wave of K-Pop

Stray Kids is an eight-member boy band formed through a reality show of the same name by JYP Entertainment in 2017. The group debuted in March 2018 with the album “I am NOT” and the title track “District 9.” Since then, they have shown steady growth in album sales over the past years, rising in popularity among K-pop groups. In 2023, two of Stray Kids’ albums ranked in second and fourth place on the list of top ten best-selling boy group albums in South Korea, competing alongside popular boy band SEVENTEEN. 

JYP Entertainment’s success

JYP Entertainment is one of the big four South Korean companies in the entertainment industry, managing artists such as TWICE, 2PM, Day6, ITZY, and NMIXX. JYP's sales revenue has gradually increased over the years, peaking in 2023 with a revenue of over 500 billion South Korean won. Among the four major entertainment companies, JYP ranked fourth as a leading K-pop entertainment company, with revenue expected to grow further. The company debuted one new artist in 2024, a Japanese boy group named NEXZ.