Stray Kids’ This & That debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on the chart dated August 22, 2026 (Billboard). It is the group’s ninth album on the chart, and all nine have reached No. 1 (Billboard). Because every album starts at the top, the debut position does not separate them. This page compares what happened after the debut: where each album placed in its second and third weeks, and how long each stayed on the chart. The data comes from Billboard’s own weekly charts.
The nine albums at a glance
| Album | No. 1 debut (chart date) | Weeks on chart |
|---|---|---|
| Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary (EP) | Apr 2, 2022 | 7 |
| Maxident | Oct 22, 2022 | 6 |
| 5-Star | Jun 17, 2023 | 16 |
| ROCK-STAR | Nov 25, 2023 | 14 |
| ATE (EP) | Aug 3, 2024 | 15 |
| Hop | Dec 28, 2024 | 13 |
| Karma: The 4th Album | Sep 6, 2025 | 19 |
| DO IT (EP) | Dec 6, 2025 | 12 |
| This & That | Aug 22, 2026 | 11 |
Source: Billboard, Stray Kids Billboard 200 chart history.
Billboard’s chart-history page lists each of the nine with a peak of No. 1 and one week at the top, and each peak date matches its debut date (Billboard).
Weeks one to three, side by side
| Album | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oddinary | 1 | 11 | 59 |
| Maxident | 1 | 11 | 27 |
| 5-Star | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| ROCK-STAR | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| ATE | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| Hop | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Karma | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| DO IT | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| This & That | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Sources: Billboard 200 weekly charts. Oddinary: Apr 2, Apr 9, Apr 16, 2022. Maxident: Oct 22, Oct 29, Nov 5, 2022. 5-Star: Jun 17, Jun 24, Jul 1, 2023. ROCK-STAR: Nov 25, Dec 2, Dec 9, 2023. ATE: Aug 3, Aug 10, Aug 17, 2024. Hop: Dec 28, 2024, Jan 4, Jan 11, 2025. Karma: Sep 6, Sep 13, Sep 20, 2025. DO IT: Dec 6, Dec 13, Dec 20, 2025. This & That: Aug 22, Aug 29, Sep 5, 2026.
What the comparison shows
This & That had the best second week. It held at No. 3 in its second week, the highest second-week position of the nine (Aug 29, 2026 chart). Karma and DO IT were next, both at No. 4 (Sep 13, 2025 chart; Dec 13, 2025 chart).
This & That and Karma share the best third week. Both were at No. 8 in their third week (Sep 5, 2026 chart; Sep 20, 2025 chart). DO IT was at No. 10 in its third week, which makes three albums that stayed in the Top 10 for their first three weeks: Karma, DO IT and This & That (Dec 20, 2025 chart).
The early albums fell faster. Oddinary dropped from No. 1 to No. 11 and then to No. 59 (Apr 9; Apr 16, 2022 charts). Maxident went from No. 1 to No. 11 to No. 27 (Oct 29; Nov 5, 2022 charts). Their third-week positions are the two lowest in the table.
Hop held steady. Hop placed No. 13 in both its second and third weeks, the only album of the nine that did not fall between weeks two and three (Jan 4; Jan 11, 2025 charts).
Second weeks: the 2022 albums vs. the latest three. In 2022, both albums fell to No. 11 in week two (Apr 9, 2022 chart; Oct 29, 2022 chart). The three most recent albums, from September 2025 onward, all stayed at No. 4 or higher in week two (Sep 13, 2025; Dec 13, 2025; Aug 29, 2026 charts).
Time between No. 1 albums
| From | To | Weeks between No. 1 debuts |
|---|---|---|
| Oddinary (Apr 2, 2022) | Maxident (Oct 22, 2022) | 29 |
| Maxident | 5-Star (Jun 17, 2023) | 34 |
| 5-Star | ROCK-STAR (Nov 25, 2023) | 23 |
| ROCK-STAR | ATE (Aug 3, 2024) | 36 |
| ATE | Hop (Dec 28, 2024) | 21 |
| Hop | Karma (Sep 6, 2025) | 36 |
| Karma | DO IT (Dec 6, 2025) | 13 |
| DO IT | This & That (Aug 22, 2026) | 37 |
Source: chart dates from Billboard, Stray Kids Billboard 200 chart history. The week counts are the differences between those dates.
Since 2022, the gap between Stray Kids’ No. 1 debuts has ranged from 13 to 37 weeks (Billboard). The shortest gap was the 13 weeks between Karma and DO IT, and those two albums also share the second-best week-two position, No. 4 (Billboard; Sep 13, 2025 chart; Dec 13, 2025 chart). The longest gap, 37 weeks, came just before This & That (Billboard).
Longest runs
Karma has spent the most weeks on the chart of any Stray Kids album, with 19 (Billboard). 5-Star (16), ATE (15) and ROCK-STAR (14) follow (Billboard). Maxident has the shortest run, 6 weeks, and Oddinary is next with 7 (Billboard).
This & That had 11 weeks when we checked on October 30, 2026 (Billboard).
Soompi reported This & That’s third week when it was announced (Soompi). The positions on this page come from Billboard’s weekly charts.
Sources
- Billboard, Stray Kids Billboard 200 chart history: https://www.billboard.com/artist/stray-kids/chart-history/tlp/
- Billboard 200 weekly charts: https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/ followed by the chart date (27 charts, listed under the table above)
- Soompi (secondary source): https://www.soompi.com/article/1866898wpp/stray-kids-this-that-achieves-their-biggest-3rd-week-yet-in-top-10-of-billboard-200
Last checked: 2026-10-30
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